Thread: ARB + Suspension = WTF!!!

When you say

Has anyone had anything like this experience with ARB lately?

surely you mean

Has anyone had anything OTHER than **** poor service at ARB ever ?

I understand your frustration.
So unless you believe that ARB are the people capable of supplying the gear you want... ditch them. Shane at Suspension Stuff has been good to deal with and can offer you a number of combinations Springs/Shocks at good prices, and will assist you to make the decision on what combination you need/want. There are others out there as well.

Regardless of the vehicle I need parts for, as soon as the sales people prove to be lazy, unknowledgeable or disinterested, USELESS, I just go to soemone who actually wants my money. Sadly this is quite common in Alice and interstate and UK companies regularly get my business.

Cheers

Maybe you should have a read of this thread about lifting a Puma with ARB. Not exactly applicable to a D2, but PovMan has had a few problems with his....

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/90-110-130...g-trouble.html

You could try LRA. Their website uses frames so I don't think I can give you a direct link, but here's the suspension starting page for D2s:
Coil Springs


Coil Springs
Read about our extensive range of coil springgs for Land Rover. We are un-matched with our services, range and ability to produce custom made springs.

Click here to price / purchase springs.

Land Rover’s are still the best riding 4WD on the market. The suspension geometry is superior to all current and past 4WD’s up to date. The success of the Land Rover suspension is the ability to articulate or cross the axles keeping all four wheels on the ground giving the vehicle maximum drive and traction with an extremely comfortable ride.


Springs are not used in Land Rovers as a handling component but more for load carrying and height adjustment. Setting up a vehicles suspension is as individual as the drivers. This is why Les Richmond Automotive manufactures more than 13 sizes of springs to suit Land Rovers.


Springs need to be chosen to suit the vehicles load carrying requirements and height requirements and the vehicles use. The choice of a coil springs also needs to take into account the amount of wheel travel the vehicle has.


The maximum heights LR Automotive set standard vehicles to without causing steering problems or vibrations are as follows.



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Originally Posted by spudboy

You could try LRA....

I did consider LRA but had decided on the OME becasue of a numebr of factors, including that they have a pretty wide spread dealer network should I need to replace anything due to some unfortunate circumstance.

I will now be going back and reconsidering LRA

I'd just go to a different ARB seller. It sounds like the shop is trying it on.

Ahh there are things they can do, but they cannot contract out of a warranty. To say "sorry because your warranty no longer applies because we didn't install this or that does not void a warranty. They would still need to show that your install caused the problem, so frankly this is bull****.

cheers
Nick

I have found ARB really good actually. Have a Mate in the business in Mudgee and have even talked to the in house engineers on custom swapping components. In my case diff locks and side gears.
Have had no issues with installing stuff my self as far as warranty goes. You need a new store It only takes one long necked goose to bugger a good shop.
Try to stay with the SLS if you can. My 120 is not SLS etc but now MLS Best thing I ever did is divorce the coils