Thread: My Range Rover so far...

Thanks for sharing your updates, I think the commodore wheels look great. What was the cause of the airspring failure, was it due to your mods or just a bad unit

Looking real cool dude! Can't wait to see some articulation-flex shots. Try climbing it onto cars like Paul (Andy's HRA partner) does! By the way, how much did having spacers machined up cost you? And do you think that the breakage "let go" acually had anything to do with your mod's? I think I remember Paul mentioning they were having a good look at the design of their spacers including some sort of slant to help match the changed angles with a higher sitting ride.

Can't wait for a hail storm over here in Melbourne... 'the pig' (my '95 P38A) is gonna get parked outside from now on!

Hoo-Roo, Dave

It's hard to say why the bag let go. It could have been because of the mods, or it could have been a faulty unit, I'm not 100% sure. The damage sustained to it after it let go makes it hard to determine. Basically the bellow pulled out of the ring at the top of the unit. There are a couple of reasons this migh have happened, but I wouldn't place bets. If it did let go because of the mods, then things have been further modified to prevent the same. If it was because of a faulty bag, well everything much stronger and safer now anyway.

The spacers I had machined by a mate. Low cost for me (basically materials + a bit extra, came out around the $400 mark). If you were to get them machined without doing a mass production or knowing someone in the game, I could see them being very expensive, probably triple or more what mine cost. Paul tells me his own spacers are coming along nicely and they would be the way to go. I'm totally impatient and couldn't wait to start modding, so designed my own Trust me, I tried to weasel a prototype set out of him, but he was having none of it :P Mine are typical of my style of modifying, brute force and ignorance. Massive chunks of billet 2011 ally wedged in there.

Had to edit my previous post as well, kept typing Andy instead of Paul. Too many Emu Bitters for me I thinks...

And thanks for the compliments

Nice looking Rangie mate, top work done so far.

Ok guys, well the plates are back from the laser cutters and we've welded them onto a spare diff housing. We've moved the mount hole 1/2" further forward and put ~6* of angle forward to counter the horrible angle they get on at full flex. Here are some photos...







The diff is now back under the car and all bolted up. The new shocks are in the back and everything is ready to go. Still have to put the new shocks in the front and play with the bump stops. I also have to get the suspension level and set up the ride heights as it seems to have spazzed out.

Hope you enjoy my dodgy engineering

Cheers,
Keels.

Nice work Keels... still waiting for my set to arrive mate... won't take much to turn these in to a removable set that we can include in the HRA lift kit (as discussed previoulsy), after I've tried to break them in my p38 of course

Cheers, Paul.

Originally Posted by PaulP38a

Nice work Keels... still waiting for my set to arrive mate... won't take much to turn these in to a removable set that we can include in the HRA lift kit (as discussed previoulsy), after I've tried to break them in my p38 of course

Cheers, Paul.

Thanks Paul,

I'm just waiting on the other brackets from the laser cutters to make up the bolt on version. Because I didn't mind weld on, we just cut out bits of 5mm plate with the grinder and welded them in there. The bolt on ones will be much more professional hopefully It turns out my "I can do anything I put my mind to" attitude doesn't really work with AutoCAD, a bit more skill is required than "I can draw boobies on coasters at the pub" it turns out :P

I managed to get the rear shocks in as well. There may be a problem with the concertina rubber sock rubbing against the inner bolt from the rear height sensors. Shouldn't be a major problem, but they may wear through in time. To get the bushes right in the eye, I removed the old bushes from the original shock and cut/tore them apart. There is a little metal bushing in there that is exactly the right size to go inside the new rubber bush provided with the shocks. It's a bit of dicking around but there were no places open to get new bushes. All you need is a 19mm OD and 11mm ID bushing. I'm sure a few suspension places will carry these, or you might even be able to buy it in tube form from a metal distributor. The rubber bushing itself is a little wide for the standard shock mounts, took a few squirts of Lanotec to get it in there, now the car smells like a Kiwi :P I'll let you know how I get on with the front ones when I get the car level and the ride heights set.

I'm still looking into limiting straps to make sure I dont overflex the rear. I cant believe there are people out there looking for MORE flex, I need to settle mine down :P There are quite a few good things on the market, most of them are weld on though. I'm probably going the weld on approach, but I'll keep my eye out for anything else that might work.

Anywho, better get back to work, I'll keep you all updated.

Cheers,
Keels.

Originally Posted by WasabiPimpNinja

To get the bushes right in the eye, I removed the old bushes from the original shock and cut/tore them apart. There is a little metal bushing in there that is exactly the right size to go inside the new rubber bush provided with the shocks. It's a bit of dicking around but there were no places open to get new bushes. All you need is a 19mm OD and 11mm ID bushing. I'm sure a few suspension places will carry these, or you might even be able to buy it in tube form from a metal distributor. The rubber bushing itself is a little wide for the standard shock mounts, took a few squirts of Lanotec to get it in there, now the car smells like a Kiwi :P I'll let you know how I get on with the front ones when I get the car level and the ride heights set.

yep, I did exactly that with the first set on mine. Just drilled them out of an old knackered set of Boges I had here. The "new" version ships with a poly insert to correct the diameter issue. Re the width of the bush, I gave mine a light rub with sandpaper before squirting WD-40 to ease them in to the brackets.

I look forward to comparing notes with you.

Cheers, Paul.