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New suspension - Well pleased
« on: November 14, 2005, 09:57:56 »
Well, after consulting with many, more experienced, Discovery owners I made the decision to renew the springs and shocks on Charity at the weekend.

I've always been impressed with how far I can take her with the original set up ( i think the shocks might even have been 15 years old by the state of em  :lol: ) so I plumped for standard height with the new ones too.

I went for heavy duty front and rear springs along with monroe gas shocks from Paddocks for £170.00 incl vat and delivery. I had previously fitted RRC heavy duty rear springs thinking they would be the same. The Discovery heavy duty ones (ANR4491) are considerably thicker and.......

WHAT A DIFFERENCE :!:  :!:

She sits at least 1" higher, the ride is nice and firm and she even goes round corners without making my buttocks ache :lol:  Just need to see how things perform off road at Whaddon next weekend :twisted:

Big thanks again go to Dr Neil and Stanton Boy who helped me do the job. It would have been a nightmare without their expertise :D (we had to cut a couple of the old shocks off in the end)
Vehicle history:
Discovery 200tdi - Charity - went past her expiry date
Discovery 300tdi - Clarity - went into rear of Audi A3
Discovery 300tdi - D'une  - went bang
Discovery TD5 - unnamed - just went


Cliff - In my own little world............visitors welcome !!


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« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2005, 12:53:54 »
Have you been under and cleaned them after Sundays trip out. :)
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« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2005, 13:21:54 »
Quote from: "Paul"
Have you been under and cleaned them after Sundays trip out. :)


D'ya think I should :lol:
Vehicle history:
Discovery 200tdi - Charity - went past her expiry date
Discovery 300tdi - Clarity - went into rear of Audi A3
Discovery 300tdi - D'une  - went bang
Discovery TD5 - unnamed - just went


Cliff - In my own little world............visitors welcome !!


 






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