Thread: Bump stop clearances

An observation:
My (genuine) workshop manual only gives a minimum for the back, and this is 67mm. My '81 RRC has a front clearance that looks to be pretty close to 100mm (raining at the moment so I don't feel like actually measuring it).
The car used to sit level before the rear springs sagged. Front springs (fitted 27 years ago after I fitted an ARB bullbar and 8000lb Warn winch) are HD and I threw the box away a couple of years ago so can't say for sure what make. There is enough travel to smooth speed bumps right out. The faster the better.
Ideally I'd like to get that 4" clearance on my Disco 2a, as long as it doesn't look like it's on stilts.

Further to my previous post, the 67mm rear bump stop measurement is the minimum distance with the suspension at rest and the levelling unit relaxed. After giving the Boge some work so that it pumps itself up, the minimum should be at least 20mm more, i.e. 87mm. So I guess the correct operating clearance for an '81 would be just that ; 87mm.
By the way, when I fitted the HD springs (lime green in colour) 27 years ago I also fitted OME gas shocks all round. The gas pressure is long gone, but the shocks still seem to be operating OK.