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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: Lord Shagg-Pyle on May 15, 2007, 18:52:22

Title: HD suspension
Post by: Lord Shagg-Pyle on May 15, 2007, 18:52:22

Some advice please folks.

My nephew is looking to fit a winch and tubular bumper to his P reg Defender.
Will he need to put HD springs/shocks on the front to compensate for the extra weight, or will the standard stuff be OK?

Cheers

Jon

Title: HD suspension
Post by: Wolfie on May 15, 2007, 19:03:40

Land Rover specify the rear springs off a 90 as the HD option on the front of a 110 (and possibly the 90 but I can't say for sure).

As for shocks I don't know if there is any specific HD option but I'm happy with the DeCarbons that I have - they are the same as would be supplied for a non winch equipped vehicle.

Heather sits slightly higher than standard with the ARB bumper and M8000 on there.
(http://members.mud-club.com/userimages/5e5a20d1b198c3a23a687da3cf381f4d.JPG)
Regards

Wolfie

Title: HD suspension
Post by: Jimbo on May 15, 2007, 20:40:38

My 110 (with big winch and iron-girder sized bumper) has HD suspension from the factory (apparently !) - the front springs have yellow paint marks on them.......I believe that this is how you identify the spring rate.

Title: HD suspension
Post by: Hangover on May 15, 2007, 22:16:50

You may find this link usefull.

http://members.shaw.ca/jbarge/springinfo.html#OEM