Thread: Another Saggy Bum question

usually dont go anywhere near "suspension" mobs !! His lovell springs are usually to short in relaxed lrngth and hence the wire is too thick giving to harsh a ride.and are dangerous (at least KING EXHD REARS,and put the lo0ngest of the 4 you have in the font)
perhaps ring LRA in melbourne aned discuss with them.

those coil inside the coil are not OEM and are a dodgy bandaid at best....You have to figure the ride and height you want and what loads you normally carry. Id bet the load leveller is not working. If it were me Id take it out and get it rebuilt and re install. Run the kings with that and see. If your still not happy you have a set point to work from, that is the specs of the king springs. Most dont run the load leveller, but IMO it is good.

I've got some King Springs on order and a rebuilt leveller, so if you're not in a hurry you can wait and see how my setup works out. And I've got some airbags sitting around but I won't put them in until I can see what the new springs will do on their own.

Originally Posted by 400HPONGAS

usually dont go anywhere near "suspension" mobs !! His lovell springs are usually to short in relaxed lrngth and hence the wire is too thick giving to harsh a ride.and are dangerous (at least KING EXHD REARS,and put the lo0ngest of the 4 you have in the font)
perhaps ring LRA in melbourne aned discuss with them.

mate, sounds like a one off to me. the lovells i put into my rangie are awesome. plenty of relaxed length, and not bouncy on the road at all. in saying that, they are the light duty version, so fitting a heavy duty item may result in a different outcome. i service a fleet of minesite hilux's that run 10 leaf rear and heavy duty fronts, and yes they are very bumpy, but are designed to carry 4 tonne of car. did you take it back and complain or ask about other options? the guys at WA suspension are pretty good, always happy to give out advice.

Get rid of the load leveller for a start! Fit std Disco rears if you dont want to go too high, Disco's didnt have a load leveller.
The load leveller is great in theory but it would be far better if there was 2 of them. This is what causes the legendary Rangy body roll.
The load leveller pumps up to its set height and when you go round a corner the chassis pivots on it.
If you fit 2" high springs you are above the operating height of the leveller anyway.
County's had a load leveller but defenders didnt. Rover worked it out in the end!

They only put the leveller in so that they could use nice soft springs. If you don't have one, then you need harder springs to keep the back end up. And then you don't have the same ride.

Davo,

Happy to wait and see the results of your setup

Pic's of before and after would be appreciated.

Appreciate everyone thoughts,

Cheers

Baggy

I just finished it today but haven't driven it yet. Feel free to PM me with a reminder if I don't post something this week.