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Hi I need to pick the experts brains. I am thinking of fitting air assisted suspension bags to Mercedes pvc, so that when towing I can have the vehicle towing ball at the correct height, thus the Tandem axle trailer will tow level with equal weight on all four wheels.
Question 1) Roughly how much do the kits weigh
2) There seems to be two or three different makes AIRIDE/ DUNLOP/ FIRESTONE. There being a price difference, which is the best, what is the difference, any personal experience.
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what about a drop down plate on the towbar? seemsthe easiest option to me. But try airride as they have some good kit available and used in the past on fiats with no probs
Many thanks for the drop down plate suggestion but the towbar is a special heavy duty version to tow a 2.8t trailer, and the ball is welded on permanently, also need to allow for variation in trailer height with different loads. So air assistance looked best bet.
michael
Hi AS air suspension do a good kit .I had one fitted to my autotrail Miami 2 years ago and find them very good
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I thought Airide were made by Firestone? How much do you need to adjust your height and is it up or down? Airides may not be suitable for what you want to do. I would suggest you check their suitability thoroughly.
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I have just fitted an Airide kit to my Sprinter based Geist, i bought it s/h from a member on here and am very happy with it, the big test will come driving down to Benidorm boxing day.
It was easy to fit, it took me an hour and a half to do the first one and an hour to do the other side, i opted to put the inflator and gauge in the rear locker as it was nearer the axle than the cab, I got new pipes from airide and they sent me the fitting instuctions. My camper already had some spacer blocks fitted between the axle and the spring, not all mercs have these and if you need them its another Ģ150.
You can tell that youve got them fitted straight away, less body roll is apparent from the off, better stability no wallowing when lorries pass you.the only down side is having to use ramps at the front all the time now.
We had air assist suspension fitted a few weeks ago to our Opus which is on the sprinter 5000 kg chassis.
The company that fitted it did a very professional job and were very helpful. The system we had fitted came with an electric pump which allows me to adjust the pressure as and when I want. The reason we fitted air ride was to stiffen up the ride a little and its done that job very well. Our van has a very long overhang at the back. When I pump up the airides to 5 bar I can increase the rear hight by about 80mm.
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