Thread: Superior Engineering Superflex arms for Rovers.

Hi guys,
I have been in contact with Superior Engineering about Superflex arms for my D1. They have commenced R&D, and their reply on their facebook page last night was that they have even purchased a Land Rover a few months ago, but they got behind in some R&D work on shocks and that took abit longer than expected. They go on to say that they should be back on track pretty soon to get them underway.

Now I don't know about you guys but I would like a set of Superflex arms to
fit to my D1, and I would like to increase the amount of travel out of the front end suspension. We regularly use the car for touring, and over the last month when driving Hardies Track at Mary River N.P. I found that when travelling over dried pig diggings and buffalo tracks (with my goodyear mt/r's @ 20psi) the front wheels were (whilst comfortable) still not performing and following the earth how I want them to and it is for this reason I would prefer less restriction in the front suspension.

At the moment the Disco does not have a front sway bar, and the limiting factor is the bushes (and shocks). I am aware I can drill (slot) the bushes to increase travel, but I know I will do this at the loss of the long service intervals, and on-road handling and I am not keen on that. If I was to drill the bushes I can then install longer shocks only to find that the bushes will bind again. Noting I already know I will chase my tail I have not set-off down this path. The rear suspension moves through it's travel arc pretty well as standard owing to the rear A-frame, leaving the front for dead, and when travelling across some of the short, sharp, but deep erosion gullies we get in the top end the front feels as though it could offer more to keep the vehicle flatter, more stable, and more predictable across the gully's.

Due to the close proximity of the radius arm bushes to the front and rear of the diff housing an x-link Glen Dobbin style is not possible and this is impacted also by the panhard design and mounting location. The small diameter of the OEM LandRover bushes is also inhibitive to travel, and the restrictions of space for fitting a 3 link make that excessively time consuming, clearly Superior Engineering super flex arms are a logical choice.

Furthermore, GU/GQ/Toyota arms only fit 1 type of vehicle per arm design (albeit a very highly regarded and in demand vehicle), super flex arms for a Land Rover should fit the Range Rover Classic, Discovery Series 1, Def 90, Def 110, and Def 130's making that market for the product vast.

And If I may be so bold; I am assuming that the Land Rover design may have to mimic that of the 100 series cruiser with the "wishbone" shape, if Superior Engineering do make some, I have asked them if possible could they use toyota/nissan bushes in the passenger side where the arms mount to the super flex plates supplied so that more flex is available due to the larger diameter of the toyota/nissan bushes.

Noting Superior Engineering already make a good product that is clearly needed by Land Rover Nutters (the world over) I hope to hear more promising news soon.

Anyway this is my rant done.

Anyone else interested in superflex arms?

Cheers, Adam.

Originally Posted by uninformed

wouldnt this also mean fabricating new chassis mounts? And Im thinking an arm based on Rovers closer bush spacing would flex better than the one based on the wide nissan spacing...

there was talk on outers a while ago from Greg I think regarding superior doing Rover arms...

No need to change chassis mount for Nissan Arms. I have Nissan axles in my bushie (stock 110 chassis) with Superior superflex arms.

Over the next couple of days, whenever I get a chance, I'll look into your question about making different brackets to use the Nissan superflex arm in a Landie. I suspect the problem for a simple bolt on mod vs new welded brackets will be the location of the stock bolt for the rear mount on the landie front axle.