Well... after long arguements with paddocks over this (albeit a year ago) all their parabollox were worse than the wset i bought. in the end i ordered some from devon 4x4 mail order and they fitted like a glove. i wont use paddocks again because of the way they just fobbed me off with any...

i used a product call owetrol which is a kind of paint conditioner that you mix with said paint. it inhibits rust and help adehsion. if ya want the link to where i bought it gis a shout...f**kin brilliant stuff.

well my plight with paddocks and britpart and recorded further down in the depths of the forum (entitled parabolic springs.) but the brunt of it is, britpart admitted they have made their springs wrong by not bending the ends enough. this causes the curls of the springs to rub on my sexy...

Mine is dirty white on the inside, i have just painted the outside army issue Sand colour (Light stone) and plan to carpet the inside of the roof with seagrass carpet and the loading area Sand aswell.

as long as the splines are the same innit?

Well after getting f**ked over by paddocks twice! i decided i would look for bearmach springs which are not grey and do not wreak of wrongness (like britpart springs have for me) here is where i ordered them from Land Rover Mail Order 4x4 Cost: 184 quid total (thats postage...dick...

Thanks mate, indeed it is an upper. although i've still not heard anything back from paddocks (if they keep the silence up then i think it will get into quite a few media sources). cheers for the kind words everyone. waiting... Deef

what is the gaps like on the front hangers? where dya get um from? had probs with mine on the front and was wondering where to get the next set from.

no but i have a clowns costume?

**yawns**

nice one, i havent had this much excitement in ages...the more i read your stuff yella the more i like ya. keep up the fork toungued abuse Defoe

good advice well taken sir, thanks deef

Hi all, just to update you all on the common problem of parabolic springs not fitting... After a few comunications with Paddocks i have received the following email... "i have spoken to our suppliers. apparently they are all arriving to them like this at the moment. the curl of the...

Cheers mate i did see that stuff, but to be honest it made little sense to me... does what you did fix the gap problem between the shackles and the curl in the spring? it was ****ing in rain, i was in the middle of a muddy field on my own not knowing what the ferk i was really doing. I read...

Hi all, after working yesterday in the rain...on my Truck, ive reset the springs by lifting it off the ground...loosening all the bolts...dropping the weight onto the wheels, rocking it slightly to settle the springs in (as stated in the haynes manual...then finally doing up the bolts again...

Nope i aint named after him either... Daniel Defoe is the only Defoe that counts as far as i am concerned. and slob, your give a ****-o-meter is very apt right now. kind regards all

1) I didn't want to l;eave the shackles loose but a good mate of mine who has worked on many a landrover reckoned that that is how they were supposed to be. Did i find them that way...no i didn't...am i doing them back up...yes sir i am indeed. 2) The bushes that are in the curly ends of the...

ha, indeed it will, in fact i didnt get round to it today as the weather turned proper ****e by lunch time down here. yella... truck truck truck truck truck dont get all nitty gritty with the details...it aint a car...it aint a van...it isnt even a 'feckin' lorry :) thats like me...

that is my next action (to grind the leading egde down by a few millimetres) trouble is i dont want to damage my lovely galv chassis. good luck and may the force be with you.

sorry to bring up an old subject... The geezer you need to contact at landrover is called Mr Eric Pagan, you need to speak to him on the phone and he will ask you to send a check to landrover club ltd for 15 pounds. he is the only dude that holds all the original documentation for old landys...