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  1. 16th July 2021, 09:43 AM #11
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    That'll work fine.
    The stock dampers are too short when unladen, there's minimal droop travel, less than 1".

    That's fine on a race car where most all open wheelers are run with zero droop in the front, and often in the rear, too, but not great in a road/offroad vehicle
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  2. 16th July 2021, 02:47 PM #12
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    I have aftermarket dampers and had the springs pop out. Easy to pop them back in.
    I use 2 fencing wire twitches at the top mount. No more problems.
    Terry
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  3. 17th July 2021, 05:28 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mickman View Post
    OK so you guys are suggesting that I remove the inner spring to help with ride - not required for my light usage, and also to add some type of retainer? My local mechanic has just fitted new shocks all round, wish I was aware of this at the time. He advised to go with EFS.
    My EFS shocks did the same thing, I checked they were the right shocks and they were, changed to Bilstein with no issues..
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  4. 17th July 2021, 09:59 PM #14
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    Just adding another vote for adding rear Airbag Man airbags, in my case to standard coils and shocks. The adjustability for towing is excellent.
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  5. 18th July 2021, 06:19 AM #15
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    Springs are sooo old school……..bag the rear Defender 130 Rear Spring Problem
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  6. 18th July 2021, 07:26 AM #16
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    Next time round I'll look at Bilstein and a pair of bags.
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  7. 18th July 2021, 04:24 PM #17
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    I have a second hand set of Air Bag Man air bags for sale with covers, Possibly 4 years old , and had done maybe 20000 Kms.

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