{"id":5010,"date":"2016-07-20T21:41:35","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T19:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/?p=5010"},"modified":"2016-07-20T22:06:29","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T20:06:29","slug":"riding-on-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/riding-on-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Riding On Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recurring subject on Range Rover forums is the replacement of air bags with coil springs, this is a reason to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/range-rover-p38-air-suspension-restoration-and-front-brake-renewal\/\">keep the air bags<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5011\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5011\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/riding-on-air\/20160717_range-towing-on-air\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5011\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5011\" title=\"Range Rover P38 with a loaded trailer and working air suspension.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160717_range-towing-on-air-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Range Rover P38 with a loaded trailer and working air suspension.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-popupalt-original-title=\"null\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160717_range-towing-on-air-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160717_range-towing-on-air-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160717_range-towing-on-air.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160717_range-towing-on-air-150x84.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160717_range-towing-on-air-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Range Rover P38 with a loaded trailer and working air suspension.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more-->Without air bags it looked like this:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5012\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/riding-on-air\/20141002_range-towing-on-coils\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5012\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5012\" title=\"Range Rover P38 with a loaded trailer and coil springs.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20141002_range-towing-on-coils-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Range Rover P38 with a loaded trailer and coil springs.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-popupalt-original-title=\"null\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20141002_range-towing-on-coils-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20141002_range-towing-on-coils-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20141002_range-towing-on-coils.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20141002_range-towing-on-coils-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20141002_range-towing-on-coils-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Range Rover P38 with a loaded trailer and coil springs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Which caused this to happen as the jockey wheel dragged in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxforddictionaries.com\/definition\/english\/middelmannetjie\">middlemannetjie<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5013\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/riding-on-air\/20141002_range-grounded\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5013\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20141002_range-grounded-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Dragging a jockey wheel through the middle mannetjie is never a good thing.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20141002_range-grounded-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20141002_range-grounded-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20141002_range-grounded.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20141002_range-grounded-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20141002_range-grounded-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dragging a jockey wheel through the middle mannetjie is never a good thing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5014\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5014\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/riding-on-air\/20141002_range-overheated\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5014\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20141002_range-overheated-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Range Rover P38 boiling over after sand abuse.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20141002_range-overheated-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20141002_range-overheated-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20141002_range-overheated.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20141002_range-overheated-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20141002_range-overheated-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Range Rover P38 boiling over after sand abuse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And with air springs and glamour:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5015\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/riding-on-air\/20160717_range-glamourised\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5015\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5015\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160717_range-glamourised-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Range Rover P38 glamping trip.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160717_range-glamourised-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160717_range-glamourised-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160717_range-glamourised.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160717_range-glamourised-150x84.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.knottinbotswana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160717_range-glamourised-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Range Rover P38 glamping trip.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recurring subject on Range Rover forums is 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