Suspension questions

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Originally Posted by Slunnie

They were the ARB/OME’s weren’t they? The King spec were softer then OME. Lovells measured them and they came up at something like F190 and rears were about 250-270 or something like that.

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Initially yes. I went to Kilsyth and met with them and we did the D2 and Defender coils (and Defender LTRs).

Kings then shifted their spec across on the HD last I spoke with them.

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Originally Posted by Tombie

Initially yes. I went to Kilsyth and met with them and we did the D2 and Defender coils (and Defender LTRs).

Kings then shifted their spec across on the HD last I spoke with them.

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Ahh cool. I didn't know King changes their specs. That was a good move.

Is it possible to have 2 inch spacers on the factory air springs? Manually controlled? If a no go then the Dobinsons for the rear.
The rear has original Land Rover shocks
Looking at the Dobinsons HD for the front, currently has Pedders Red shocks.

Any recommendations for the shocks?

I thought you could get SLS spacers that go onto the lower perch. You will also need rods to adjust the ride height sensors.

I would look at Bilstein shocks, but you may need to chat to Les Richmond Automotive or someone like that to get the right spec ones for SLS with spacers that allow for the spacer but don't pull on the bags or various brake lines.

Non SLS car. No rods to worry about.

Oh, were you thinking SLS with Shrader valves or something? I'm pretty sure you can run that setup and there are manual controllers for these systems. I'm sure companies like Airbagman etc do them. I looked into this also for mine, but never did it. I figured it would always need chasing as the load and fuel levels kept changing. I dont' think it was all that cheap. In the end (actually the beginning) I just installed poly airbags and they just have shims under them for any suspension lift.

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Originally Posted by Bohica

Is it possible to have 2 inch spacers on the factory air springs? Manually controlled?

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Originally Posted by Slunnie;[URL="tel:3112349"

3112349[/URL]]I just installed poly airbags and they just have shims under them for any suspension lift.

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Poly airbags as in air helper springs? It has them, but both burst a while back.

I got this from them.

C51-052 38.50
C51-027v Variable rate.

I'm guessing they mean N/mm

I have been watching this from the sidelines as i am in the process of buying the bits to do a 2" lift on my D2a with airbags. i have bought the airbag spacer kit and SLS Sensor extenders from Andrew at LRA, some new springs for the front, spacers for cross member, some longer sway bar ends, was getting ready to buy some shocks until i saw mention of the +2" shocks in the rear not being long enough(now i am really confused). Does this affect the Air bag rear end the same way? i can fix a computer real good and wield a soldering iron pretty well, but get really confused trying understand suspension ;).
going by the conversation; would i be better served putting +2" shocks in the front and +3" on the rear?

cheers
Owen

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Originally Posted by scarry

The springs sagged badly on the last D2 i had,and the OEM shocks were shagged.

MR auto suggested Kings springs and Bilstein shocks.

Had them fitted and it was like a different car,came up slightly higher than before and handled and rode beautifully.

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Thanks, that's good to know- I'm booked in with MR to have the shocks and tie rod ends done in a couple weeks. Supposedly the front shocks being "empty" is a bad thing[bigwhistle]