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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: disco-v8 on January 01, 2007, 21:53:24

Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: disco-v8 on January 01, 2007, 21:53:24: went to my local fun day on sunday, to try out my new mods, which where

dislocation cones
extended bump stops
lowered front turrets
lowered rear shock mount

well i deffinatly felt the difference and managed more difficult things

didnt get asmany pics as i wanted to tho

oh got a few little videos aswell, my dad loves playing in the mud,as u can see in the first video

http://media.putfile.com/disco-in-the-mud

i maged to climb up a hill with a nasty kick at the top when i first got there but when i tryed to film it i cudnt do it, so close aswell but just not good enough!!!!

http://media.putfile.com/disco-climb

well after trying that a few times and nearly rolling it when it slid sidways my dad cacked himself and got out, and i gave it one more go with abit more speed!!!!!!!! bloody hell i got some air when i did that :lol:

http://media.putfile.com/disco-getting-some-air
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: bullfrog on January 01, 2007, 21:56:40: Nice. Looks like you had fun ! 8)
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: extreme90 on January 01, 2007, 22:01:25: peh them pictures are nuffing to the sight i saw..... shaking that ass :lol:
wish i had a camera :cry:
it was a truely lovely sight :lol:
sorry
im going now
i want annoy u anymore :twisted:
dan
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: Disco-Ron on January 01, 2007, 22:11:12: Does indeed look like fun....

2 questions, what size tyres are they?? and secondly, where did you get the rims? they look like Bronco's...??
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: disco-v8 on January 01, 2007, 22:28:02: hey ron....

the tyres are green way macho's and they are 265/75 r16

and i got the wheels from my local landrover dealer (land ranger services)
there where taken off a scrap car.... i payed Ã‚Â£30 for five then stripped the paint off and sprayed them black

look better now
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: Disco-Ron on January 01, 2007, 22:31:05: Well done.. they do look good, cheap too!!!!

I've got 285 75's waiting to go on mine!!! Just waiting for rims.... do i Mach 5 or not.....??? thats the question!!
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: disco-v8 on January 01, 2007, 22:42:33: id love some mach 5's but abit to much for me just for wheels

id prefer to spend the money on suspension mods
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: extreme90 on January 01, 2007, 22:42:40: mach 5's over priced
look good
but if you have a locker or lockers
go in some deep mud and get a stick or bar trapped between them spokes, wave goodby to your caliper :shock:
dan
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: Disco-Ron on January 01, 2007, 22:44:06: I'm leaning towards 8x16 Modulars from Bronco, (increased offset) AND a wide angle rear prop... already got the front one.....
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: extreme90 on January 01, 2007, 22:47:28: ino where there some silver mods 16x7j if that anyhelp
6 month old and still mint
4 of them afink he want 60 quid :?
if that helps :?
dan
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: Disco-Ron on January 01, 2007, 23:00:49: Thanks dan, but i need 8's due to the width of the rubber... i sold a spankin new set of 7's.....
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: extreme90 on January 01, 2007, 23:42:39: friends had some 285 75 r 16 cooper stt's on that size 8 spoke for the past 6 month ish no probs at all

ive had my 35/10.5 r 16 simex on 7j 8spokes for a few months aswel now no probs :?
ill keep me eye out tho :wink:
dan
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: hairyasswelder on January 02, 2007, 19:33:46: Quote from: "thebiggreenthing"
ino where there some silver mods 16x7j if that anyhelp
6 month old and still mint
4 of them afink he want 60 quid :?
if that helps :?
dan

Sounds a bargain :D can you put tubeless tyres on modulars?
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: Sharpshooter on January 02, 2007, 21:02:23: Ive got 33 12.5 x 16 's on 7j rims on the 110. Even when i run them at 14Psi they are fine. :D
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: extreme90 on January 02, 2007, 21:05:28: yea you can
n ive run my simex at 15psi on these rims no probs even hit a tree stump on the sidewall which never nocked it off its rim :lol:
more luck afink really :twisted:
dan
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: clbarclay on January 03, 2007, 17:58:58: Quote from: "thebiggreenthing"
yea you can
n ive run my simex at 15psi on these rims no probs even hit a tree stump on the sidewall which never nocked it off its rim :lol:
more luck afink really :twisted:
dan

Just curious, is that running with tubes or tubless?
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: extreme90 on January 03, 2007, 22:06:13: tubless, tubes are crap, if it comes off the rim your screwed as they say
+ if the rim spins on the tyre, your screwed :lol:
i will fit staun 2nd air at some point, or maybe mach5 beadlocks, see how much this v8 90 project robs me 1st :cry:
dan :cry:
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: Range Rover Blues on January 04, 2007, 17:50:24: I'm leaning back towards the Vogue 3 spokes, as the saying goes, not worth stealing :roll:
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: freeagent on January 05, 2007, 20:50:50: I run vogue 3 spokes on my disco... so cheap I might aswell throw them away when the tyres wear out...

can be found for less than a fiver each at the autojumbles...
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: davidlandy on January 05, 2007, 21:34:28: Nices pics of the disco at the beginning - what wheel nuts are you using on those steel rims? they look like the ones off alloys?
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: Jake on January 05, 2007, 22:13:29: Quote from: "davidlandy"
Nices pics of the disco at the beginning - what wheel nuts are you using on those steel rims? they look like the ones off alloys?

I try'd that once.
It was like driving on egg shapped wheels
:lol:
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: disco-v8 on January 06, 2007, 21:16:33: yep they most certainly are alloy wheel nuts!!!!!

i aint got round to buying some steel ones yet, think its a must do tho
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: extreme90 on January 06, 2007, 22:03:47: mine cost 20 quid from land ranger :shock:
i couldnt believe it i expected pay 30 :shock:
dan
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: tjsj on January 06, 2007, 22:46:15: I got some the other day when i fitted my new wheels, off ebay and for 16 quid including postage,
Here is a link for you, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Land-Rover-Wheel-Nuts-1-1-16-or-27mm-AF_W0QQitemZ110070656213QQihZ001QQcategoryZ31348QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: Disco-Ron on January 06, 2007, 22:51:00: Quote from: "tjsj"
I got some the other day when i fitted my new wheels, off ebay and for 16 quid including postage,
Here is a link for you, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Land-Rover-Wheel-Nuts-1-1-16-or-27mm-AF_W0QQitemZ110070656213QQihZ001QQcategoryZ31348QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

How are the wheels Tom...???
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: tjsj on January 06, 2007, 22:56:22: Absolutly great thanks Ron, they make it look so good, only thing was is I put them on and went to test it out and blew up the diff so have to take the front 2 back off, looking good though cheers
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: Disco-Ron on January 06, 2007, 23:04:21: :roll:
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: disco-v8 on January 07, 2007, 00:52:36: hey tom bad news on the dif poping, but must say how nice your disco looks with those wheels and tyres on!!!!

ive seen another disco with the same wheels and tyres on, just cant remeber whos they were????????

oh yeah it was ME!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: SnakeLogic on January 07, 2007, 02:36:49: I'm using the nuts off the alloy wheels on my steel rims. Is there a problem in doing that, or is simply an aesthetics thing?
Title: trying out new suspention mods
Post by: bullfrog on January 07, 2007, 13:10:17: Alloy nuts dont have the taper to centralisethe wheel. Steel ones do. You could file flanges on to the alloys ones o machine them but for the sake of Ã‚Â£20 or so quid is it worth it ?? Alloy ones are not designed to tighten on that part either. They tighten on the face about halfway up hence the spinning washer.
I would say get the correct ones.
:wink: