Suspension .....

[barny]

If you had £500 to spend on suspension what would you buy and why ?

I'm looking to do something with my disco but cant make up my mind   :roll:

Please discuss and explain your thoughts behind you reasonings !

[peasey]

dont know much about springs and shocks and lift kits but i would without a doubt put a poly bush kit on totaly trasformed my discovery

[andyb]

Old Man Emu 2 inch lift. Best money I've spend on my Discovery. 5 years since I fitted it and it's still as good as new.

HTH

[way2deep]

polybush if it needs it and a 2" body lift and bigger wheels and tyres ....don't suspension lift ,,in my opinion it really ain't worth the hassle (unless ya gonna stock up on front u'j's ) ...a body lift is far cheaper and would allow bigger tyres ......bigger tyres will give your axles /diffs  more clearence height ,wheres as suspension lift will only lift chassis / body ........if ya need articulation put +2 shocks on with dislocation cones .....oh and extended brake hoses  too  :D

[barny]

polybush if it needs it and a 2" body lift and bigger wheels and tyres ....don't suspension lift ,,in my opinion it really ain't worth the hassle (unless ya gonna stock up on front u'j's ) ...a body lift is far cheaper and would allow bigger tyres ......bigger tyres will give your axles /diffs  more clearence height ,wheres as suspension lift will only lift chassis / body ........if ya need articulation put +2 shocks on with dislocation cones .....oh and extended brake hoses  too  :D

I get what your saying, to get the axle outta the way i need to go portal axles .... now theres an idea  :shock:  8)  :lol:

[barny]

polybush if it needs it and a 2" body lift and bigger wheels and tyres ....don't suspension lift ,,in my opinion it really ain't worth the hassle (unless ya gonna stock up on front u'j's ) ...a body lift is far cheaper and would allow bigger tyres ......bigger tyres will give your axles /diffs  more clearence height ,wheres as suspension lift will only lift chassis / body ........if ya need articulation put +2 shocks on with dislocation cones .....oh and extended brake hoses  too  :D

Does anyone do a body lift kit ?

[barny]

Has anyone got any thoughts on the X-eng x-spring system ?

[clbarclay]

If your after articulation try the gwyn lewis challenge kit which gives you lots of flex (+5" travel dampers) for the money and then just choose a suitable set of springs.
http://llama4x4.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/

If you can weld then some parts of it can come in kit form as well making it cheaper :D


Portals would blow your £500 budget clean away.


I take it you are after off road performance rather than onroad?

Most polyurathene bushes are much stiffer than standard bushes which improves on road handling, though can limit off road performace. The same goes for springs, off road generally speaking a longer/softer spring is better (though too soft is bad on side slopes) however on road a shorter/stiffer spring is better. a lot of aftermarket springs are standard free length and just stiffer to give the lift.

[Range Rover Blues]

I'm toying with a set of X-Eng rear springs but first I need to sort out the ARB disconnects.

[barny]

That was gonna be my next question! Has anyone thought of making a quick release system to dis-engage the arb's ? So i could arrive at the site, quickly disconnect the links, strap the bar so its secure and the drive offroad!

I've sent out a few emails last night to bullfrog + gwyn and got quite an encouraging reply from david @ lama so far. He also sent me a pic of a 90 fitted with x-eng spring fitted , i'll see if i can attach a pic ......

 :D

I really do like the idea behind this, something so clever yet so simple! Anyone know whose truck it is ??  8)

[Range Rover Blues]

I've seen a few atempts at disconnects and they looked pretty ropey TBH, one of the worst being to replce the nut on the special bolt with an R clip :roll:

[clbarclay]

One of the neatest disconects I've seen was for a jeep which have relaticerly longer links between the axle and arb, on of these links was replaced by a sliding one which was simple released/reconnected by reponing/fitting a linch pin.

[Range Rover Blues]

I'd thought about doing something similar as the links wouldn't hurt to be longer on a LR either.  The problem I found with my Rear ARB just be unbolting it is that it flaps about in the way and digs in or hits the underside when you articulate, so it needs fully disconnecting both sides and securing to the chassis when not in use.