New shocks ...

aevans692 · May 11, 2019

Hi all , carrying on from getting new springs , I need new shocks to go with .

I have the defender td5 , 110 1999 .. I am keeping with standard genuine landcover springs which were take offs ..

I now need to order some shocks , I have been thinking about OME , Blistein , and super Gaz ... Im happy to spend a little extra if its justified ..

will be using our defender for light overland / touring trips , a month in scotland this year , down to the alps early next , expecting snow heavy at times , but not going in for any heavy off road .. but you never know ..

Whats going to work well for me .. Cheers guys ..

AdamD1 · May 11, 2019

I just put a set of the basic britpart ones on mine, bargain and did the job just fine!

aevans692 · May 11, 2019

yeah they do seem to be a good price ..

Wondered if the more expensive ones warrant the extra money ?

payydg · May 11, 2019

Just got standard terrafirma on mine. Heard the Brit part ones are fine.

aevans692 · May 11, 2019

the shocks thats on my truck atm seem to be the originals , they are 20 years old and have 100k miles on them .. could I expect this from any of the after market shocks I am considering take offs if I can find some .. seems wise to swap them out while everything is in bits ..

but am happy to keep my options open ..

1988smithy · May 11, 2019

+1 for standard britpart. Used them on my D2 and defender no issues

slomofo · May 11, 2019

Gone standard Terrafirma on mine, huge improvement on the old setup - but anything would have been

nobber · May 11, 2019

aevans692 said:
the shocks thats on my truck atm seem to be the originals , they are 20 years old and have 100k miles on them .. could I expect this from any of the after market shocks I am considering take offs if I can find some .. seems wise to swap them out while everything is in bits ..

but am happy to keep my options open ..

No, Bilstein are incredibly good, but expensive, OEM will be cheap and still very good, anything less than Armstrong/Boge wont last , cheap parts are cheap for a reason, you already have OEM springs, were the springs old? Springs do wear out.

aevans692 · May 11, 2019

nobber said:
No, Bilstein are incredibly good, but expensive, OEM will be cheap and still very good, anything less than Armstrong/Boge wont last , cheap parts are cheap for a reason, you already have OEM springs, were the springs old? Springs do wear out.

The springs looked like the original, looked very rusty and had an advisory on the mot , prob be ok still but , I decided as we are keeping the landy and taking her away on some adventures we should make sure it’s all good .. so I have bought a set of take off original springs , and wanted some shocks to work for us

Blistein are they that good ? , I had thought about these and old man emu’s .. I would have the cheaper ones but there seemed to be a lot of mixed feelings around them , my thinking is that if they are that cheap and there making a profit , they must be very cheaply made .. not saying they aren’t going to do the job , but I’m sure they can’t do as good a job .. least that my thinking

I’d like yellow ones as they will look good with the blue on my landy

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