Disco 3 (LR3) Rear lower wishbones

gstuart said:

May i ask has anyone replaced there rear lower wishbones and if so what kind of job it is plse

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Nodge68 said:

Not too bad, easier than front lower arms, upper rear arms are an absolute swine though.
Spray some red lead paint on the bolt offset washers, so you can put them back in the same place.

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gstuart said:

thanks mate

have already had the pleasure of replacing the rear uppers and indeed as u say are a complete and utter #&*(£*#(# , also replaced all the brake hoses, that short pipe and drop links at the same time

plus looking at tyres I’ve looked between the Yokohama geolander and the falken wildpeaks in the size of 255/55/19 , coming out around £150 per tyre fitted and balanced , don’t know which one yet

sorry for the daft question plse , but will I still need to spray some red paint on the lower bolts seeing they won’t need alignment after

will do the lowers as a pair , plus I think I’ll have to simply take my old rims to the dump as I doubt tyre companies will take the rims as well , but will advertise them here and on the D3 forum when I’m ready just in case someone might want them for off roading etc or as a spare set of X5 wheels

At least once there done I’ll get the larger discs fitted so at least then my brakes and tyres will all be new

looked at these

https://www.blackhawksolutions.co.u...e-pads-and-tf-cdg-discs-to-v8-size-2180-p.asp

https://www.blackhawksolutions.co.u...e-pads-and-tf-cdg-discs-to-v8-size-2168-p.asp

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slomofo said:

I’ve done the Britpart drilled/grooved disc upgrade all around with Brembo pads, couple of new rear calipers while I was there.

Stopping power is now remarkable for such a big unit! Pads don’t make too much dust like either, unlike the EBC jobbies they have replaced….

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