On or around Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:04:22 +0200, Bob <
[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:
>
>Hi Guys,
>
>I replaced the front springs with the original (blue) springs this
>weekend. It makes quite a difference! I took it for a little drive around
>the suburbs and then onto the motorway and I must say that I feel a lot
>safer than before. It corners predictably and smoothly.
>
>The heavy duty springs I took out were green. They lifted the front of
>the vehicle by 4 - 5 cm.
>
>I bought a kit which had red/white springs for the rear, green for the
>front and a complete set of rubber bushes. Will have a word with the
>supplier and see if he has had problems before.
don't be put off by bull****. If the supplier knew what vehicle, then he
should have known that you were going to get lift, and when I did the disco
(now sold) which only went part-way, using the lower of the 2 HD front
spring options for about 1" lift, it made a detectable difference to the
handling. It's a well-documented problem if you start lifting 2" or more.
I forget which front springs I had. They were the lower of 2 HD diesel
fronts. The ones I put on the back were HD90 rear, and they needed 1"
spacers to get it to sit level - less of a problem with RRCs as the RRC rear
springs are softer anyway, I think. The disco rear springs are about the
stiffest of the bunch anyway from the research I did, and bearing in mind
that 110 rear springs don't fit. HD90 looked slightly stiffer but the same
height.
On mine, the overall effect was excellent - less body roll, much tighter
handling on the road and about an inch lift, which was near enough what I
was after
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