poly air v 130 dual spring setup in a 110

[weeds]

getting the rig back up to scratch for some touring next year

my poly airs failed this year, pretty sure they are 10+ years old, do i replace them or

fit a helper spring like the 130's have, has anybody fitted dual/double springs to a 110? or

or do i just have a second set of springs for touring?

or is there a progressive spring available?

[justinc]

Kelvin,

I am up to the same decision almost, I have a set of 130 twin springs sitting here, Matt (rovercare) has tempted me to think about air springs, OR just fit Defender standard coils and remove the ride leveller which is non functional I suspect.

I am leaning towards the KISS twin coil set up personally. If it proves too heavy,(I will have LR tank, and a fair bit of gear most of the time) I can just remove the inner coils and refit once a year when towing camper etc.

JC

[weeds]

Kelvin,

I am up to the same decision almost, I have a set of 130 twin springs sitting here, Matt (rovercare) has tempted me to think about air springs, OR just fit Defender standard coils and remove the ride leveller which is non functional I suspect.

I am leaning towards the KISS twin coil set up personally. If it proves too heavy,(I will have LR tank, and a fair bit of gear most of the time) I can just remove the inner coils and refit once a year when towing camper etc.

JC

what bits and pieces would i need for the inner spring?

good idea about removing the inner spring when mot needed

[justinc]

Just need the inner spring seats and hardware from a 130. Difficult to get new, but try around a few suspension joints I was able to obtain a set once from someone who removed it all to lift the 130 and was about to chuck it all out

I bought the set I am using from a customer who wanted to change all his springs and shocks, they had bought a set from UK.


JC

[jake]

G'day,

I have had the inner springs fitted and also the 130 on the front. my Defender is the new Puma 110. I am quite happy with the setup. Once you have a load and we have constant load with drawer set up and bits and pieces fitted. The ride is quite good. On our previous TD5 110 we had Polyairs. These were good also.


Jake

[justinc]

G'day,

I have had the inner springs fitted and also the 130 on the front. my Defender is the new Puma 110. I am quite happy with the setup. Once you have a load and we have constant load with drawer set up and bits and pieces fitted. The ride is quite good. On our previous TD5 110 we had Polyairs. These were good also.


Jake

Thanks Jake, yes I will have a storage set up, spare wheel carrier, LR tank, second batt and HF radio etc etc in the back so I'm happy you think the ride in yours is OK.


JC

[rick130]

I recently removed my inners just to see what it was like and i like it

Last time i went over the weighbridge it tared at 2660kg and I'm carrying at least 100-150kg more gear now.

I need to lift the rear a little again just to get some rake back but really like the better ride and believe it or not handling of the reduced spring rate in the back.

Like JC I don't know whether to go full bags or drop the rear spring rate a bit more and use some longer coils with Firestone poly bags up the guts.......

[Gav110]

Just had Polyairs fitted today by Graeme Cooper, with a new set of 320lb White Tiger rear springs. The coils alone have immediately lifted the back of my 110 up nice and high again, with more avail from the Polyairs if needed. I had them try the 270lb springs but apparently they sagged.

The ride quality is excellent and I can now hike up the bags for towing or mega loads without compromising unladen ride quality.

As an aside, as I mentioned elsewhere, I had them replace the front 225lb HD (130 spec) front springs which I had found to be too hard, with 180lb long coils - and as I suspected, ride quality is instantly better with no sag and no loss of cornering control.

Am going to run them in for a few thousand km and will right in a report, but so far, amd in love with the ride/handling/load compromise. Bilstein shocks all round.

[rick130]

weeds, I forgot to mention and if you had forgotten, mines a 130.

[jake]

G'day Justin,

Have you decided in a drawer system yet. I have just had a system built (I'm a lousy builder). I have a system that is a little different, not all drawers as we found out the hard way when towing the t-van that we could not access a drawer in our previous car, which meant I could not get to my recovery gear. I will see if I can up load into another section or if you are interested can email what we have done