Range Rover springs

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Hi Geoff
Depends on condition of you current springs and shockers.
If they are good, then a 2" lift block under the springs, rear shocker upper
mount lowering plates.
Don't forget to extend your brake hoses by 2" as well.
If yours are knackered, replacement +2" springs and shockers with extended
brake lines.
I have done both and of the two, the extended shockers and spring variant
wallows more on the road.
Extended shockers and springs were slightly easier to fit becasue I did not
have to muck around finding replacement extended bolts for the bottom spring
plate mounts. Front axle was easy enough, but the rear has a thread that few
people seem to stock, ended up grinding off captive nuts and replacing with
easier to get bolts.

Hope this helps.

Martin
04 Disco TD5
RRC 3.5 EFI 1986
RRC 3.5 EFI 1988

"Geoff" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> I want to raise my Classic by a couple of inches, anyone got any good
> recommendations ?
>
> --
> Geoff
> www.anoraks.uk.net


 
On Wed, 25 May 2005 13:55:39 +0100, Geoff <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>I want to raise my Classic by a couple of inches, anyone got any good
>recommendations ?

bottle jack?


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Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
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On Wed, 25 May 2005 14:13:05 +0000 (UTC), "Martin Coombs"
<[email protected]> wrote:

->Hi Geoff
->Depends on condition of you current springs and shockers.
->If they are good, then a 2" lift block under the springs, rear shocker upper
->mount lowering plates.

The plates are about the same cost as the springs so I might as well do the job
"properly"

->Don't forget to extend your brake hoses by 2" as well.

I handn't :)

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Geoff
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"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Rich
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> To reply remove " spam "
> "Geoff" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Wed, 25 May 2005 15:17:46 +0100, Tim Hobbs
>> <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> ->On Wed, 25 May 2005 13:55:39 +0100, Geoff <[email protected]>
>> ->wrote:
>> ->
>> ->>
>> ->>I want to raise my Classic by a couple of inches, anyone got any good
>> ->>recommendations ?
>> ->
>> ->bottle jack?
>>
>> Funny guy............
>>
>> --
>> Geoff
>> www.anoraks.uk.net
>
>

I get emails every day telling me how to raise mine by lots of inches. Want
me to pass on the web addresses?

Nigel
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1979 Lightwieght


 
On Wed, 25 May 2005 17:14:35 +0100, "Nigel" <[email protected]> wrote:


->I get emails every day telling me how to raise mine by lots of inches. Want
->me to pass on the web addresses?

Thanks for the kind offer, I will however have to decline.


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Geoff
www.anoraks.uk.net
 
In message <[email protected]>, Geoff
<[email protected]> writes
>On Wed, 25 May 2005 17:14:35 +0100, "Nigel" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>->I get emails every day telling me how to raise mine by lots of inches. Want
>->me to pass on the web addresses?
>
>Thanks for the kind offer, I will however have to decline.


You did not expect to get a sensible answer did you?


--
Marc
 
Heavy duty OME Springs will give you the lift you desire without breaking
the bank. A suspension lift is always better than a body lift.

"Geoff" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> I want to raise my Classic by a couple of inches, anyone got any good
> recommendations ?
>
> --
> Geoff
> www.anoraks.uk.net


 
In message <B78le.23$Ib.8@trndny03>
"Jack" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Heavy duty OME Springs will give you the lift you desire without breaking
> the bank. A suspension lift is always better than a body lift.
>

Go for Britpart Yellow's - excatly the same spec as OME at half
the price. We sell both and I know which I'd buy..............

> "Geoff" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > I want to raise my Classic by a couple of inches, anyone got any good
> > recommendations ?
> >
> > --
> > Geoff
> > www.anoraks.uk.net
>

Richard

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On Wed, 25 May 2005 19:32:42 +0100, Marc Draper <[email protected]> wrote:

->In message <[email protected]>, Geoff
-><[email protected]> writes
->>On Wed, 25 May 2005 17:14:35 +0100, "Nigel" <[email protected]> wrote:
->>
->>
->>->I get emails every day telling me how to raise mine by lots of inches. Want
->>->me to pass on the web addresses?
->>
->>Thanks for the kind offer, I will however have to decline.
->
->
->You did not expect to get a sensible answer did you?

I didn't think it was that difficult a question, I'm looking for some longer
springs can any one recommend a supplier.

I guess I should have thought more about the "Carry on Land Rover club " :))

I am however surprised you didn't make comments on me wanting to do things
properly ;-)

--
Geoff
www.anoraks.uk.net
 
On Wed, 25 May 2005 23:46:41 GMT, "Jack" <[email protected]> wrote:

->Heavy duty OME Springs will give you the lift you desire without breaking
->the bank. A suspension lift is always better than a body lift.
->
Not impressed OME leafs in the past, I want long and soft rather then long and
hard..................

--
Geoff
www.anoraks.uk.net
 
On Thu, 26 May 2005 07:32:48 +0000 (UTC), beamendsltd
<[email protected]> wrote:

->In message <B78le.23$Ib.8@trndny03>
-> "Jack" <[email protected]> wrote:
->
->> Heavy duty OME Springs will give you the lift you desire without breaking
->> the bank. A suspension lift is always better than a body lift.
->>
->
->Go for Britpart Yellow's - excatly the same spec as OME at half
->the price. We sell both and I know which I'd buy..............
->

Thanks for that, looks like the sort of thing I'm after.

--
Geoff
www.anoraks.uk.net
 
On 2005-05-26, Geoff <[email protected]> wrote:

> I guess I should have thought more about the "Carry on Land Rover club " :))

What happened to the SJ410 that you used to drive, have you converted
to the dark side or is this just a tow vehicle?

Also anoraks.net is very slow at the moment, I was trying to see what
had been going on since I last attended an anoraks do, but pages were
taking 15 minutes to load completely so I had to give up in the end.
No other sites I tried were having problems at the time. This has
been happening for a few days now. A work colleage is thinking about
buying a 4x4 for off-roading (2K budget) and I wanted to show him pics
of your SJ to get him past the "hairdresser" comments.

--
For every expert, there is an equal but opposite expert
 
On Thu, 26 May 2005 10:11:42 +0100, Ian Rawlings <[email protected]> wrote:

->On 2005-05-26, Geoff <[email protected]> wrote:
->
->> I guess I should have thought more about the "Carry on Land Rover club "
:))
->
->What happened to the SJ410 that you used to drive, have you converted
->to the dark side or is this just a tow vehicle?

Hi Ian, I had loads of Suzuki's over the years, yes you could say I have
converted to the dark side as 90% of my 4x4's are now Land Rovers, tho based on
the Range Rovers performance on Sunday I might be in the market for another
Suzuki :))

->Also anoraks.net is very slow at the moment, I was trying to see what
->had been going on since I last attended an anoraks do, but pages were
->taking 15 minutes to load completely so I had to give up in the end.
->No other sites I tried were having problems at the time. This has
->been happening for a few days now. A work colleage is thinking about
->buying a 4x4 for off-roading (2K budget) and I wanted to show him pics
->of your SJ to get him past the "hairdresser" comments.

Try http://www.anoraks4x4.com/pictures.htm most of the Suzuki's on there are
mine, sadly the guy who hosts our web site has had serious issues with his BT
line, so if you were lucky enough to make a connection that was because he was
running on dial up to pop the mail.

For 2K you mate should be able to get a well sorted Suzuki, if that of course is
what he's after.

--
Geoff
www.anoraks.uk.net
 
On 2005-05-26, beamendsltd <[email protected]> wrote:

> Go for Britpart Yellow's - excatly the same spec as OME at half
> the price. We sell both and I know which I'd buy..............

Seconded. I've just put some Britpart Yellow mediums on the back
of my Classic as a 'get through MOT' measure and they are excellent.
The only problem is that I'm now going to have to do the fronts
and fit longer shocks all round, since it looks a bit lop-sided.

Speaking of which , Britpart don't seem to list mediums for the
front - they have 'heavy' which give a 1.5 inch lift. Is this
the way to go, and are 1/2 inch spacers required?

Mine came from Beamends, can't fault the service.

-- Pete
 
On 2005-05-26, Geoff <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Ian, I had loads of Suzuki's over the years, yes you could say I
> have converted to the dark side as 90% of my 4x4's are now Land
> Rovers, tho based on the Range Rovers performance on Sunday I might
> be in the market for another Suzuki :))

I did mention the option of a bobtail rangie to him, I'd quite like a
v8 with an auto. A chap I know near Reading bobtailed one and then
decided to cut a foot out of the middle too. Mind you Lyndon's buggy
was good (the one he got in 2002 or so IIRC), wouldn't mind one of
those.

> Try http://www.anoraks4x4.com/pictures.htm most of the Suzuki's on
> there are mine, sadly the guy who hosts our web site has had serious
> issues with his BT line, so if you were lucky enough to make a
> connection that was because he was running on dial up to pop the
> mail.

Hehe, I bet he was cursing me ;-)

Cheers for the better link, works far faster.. Just going through the
Scrapheap Challenge stuff now!

> For 2K you mate should be able to get a well sorted Suzuki, if that
> of course is what he's after.

He doesn't know what he wants, anything's better than what he's got
right now, a road-going 4x4 packed with rust. He's giving it to a
friend of his to get rid of it.

--
For every expert, there is an equal but opposite expert
 
so Ian Rawlings was, like...
> Mind you Lyndon's buggy
> was good (the one he got in 2002 or so IIRC), wouldn't mind one of
> those.

Hey, Wild Thing is still doing its stuff then? (Previous owner enquiry.)

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Rich
==============================
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Tiggrr (V8 trialler)


 
On Thu, 26 May 2005 19:19:01 +0100, Ian Rawlings <[email protected]> wrote:

->On 2005-05-26, Geoff <[email protected]> wrote:
->
->> Hi Ian, I had loads of Suzuki's over the years, yes you could say I
->> have converted to the dark side as 90% of my 4x4's are now Land
->> Rovers, tho based on the Range Rovers performance on Sunday I might
->> be in the market for another Suzuki :))
->
->I did mention the option of a bobtail rangie to him, I'd quite like a
->v8 with an auto. A chap I know near Reading bobtailed one and then
->decided to cut a foot out of the middle too. Mind you Lyndon's buggy
->was good (the one he got in 2002 or so IIRC), wouldn't mind one of
->those.

A buggy will cost a lot more then 2k and you might be pressed to get a decent
bob for that money (unless you do it yourself of course)

->> Try http://www.anoraks4x4.com/pictures.htm most of the Suzuki's on
->> there are mine, sadly the guy who hosts our web site has had serious
->> issues with his BT line, so if you were lucky enough to make a
->> connection that was because he was running on dial up to pop the
->> mail.
->
->Hehe, I bet he was cursing me ;-)

Not as much as he curses BT !

->Cheers for the better link, works far faster.. Just going through the
->Scrapheap Challenge stuff now!

The official stuff for all that is still on Channel-4's site, we get to go back
and do it all again soon.

->> For 2K you mate should be able to get a well sorted Suzuki, if that
->> of course is what he's after.
->
->He doesn't know what he wants, anything's better than what he's got
->right now, a road-going 4x4 packed with rust. He's giving it to a
->friend of his to get rid of it.

Why give it away, why not use it still it breaks, then give it away !

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Geoff
www.anoraks.uk.net
 
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