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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: alex_mh on December 18, 2008, 22:43:19

Title: which britpart springs
Post by: alex_mh on December 18, 2008, 22:43:19

im about to order some hd 2" springs for the front but which rear ones do i go for? the 300-340lbs or the 360 ones.
i carry i lot of weight in the back every day
what are peoples opinions on these hd springs?

Title: Re: which britpart springs
Post by: wizard on December 19, 2008, 07:04:07

Rather get Bearmach heavy duty springs, they are far better quality.

wizard :twisted:

Title: Re: which britpart springs
Post by: davidlandy on December 19, 2008, 09:33:13

those springs are rock hard - get some dislocation cones as well for the rears

Title: Re: which britpart springs
Post by: mobi on December 19, 2008, 22:17:34

da4202 for the front (winch springs) and DA4204 for the rear. i find the bearmach too hard.

Title: Re: which britpart springs
Post by: Range Rover Blues on December 20, 2008, 14:37:50

Any H/D springs will be hard when new, it takes an estimated 30,000 miles to run springs in properly.

Title: Re: which britpart springs
Post by: davidlandy on December 20, 2008, 19:23:19

these are more so than some others

my ome ones are heavy duty but are nothing like the bearmach yellows blues.

 

Title: Re: which britpart springs
Post by: alex_mh on December 20, 2008, 19:52:42

ill go for the da204 rears then. hope there up to it
where can i get bearmachs from?any suggestions?

Title: Re: which britpart springs
Post by: Disco_Stu on December 21, 2008, 01:18:23

Bearmachs are available all over the place - look at bearmach.co.uk

But, they're well hard, too uncomfortable for my liking - go britpart, despite the roblems with other parts.

Title: Re: which britpart springs
Post by: digger on December 22, 2008, 07:59:05

i've got britpart 360 on the rear i tow a 3 ton digger and trailer which makes it about 4 and a bit ton with no problems but bloody hard off road

Title: Re: which britpart springs
Post by: clbarclay on December 22, 2008, 12:32:07

All the usuall spring manufactures make more than just a single front and single rear spring for a LR, so the specification of a manufactures spring will be as important on hardness as the manufacture. There has been questions raised about some spring manufactures though as to how close their springs are to the claimed lengths and rates.

Just to say "britpart springs are stiffer than bearmach springs" or vice versa is as accurate as it is inaccurate as it depends which bearmach and britpart springs you are comparing.
http://www.bearmach.com/acatalog/Disco%20Pages.pdf
http://www.britpart.com/AccessoryCategory.asp?PageRef=4&AccessoryCategoryRef=132
Remeber to treat the manufactures lift figures with caution, bearmach does at least give different figures depending on which basic model of LR it is, but even then discoveries are not all the same weigth.


Any suspension setup will be a compromise for on road, off road, towing, comfort, cost, etc.
Mine is bisaed towards off road and suffers a fair bit of body roll round corners, but in true range rover handling fashion, the driver will chiken out round a corner before the vehicle does.

Title: Re: which britpart springs
Post by: Range Rover Blues on December 22, 2008, 13:23:54

Quote from: bigscott on December 22, 2008, 07:59:05

i've got britpart 360 on the rear i tow a 3 ton digger and trailer which makes it about 4 and a bit ton with no problems but bloody hard off road

Not towing that one road I hope :shock:

Title: Re: which britpart springs
Post by: digger on December 22, 2008, 19:17:36

yep once or twice but got a lorry now to crat it