steering damper recommendations

Any tried the various makes of steering damper out there and can recommend one?

What make was the original?

Britpart is out.
Terrafirma I'm a little cautious on.
Bilstein same cost as Land Rover, near enough but any better?

Any experience welcome.

What make was the original ? ... Well LR like others uses several OEMs for the assembly lines, Monroe is one of them. Britpart is not an OEM just a supplier and do supply 'Genuine Parts' so why are they "out" ?.

If you have a vehicle used in comps then use Bilstein as the also make very good HD suspension dampers, other wise use just a bog standard stealing damper at under £20 on eBay I believe.

Boge or Armstrong would be OEM parts.

Had a bad experience with a Britpart shock.

Boge good!

Fit genuine Land Rover one.
Terrafirma is ok, but little stiff on cold mornings - doesn't return to center. Once warmed up, works ok, and it's cheap.

Fitted an Armstrong one about 2 months ago. No problems apparent.

I have Bilstein dampers all around, including steering. They work quite well.

Thanks chaps. Very useful.

I've tried ringing Island but I think the rest of the world must be too ...

N2O said:

Fit genuine Land Rover one.
Terrafirma is ok, but little stiff on cold mornings - doesn't return to center. Once warmed up, works ok, and it's cheap.

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The steering damper is not supposed to return anything to anywhere. The castor angle does the self centering. What you mean is the damper is stiff on cold mornings preventing self centering. That should not happen.

Recently fitted s Terrafirma purchased from island, no problems, feels ok.

fitted a terrafirma last year,no problems so far.

Fitted a terrafirma one a few months ago, all go so far, but island 4x4 said they wouldnt be able to get any more for 6 months.

i have terrafirma on steering... i like it.. a bit heavier than OME... had to dump air suspension for bearmach springs, so also have terrafirma gas dampers fitted all round,
again, i like the feel and handling, then again... i drive big artics for work, so light steering is not what i like, hope this helps..

Ah, probably should have said, I went and bought a Land Rover one as I prefer the Boge over my old Terrafirma shocks. Not got around to fitting it yet as I've been fiddling with other stuff.