94 lwb air suspension/ mileage questions

[D.C. Benny]

I'm looking at a 94 rrc lwb. It has air suspension. I'm obviously concerned about another expensive issue. Anyone out there really pro air? It seems like the smart thing to do is convert and eliminate one less potential problem. Pay now or pay later...any thoughts?
also, the Rover is from Canada so the owner says the mileage is in kilometers (196k) which i think roughly translates to 120 something miles. If the odometer says 196k and I have confirmed it's Canadian, am I looking at kilometers?
thanks ahead of time

[57loboy]

If the speedo is in kph, then the odo would be KM... Every original Canadian-spec car I've ever seen has it that way. As for EAS, my '95 has fully functioning EAS and I don't plan to switch to coils until and unless it fails and the repair parts cost more than the coils to convert it. Original owner kept it very well maintained...

[Paul Grant]

I had a grey market Range Rover that had a speedo that read in kph as did the odometer. THe conversion is roughly 1 kilometer to .62 miles.

As far as the EAS is concerned, Tom and I both have a friend on this board who lept his '95 RRC running with EAS until just alst week. He had about 170K miles on it before he switched to coils. The system will last but you need to be aware that you will always be fixing parts of it. The EAS is not THAT complicated but it is complicated enough as to require attention. Air bags wear over time, sensors can fail, my friends air block went and that was the final straw on his truck.

It boils down to your pain threshold. And, of course, your financial wherewithal. If it were me, I would leave it alone and enjoy the wonderful ride the system provides. Start saving for the conversion so that when (not if it) fails you will be ready for the job.

[OkieRover]

DC has a very high pain threshold, I'm not sure his wife's is quite as high.
Motorcars LTD. Makes replacement bits for the EAS but as everyone here has said, how much do you want to pay?

I took my 93LWB down to the shop where I bought it after I had trouble with the EAS.
I told him what it was doing.
When I came back to pick it up, I noticed there were no air bags and the truck would not go up and down.
I asked him about it and he said, "yeah, I fixed it." and looked at me with "that look".

The good news is coils feel better than the air bags.