No they don't fit properly (well they fit but they rub), you need to go the pro-sport (I think they are called) on the front and big bore on the rear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dockstrada
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No they don't fit properly (well they fit but they rub), you need to go the pro-sport (I think they are called) on the front and big bore on the rear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dockstrada
I've never, ever 'gotten' this argument....Quote:
Originally Posted by ade
Sometimes we may want to do something differently to what Land Rover envisaged, sometimes what Land Rover has engineered can easily be improved.
It's not what Land Rover thought, it's what I want to do that's important.
To put it another way, one of my mates is an ex-Land Rover engineer and he can list multiple things they've done wrong/badly/poorly over the years, so a Defender can be improved in so many areas, even their engineers think so ;)
Having said that, most people that 'lift' a 4WD do it pretty poorly, with little thought about how to combine the sometimes conflicting requirements anyway. :angel:
Ahh! I better look into that , does that go for the +2 ones ?Quote:
Originally Posted by chook73
Where do they rub ?
Yes and if your going to fit +2 make sure you have done your measurements as mine dislocated +2 springs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dockstrada
From memory they rubbed on the spring and the turret.
So by that theory none of us should have a snorkel?Quote:
Originally Posted by ade
Drover
Do you have relocation cones or straps fitted? have you left the internal string in the rear? You don't find the big bore to rigid in the rear?
I'm thinking i'll go with terrafirma. Big bore shocks in the rear and the pro shocks in the front with 2inch pro springs all round.
What rate springs are you after Ben? I have a set of the medium which were too soft for me that have done about 20km I would sell you at a good price.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ben7
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I have TF +50mm pros ports in the front with +50 Old Man Emu springs. There extended length is a perfect match. A full drop the spring don't dislocate at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ben7
The rear springs, although +50mm are still the same length as stock springs ? Yeah I was surprised to. I run PolyAir's air bag so I don't want any dislocation and I can't use cones( due to the air bags)....so I use stock length TF BigBores.
I still have the extra ground clearance, without dislocation issues.
BigBores are great shock, they are very comfortable, but due to the large size do not suffer any fade when hot.
Cheers
So I have fitted some new shocks.
After buying the T/F Big Bore for the fronts and rear, I did a quick measure and noticed that when I fitted the +50 coils to the front it rotates the diff forward which moves the shocks off center, foward in the shock tower see in pic, hence the clearance problem with fitting the T/F B/bore shocks with +50 lift.
Att full extention .
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/09/521.jpg
With weight of truck .
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/09/522.jpg
Solution is to fit castor correction radius arms to rotate the diff back to OEM standard, maybe later .
So I ended up with
T/F pro sports +50 on the front
T/F Big Bores standard hight on the rear which after I measured them they are 38mm longer than the standard L/Rover ones.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/09/523.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...012/09/524.jpg
My next problem is that pro sport’s shocks only come in +50 so now I have a uni binding and spring dislocation issue on full articulation.
Solution for shaft, I just ordered a DBL Cardan shaft from Tom Woods
Solution for spring dislocation, hoping that I can have some feedback from the forum .
The dislocation isn’t allot, it’s only about 20mm at the front of the spring the rear is still sitting on the plate.
I was thinking of machining a new lower plate with a internal cone with a 80mm hole in the top to clear the shock maybe 40 or 50 mm high guide cone so it guides the spring back in into the seat .
This is the exact problem I went through, next is to fit dislocation cones but then you will get the dc shaft binding on the sway bars so you either need to remove the sway bars or fit spacers.
If you fit spacers then you will need to move them back 3/4" or the sway bar will invert.
Other problem you will have to overcome from memory is you need to fit longer bump stops or new turrets.
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