Thread: The now not so good coil conversion

purple (rears) in the front of mine, this is common for those running cast iron engines, winches, dual batt etc..

I'm running with the Bearmach 195lb front and 240lb rear. But I notice the drivers side sits a bit lower than the passenger side. quite annoying. Is this because the diff sits off to one side creating more weight? I was going to put a set of bogue oil shocks on it. I haven't even driven with them yet since I'm currently doing the motor transplant so I can't comment on ride quality.

Thank you all very intresting and quite funny it does seem to have a theme though looks like i was more worried about my wallet than the quality and brought the wrong stuff looked good at the time.
never mind save some money and have another go, meanwhile back to air.
Just to answer a couple of questions tyres are 265x 75 r16
and it actually didnot go to bad on the corragations better than the air thats for sure.
does not have a front bar yet anyway and i do tend to carry a lot of wait
thanks again to all.

I'm running with the Bearmach 195lb front and 240lb rear. But I notice the drivers side sits a bit lower than the passenger side. quite annoying. Is this because the diff sits off to one side creating more weight

The diff is unsprung weight not carried by the springs.
It's you.
Go on that diet you have been promising to go on.

Seriously, the battery is on that side if you have only one and it is a bit heavier.
OE springs are sometimes handed to compensate, but if it annoys you, you could put a spacer on that side. Sometimes the springs are not exactly the same free length so you choose the longer one for that side.

Discos have about a 5-6MM rubber spacer on their springs which are perfect for a small adjustment or you can buy poly ones on ebay.
Regards Philip A

The problem originally described sounds to me a lot like lack of caster angle due to suspension lift. Those 3 degrees make a surprising difference, and the extra 1 degree or so when the EAS drops to highway mode is part of the reason they handle so nicely in original configuration. You'll also recall that you were limited to 60km/hr in high profile with the EAS. I'm sure caster angle has a lot to do with that.
Having a spare wheel hanging out behind the back of the car does not help I think. When I had a rear wheel carrier on my 88 model, it reminded me of the stories about the P51 Mustang with the long-range fuel tank behind the pilot filled up. They say the aircraft wanted to swap ends in turns until the tank was emptied- the rangie seemed to want to swap ends on bends with all that weight behind the tailgate.

hahaha, even me not in the car 72KG (quite fit and healthy :P) and the battery out, it still sags a bit on one side. I carefully measured each one and they were identical before I put them on. Even from the the start they were't even. But yes I noticed that the OE springs have different lengths from each side. There must be another explanation apart from the extra weight of battery. But yes a set of spacers is on order.