Heavy duty shocks

**Ranga** · 11th October 2011, 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by 86mud

Hey Ranga, what wheels do you have on the truck at the moment? I thought you had steelies?

Yeh, I've got Kings steelies, with 0 offset. Would these rub?

**86mud** · 12th October 2011, 11:21 AM

I think they should be ok. With the Wolf rims on my truck, I have 20mm gap between the terrafirma bottom bracket and tyre.

It is only the old style solid defender rims that have a positive offset that cause problems.

Cheers
Andrew

**Terrain Vehicles** · 14th October 2011, 06:27 PM

I've had a reply from our rep at Britpart, who does a bit of Comp Safari racing. He sent me this...

Some pics of our 20 year old racer, which we used Cellular Dynamics on last year, twins all round and steering damper. NORC Compsafari Frickley oct 2010 part 2 by compsafari.co.uk - YouTube about 3 mins in on this clip you can see car 148 bouncing around an old slag heap, rest of the motors on that clip are running coilovers or remote reservoir fox, we were the only one running twin std and came 2nd in class. Managed a year with no breakages!

Skip to 3:10 to see their vehicle.

He also sent a few pictures, a couple of how the twin Cellular set-up looks on a Disco, and some of their trialer in action.

Looks like a pretty good test to me..

**Allan** · 15th October 2011, 06:27 PM

Got my Terra Firma +2 springs and dual shock mount kit today, will fit the in the a.m. to the ninety. Should be fun, I hope

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**mudcrab** · 8th October 2012, 07:58 PM

I have recently aquired a 2001 td5 130 that has heavy duty suspension upgrade,gets really bouncy between 90 kmh and 100 kmh what can I do to correct it? I had the wheels balanced but hardly any change,any suggestions

coolblues_au · 8th October 2012, 08:21 PM

I have made many mods to the 110 and I would rate the instalation of Dobinson shocks as one of the best. In a previous thred i stated that I had Terrafirma shocks that failed. I never realised how crap they were. The vehicle is fitted with 50mm over stock King springs and with Terra firma it was all over the road. With the Dobinson's its firm and straight yet soft off road.

**uninformed** · 9th October 2012, 07:01 PM

has anyone contacted Koni or Bilstein in Oz and see if the have a truck shock that will fit (ie lengths mounts etc) their needed application and then get them to re-valve them to LR specs????

**Red90** · 10th October 2012, 01:42 AM

Originally Posted by uninformed

has anyone contacted Koni or Bilstein in Oz and see if the have a truck shock that will fit (ie lengths mounts etc) their needed application and then get them to re-valve them to LR specs????

??? They both make heavy duty shocks valved for Rovers..

I've run a few shocks. I recently switched to Koni Heavy Track, 8240SPX series shocks. They are seriously night and day compared to anything else that has been on the Defender. On rough tracks, at speed, they just absorb every bump. You just want to keep driving faster. I have not driven with anyone that can keep up to me since I've fitted them.

**rick130** · 10th October 2012, 05:30 AM

Originally Posted by Red90

??? They both make heavy duty shocks valved for Rovers..

I've run a few shocks. I recently switched to Koni Heavy Track, 8240SPX series shocks. They are seriously night and day compared to anything else that has been on the Defender. On rough tracks, at speed, they just absorb every bump. You just want to keep driving faster. I have not driven with anyone that can keep up to me since I've fitted them.

Serg is talking about extended lengths, not stock opened/closed.

**uninformed** · 10th October 2012, 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by Red90

??? They both make heavy duty shocks valved for Rovers..

I've run a few shocks. I recently switched to Koni Heavy Track, 8240SPX series shocks. They are seriously night and day compared to anything else that has been on the Defender. On rough tracks, at speed, they just absorb every bump. You just want to keep driving faster. I have not driven with anyone that can keep up to me since I've fitted them.

????? and what are their heavy duty versions, both for Bilstein and for Koni please.

If you say 7100/9100/9300 or blackhawks, then they are not sold in this country. If you say Raids or Heavy Track for Koni's, then these come at a premium price.....So, if a person was to do a little research, they may find out that the premium HD shocks may actually be based on said companies Truck and Bus range, they may be able to find a suitable shock at a better price.

For example, Koni Raid 90 series are 70mm body, 18mm shaft and 42mm piston...their Heavy Track 88 Series is 55mm body, 16mm Shaft and 36mm Piston. Your 8240's as with all 82 series are smaller again.

If you look at the Truch Bus range, you will see they have the 88, 90 and 92 series shocks........

FWIW, my Defender rears are 88 series from a Merc truck, front application and are 12 inch travel.

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