Air Spring reseal kit (LR016412)

[Land Rover Joe]

And another perspective for driver's side wheel well after rebuild and re-installation.

 

[DiscoLR4]

I recently changed out all 4 air struts with equipment from BA, OEM by Delphi. An independent shop said springs need changing, no leaks, but at 90k miles, I decided to change the whole assembly as I plan to keep using the rig for many more miles and wanted peace of mind.

The driving feel improved a lot, but there's still a wallowy feel that I was expecting to go away or improve a lot. It didn't. In fact, sometimes a I feel wallowy feel increased going around corners. Will LCA help? I think front lower LCAs are going (beginning to feel the slight bumps at full stops or going through bumps on road).

Is there a hardness calibration or did I just use wrong struts (I hear arnott's are less wallowy)?

 

[powershift]

The newly painted and refurbed struts on newly painted mounts.

A local mechanic quoted me $7k to change all 4 air struts. Swear to god. He had $550 labor for each corner and Land Rover brand air struts all around. I'm so glad I didn't need to service them lol. I'm super easy on it off road. I drive it slow if its bumpy and the air suspension works its best that way. Its more comfortable too. A lot of guys like to drive fast and the LR4 can do it, but it costs money to drive fast off-road.

As an aside, in the first set of pics, the fender showed mud in the lower part. As you may know, if that isn't removed you'll likely have a rust hole there in the distant future.