Thread: Touring setup weight concerns ?

Originally Posted by Bytemrk

I had pondered the same thing Mike..... do you know exactly which components are different in the suspension?

I have it saved somewhere. I’ll dig it up.

Thanks for all of the input. wow, it gets a bit scary when you actually see what a few of your D4s weigh once all the goodies are added on. I have not worried about it too much before as my other car is a Cruiser 79 series dual cab and it just keeps swallowing stuff and wanting more. However no reason not to go for it with the Disco as its not in my genes to leave a car standard. Might think about discarding the seats as suggested.

Struts control arms and sway bars all have different part numbers for armoured vs non armoured

Hi Tombie,
How much is the GVM increase with the Armoured Suspension. Do you know how much it costs to do?

Cheers Gary.

Originally Posted by Tombie

When I can be bothered I’ll be speaking with an engineer about fitting the Armoured D4 suspension and subsequent GVM increase.

Originally Posted by morto3015

Hi Tombie,
How much is the GVM increase with the Armoured Suspension. Do you know how much it costs to do?

Cheers Gary.

I don’t have any costings; early days yet.

Hi Guys,

Attached is a spreadsheet that I developed to calculate the total weight of my D4 and also the distribution between front and Rear Axles.

Cheers
SteveK

Originally Posted by skellar

Attached is a spreadsheet that I developed to calculate the total weight of my D4 and also the distribution between front and Rear Axles.

That's good, thanks for sharing. Fuel doesn't seem to be included? Or is the empty vehicle on weighbridge assuming full tank?

Cheers,
Scott

Steve K
that spreadshhet is bloody helpful. I will use this to work out my own weights. thanks for sharing
jack