I LOVE my AHC.

[pman]

^ as far as your first paragraph, there are still springs and T bars, they are just not strong. however, they still take some of the load.

True, but they are barely enough to keep an unloaded LX off the bumpstops...

 

[uHu]

...Personally I dont want to put that kind of stress on my LCAs, bumpstop mounts and everything else. AHC failure is not like a blowing a shock on a normal truck, the shocks on a truck with AHC are supporting the weight of the vehicle to maintain ride height.....

Which type of ahc failure?
Blowing a globe IS like blowing a shock. You have no damping on that wheel, but the suspension still carries all the load at the right height. Only the fluid level goes down a notch from filling up the gas cavity in the globe, but that's ok.
Loss of pressure/fluid is a different thing - more like breaking all the springs....

True, but they are barely enough to keep an unloaded LX off the bumpstops...

It will sit on the bumpstops, with only the ahc-TBs and the ahc-coils. The rear end will sit 1/2" from the stops if you have absolutely no load.


Another thing not mentioned here, in relation to offroading, is the possibilty for mechanical damage to the ahc parts. It is very easy for a branch/stick or something to hit some ahc part, in particular the height-sensor linkage at the rear.


Still, AHC is very nice, although I didn't want it when I got my first 100. But I didn't want to wait 5 mnths for the production of one without. (And manual gear, and w/o sunroof)