Thread: ome springs

I would go the lighter spring with air bags for ride comfort and articulation when empty. I have a pair of those OME HD springs they are bloody huge and i will be changing them out for some softer ones but same height, they give about 5.5'' bump stop clearance at the rear from memory. maybe repost in the tech section for more response

Originally Posted by lambrover

I would go the lighter spring with air bags for ride comfort and articulation when empty. I have a pair of those OME HD springs they are bloody huge and i will be changing them out for some softer ones but same height, they give about 5.5'' bump stop clearance at the rear from memory. maybe repost in the tech section for more response

I totally agree.I changed mine back to standard,if you want a bone jarring ride buy a toyota. Pat

[QUOTE=PAT303;921857,if you want a bone jarring ride buy a toyota. Pat[/QUOTE]

to funny Pat.

If you have 762 springs in the rear it must be a 90 as the 110 and 130 have different sized rear coils. Rangie, Disco and Defender front coils are interchangeable but only the 90 has the same sizs rear coils.
755 and 754's are for 110 and 130. How high do you want it to sit? if it's a 110 If you put 764 in the front with the bar and 755's in the rear with a 20mm solid spacer under the rear spring base it wil be about 2.5 inches above standard and flex and ride surprisingly well. 764 are a 220lb disco/rangie rear coil but work well in the front of a Defender.

Originally Posted by Wortho

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764 are a 220lb disco/rangie rear coil but work well in the front of a Defender.

Is this the claimed rate by ARB ?
JB reckons they measure out at 240lb/in.
land rover spring specifications

Rangie Spares/LRA (Actually Browns Springs) have a 220lb/17" free length spring that works really well in the front of a Defender.

Is this the claimed rate by ARB ?
JB reckons they measure out at 240lb/in.
land rover spring specifications

Don't know what he was measureing but 764 are 430mm driver,420mm pass, 8 coils,16mm bar and 220lb rate. Biggest varience i've seen was about 5mm in free height and we measure every coil we put in.
Edit, just had another look at that spring chart and those could be specs for 766 coils which are isuzu county front coils 420mm free height 250lb and off the top of my head about that many coils, i'll check tomorrow.

I got myself the 2766 front and 2754 on the rear of my unladed stock 110 and the ride was so harsh that it was diffcult to drive. The landy was jumping all the time.

The reason I bought the above springs is that I want to make my 110 a full-fledged expedition vehicle but not right away. So now I have ordered the 2751 front and 2752 rear OME sprngs. I already have the OME nitrocharger sport shocks front and rear and the Terrafirma RTC steering damper.

Hopefully with the 751 and 752 I will have amuch better ride. Later when I add the rollcage, roofrack, rear wheel carrier plus spare wheel and other expedition gear I will change the springs back to 766 and 754 respectively.

Any inputs from you guys.

JB's spring page is down, so I've added a PDF of his spring data and link to another thread.

The PDF is not totally up to date, I think this dates to Sep-'10, but it should be good enough to give you the info you need.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment...dated-9-10.pdf

Springs are discussed here too http://www.aulro.com/afvb/showthread.php't=158815

BTW, there wouldn't be too many Defenders running around India I imagine ?

Any photo's ?

I'm hoping to get to India next year, at this stage the plan is around March-April.