Defender stance - just looks?

When I fitted a winch and bar to my 90 the front dropped so far, the bottom of the flare was almost level with the tyres.I had Lovelles springs fitted wth Bilstein shocks. The springs were raised height,but not HD,front and back.They raised the front about 35mm from stock height and the rear about 50mm.The rear has settled a little and it sits quite level.I'm very happy with the ride and handling,much better in every aspect IMHO.If the rear sags a lot fully loaded I'll be putting in air (helper) bags.

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Originally Posted by MrLandy

How is it with HD fronts? Better ride / handling? ...I'm in two minds re front springs, as I only have a bullbar and don't intend getting a winch. It's ok with standards, but iccasionally feels a bit soft in front end... Anyone with HD fronts and bullbar only on Defender 110?

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Definetely harsher ride compared to original springs but had to go for these as it was getting a bit low. Also, rides a lot more firmly on the road. Still rides like a barge though.

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Originally Posted by Slunnie

Did you also change the shocks?

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No I didnt change the shocks.
The handling was awful with the std springs (after the bullbar/winch fitted), was almost dangerous imho.
The HD springs raised the front end back to the normal height and the handling was almost identical to what it was prior to the bullbar/winch.

I will add the car was 3 months old from new when I did this.
There were no other warn parts.

My '01 110 wagon has Dobinson's 300 kg. coils in the rear and 130kg. constant weight coils in front. Stance? Yes but perfect with an offroad van hitched and works well loaded or unloaded.Oh, with winch and full bar up front.

Here's a pic showing my 110's stance.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...016/10/734.jpg

Mine looks like that normally, but drops a bit at the back with the camper trailer on, so I'm going to add air bags to the rear just to level it when towing.