Thread: Changing the Height of a Defender

Originally Posted by Rickoz

Hi Guys Muppet here when it comes to Defenders, Well on here are so many threads about Raising Defenders & the Issues that sometimes pop up with that.

Well if Raising a Defender Does this - What happens with a "Stock STD Defender" when you add a Bullbar, Rock/Tree Sliders, TowBar & then load it up with extra fuel, water & all the other items that we wish didn't weigh so much for a Weekend Away, Will all this extra weight that lowers the Defender Cause the same Issues as Raising one

No - lowering the vehicle reduces the drive shaft angles.

Originally Posted by n plus one

No - lowering the vehicle reduces the drive shaft angles.

Kool

Originally Posted by Rickoz

What happens with a "Stock STD Defender" when you add a Bullbar, Rock/Tree Sliders, TowBar & ......

N plus one's got your answer but longer term your springs will start to sag (prematurely). When that happens they can become a bit of a bind to drive - i.e. the handling suffers but because its a creep effect you probably won't realise just how bad until you address the issue. Eventually you'll want to think about putting something a bit more HD (at least up front) to cope better with the extra weight long term. That said mine was fine for years but when it started to sag it did so rapidly.

Ian.

Originally Posted by Rickoz

Hi Guys Muppet here when it comes to Defenders, Well on here are so many threads about Raising Defenders & the Issues that sometimes pop up with that.

Well if Raising a Defender Does this - What happens with a "Stock STD Defender" when you add a Bullbar, Rock/Tree Sliders, TowBar & then load it up with extra fuel, water & all the other items that we wish didn't weigh so much for a Weekend Away, Will all this extra weight that lowers the Defender Cause the same Issues as Raising one

Good question Rickoz,
I have just put a ARB bullbar and winch with steel cable on my MY 13 110 Defender, the front end is 40mm lower than the rear, thus a set of 130 front speings are in order to be fitted eventually.

When we used to play around with land rovers back 25 years ago when where they weren't called defenders and +2 coils weren't really about. We used to play with this chart and change the coils for other model coils which would the still keep the car level when added all the toys and stop the car hitting the tyres in the wheel arch.

Have a look here at the chats for all the different standard height coils

http://www.red90.ca/rovers/springinfo.html

Ali

Originally Posted by Reads90

When we used to play around with land rovers back 25 years ago when where they weren't called defenders and +2 coils weren't really about. We used to play with this chart and change the coils for other model coils which would the still keep the car level when added all the toys and stop the car hitting the tyres in the wheel arch.

Have a look here at the chats for all the different standard height coils

http://www.red90.ca/rovers/springinfo.html

Ali

Mmmm, I just had my front springs replaced by MCL with HD due to winch and bar weight and they are both yellow/white. According to your table they should be different. I wonder if it is a mistake from their behalf or it was intentional. Also they gave back the original ones and they are both yellow/yellow.
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Originally Posted by ProjectDirector

Mmmm, I just had my front springs replaced by MCL with HD due to winch and bar weight and they are both yellow/white. According to your table they should be different. I wonder if it is a mistake from their behalf or it was intentional. Also they gave back the original ones and they are both yellow/yellow.
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Drivers side are always heavier than the passenger side.

This is why even when you buy OME or Dobinsons they are labeled for passenger side and drivers side.

Front and rear

Originally Posted by Reads90

Drivers side are always heavier than the passenger side.

This is why even when you buy OME or Dobinsons they are labeled for passenger side and drivers side.

Front and rear

In this case they put the heaviest on both sides