Monday, February 01, 2010 - 08:20 am, by: Mat Shiels(Smokeyvip)
G'day mate,
you will find that the air-suspension, while great in it's day, is now just a headache waiting to happen for many owners. Most will advise you to just pull the air gear out and replace with a steel spring setup, or coilovers.
Depending what the problem is your options are:
a) replace the bags, Arnott's Industries supplies direct fit replacements at a cost, and their reputation is a bit patchy. Or Toyota can supply you new genuine bags for about $1250-1500 a corner. Ouch.
b) pull the air-sus out, and replace with stock struts and springs. The struts are completely different so you need to replace the whole assembly, not just put springs in.
c) buy some coilovers. Either second hand off Yahoo Japan, or new - either way. Or you can source some from the states, Megan Racing or Ksport. Or you can get some locally still from HSD, D2 or G4 which are cheap, but cheap quality.
But, you should probably tell us what the actual problem is....whether it's a height control issue, or if the bag's are leaking. But in short, if I were buying an air-sus celsior, i'd be budgeting to replace the suspension.
