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superquag
4th February 2016, 09:31 PM
Don't know what the PO was hoping, it didn't work... putting a rear Air adjustable - rate ? - shocks from a different model or car into an older/cheaper Ford Exploder to get around the minor detail of knackered leaf springs...

Car was presented to me by son #1 due to my success with the Rangie Air suspension. :D:p:D

Took the sensible way out, advised to put back to 'standard' and have springs re-set, as the bodgy shockies were leaking down... To make it worse, they were 'T'eed into one filler-valve... From my mis-spent youth, this arrangement is anything but sensible, especially as the piping is 5mm ID, not the tiny 0.7mm capilliary stuff Monroe/Wylie supplied with their 'Pump-Up' shocks.


Alas, silken purse from sow's ear....and all that. Pics say it all...:o

TeamFA
5th February 2016, 08:17 AM
Looks like me trailer did a couple of weeks ago, after having overloaded it a few times.

Poor man's lowering kit....? :wasntme:

superquag
9th February 2016, 12:18 AM
Sadness is... when I oozed underneath to take those pics, there was nothing in the rear or back seats.

Yep, I'd agree, Poor Man's Lowering kit. - Now maybe a HUGE bull-bar, winch and extra batteries, - to balance the front end. :p