R1Dazza
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Is it possible to convert a series 3 chassis to coil springs? does anyone sell a conversion kit?
series 3 to coil springs?
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slob
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you could but it would be easier to get a county/defender chassis and put yer bits onto that me thinks.. of course i could be wrong
Grippa
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Yeah, I've not heard of converting your existing chassis to coils. Have you looked at parabolic springs? Helluva lot easier.
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Designa Chassis I've been told will produce a "Direct Replacement" type of coil sprung chassis for an old leafer.
Regards WP.
Regards WP.
yella
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just a thought, but if you convert an old series to coils, wouldnt that make it comortable and there fore lose its originality.next thing you will be wanting them to be less draughty eh 
slob
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and lower to ease entry,a proper heater, comfy seats, and lots of electronic stuff that goes wrong and as you did it of your own freewill you could call it a ..mmm!...eh! a freerover
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has anyone changed thir chassis fur a coiler - whats it like - and was there any probs with the DVLA?
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There was a fred on here a couple of years or more ago from someone who had converted a series to coils, it could have bin parabolics though cos I can't quite remember you see, any old how whatever they converted to, it may have bin catholicism, Where was I, Oh aye any how they dint reckon it had made that much difference.
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there is a guy sells on ebay called the green landy. he was developing a system to converting springs to coils using the front half of the spring. not sure how far he got with it, i aint seen him fer ages
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yeah - i saw that yu posted that on anuvva post (I did search furst
) - but I couldnt find him. I seen a few posts about designa chassis and the like - just aint seen anything from anyone that has ACTUALLY done it.The problems include doing all the things a leaf spring does without anyone noticing.
Leafers locate the axles up and down, sideyways, take the torque of driving and braking, and still manage to go up and down a bit.
Coil springs only hold the axle away from the chassis. Location in all planes has to be achieved by rods and steel bars, and they need to attach to both the axles and the chassis.
Seems like a big job to me.
CharlesY
Leafers locate the axles up and down, sideyways, take the torque of driving and braking, and still manage to go up and down a bit.
Coil springs only hold the axle away from the chassis. Location in all planes has to be achieved by rods and steel bars, and they need to attach to both the axles and the chassis.
Seems like a big job to me.
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aye yer right again chaz but this kid "green landy" is a bright fecker, he was more than half eway to developing it when i last seen him and that was probably about 12months ago now
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thats wats propping mine up ,series 3 ,88" ,and galvanised coil sprung designa chassis ,was under it when i bought it ,disk brakes at front too ............................
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thats wats propping mine up ,series 3 ,88" ,and galvanised coil sprung designa chassis ,was under it when i bought it ,disk brakes at front too ............................
so?
wass it like compared to a leafer?
mistericeman
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well ive still got my fillings in ,and my spines still intact,,,,,,,,,, so good !!!!!!!!
groenendael
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It's all well and good getting a converted chassis from disigna etc ,
but then your'e going to have to convert your existing axles to to be able to use coil springs .
This can be a problem and that is why some people opt for changing the axles and also benefitting from disc brakes .
Then you'll discover the axles are to wide and will have to stick on some eyebrows.
The piece of string gets longer and longer.
Cheapest and simplest answer would surely be to replace existing springs with parabolics or get yourself a ninety as has already been suggested.. I know which option I would choose.
but then your'e going to have to convert your existing axles to to be able to use coil springs .
This can be a problem and that is why some people opt for changing the axles and also benefitting from disc brakes .
Then you'll discover the axles are to wide and will have to stick on some eyebrows.
The piece of string gets longer and longer.
Cheapest and simplest answer would surely be to replace existing springs with parabolics or get yourself a ninety as has already been suggested.. I know which option I would choose.
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ere Yella - yu "defender'd"! the front of a series - i assume it is possible to "series" the front of a defender if yu prefer the looks, but want coils n disks?
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mines not got "eyebrows" on it and 't' wheels dunt stick out that much
,and id rather have the disk brakes ,tons better than faffing around adjusting the brakes every two minutes ..........and they mean that you can actually stop when you want to .
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groenendael
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looks like a 90 disguised as a series 111.
or in other words a hybrid.
or in other words a hybrid.
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looks like a 90 disguised as a series 111.
or in other words a hybrid.
ssfunny innit ,people said the same when it had a defender front on it !!!
but maybe it is a hybrid maybe its not ,its the old woodcutters axe thing tho int it ,five new handels and 3 new heads but its still the same axe ,personaly i dont care a fig ,its fun ,it was cheap,it does what i want it to,does 37 to the gallon uphill down dale round town,and best of all its mine ,so its not original ,how many are ??? ,its a series in spirit
