Thread: QUESTION! DO DEFENDER SHOCKS FIT ON A LWB SERIES III??

Hi there,

does anyone know if defender shocks fit the rear of a lwb series 3? (I need shocks 2 inches longer than stock for a series 3 lwb and was wondering if I could use defender)

Thanks

I've read that they fit if you need/want the length. How the damping works out who knows? I've read in numerous places that shocks aren't important on series landies as the leaves are doing most of the damping. Bs, I lost/popped the lower washers on my rear shocks as the holes were too big, resulting in the shocks freeing themselves and dangling loose. Every decent bump off road had the back end of the truck flying up in the air and pogoing badly.

I have military length rear shocks on my 109, and homemade mil length shackles. When I checked a few months ago it looked like i get nowhere near full compression of the shocks, so I'm planning to go to the defender shocks. I'll check the lengths again before ordering. To be honest I get pretty good travel at the rear as it is, it's the front that's poor. To make use of the extra shock length may need to get the springs re arched.

I have 88" rear shocks on the front of my 109, I'd be interested to hear of other eye/eye options slightly longer, I don't quite use all the up travel, and would probably benefit from sacrificing a bit of up travel for down travel.

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