Superior Engineering Superflex arms for Rovers.

Finally got around to taking a few pics with the SF arms in action... i couldn't find anything to drive over to test the travel limit in a cross-axle situation !! In these pics the front springs are just starting to dislocate with more to go.

These are with 11" travel shocks front and rear for reference.

The front tucks in real nicely now, it wouldn't get anywhere near that before, and as you can see, it all sits very level, i could have stuck a spirit level on the bonnet and it would be perfectly square :p

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That looks great Mike, going to take a bit to lift a wheel. The shocks you have look like Amarda's coupled with Gwyn Lewis turrets. When you were choosing spring and shock combinations, how did you arrive at the current set up ? Or has anyone out there used the Old Man Emu combination with a similar set up as they do in the UK?

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That looks great Mike, going to take a bit to lift a wheel. The shocks you have look like Amarda's coupled with Gwyn Lewis turrets. When you were choosing spring and shock combinations, how did you arrive at the current set up ? Or has anyone out there used the Old Man Emu combination with a similar set up as they do in the UK?

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Hi Brendan
There would be no problem using the OME 60070L shocks with this setup,as you would basically have the same travel as the shocks that Mike has.The rebound is firmer in the OME shocks,so the ride will correspondingly be a little firmer.This will not alter the travel of the shocks though.
I have a set here if you want to fit your arms and try them:D

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Originally Posted by brendanm

That looks great Mike, going to take a bit to lift a wheel. The shocks you have look like Amarda's coupled with Gwyn Lewis turrets. When you were choosing spring and shock combinations, how did you arrive at the current set up ? Or has anyone out there used the Old Man Emu combination with a similar set up as they do in the UK?

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Yep that's exactly what i'm running, i chose these Amada shocks because they have very similar open/closed lengths as the OME 60070L - which is the shock most people run with the Gwyn Lewis mounts so i knew it would be plug and play.... no measuring to calculate shock lengths required. All 4 corners are pin to pin mount which are advertised to suit the front a 6" lift Patrol, although with the Defender being a far superior vehicle, it can make use of the shock travel with only 2" of lift :twisted:

As for the springs... researching this made my brain hurt but i ended up running something like 225 lb/psi in the front and 270 lb/psi in the rear and i'm pretty happy with it, although a 130 would obviously weigh more!!

At the moment I only have a casual interest in fitting super flex arms. Maybe in the future, maybe not. At present I'm not entirely sure which direction I'll be taking my current vehicle in the future.

However, and as it doesn't seem to have been explicitly stated in this thread, I'd like to know if fitting the front arms would / does require sign off by an engineer? Seems like quite a large modification to critical components not to require some sort of certification.

If so how are people finding the whole engineering process, smooth or problematic? I'm trying to gauge the level of commitment (in terms of both time, money and sheer hassle) involved with the various option to further modify my truck.

Cheers,

Ian.

ok lads. have just got back from trip and had to leave the Defender in the Garage as the ignition died friday afternoon as I pulled in the driveway from QLD inspection and rego. While attempting to fix ignition and fit Superior front and rear arms the brackets didn't fit. BUT even though Greg was a superstar and started working on a solution to wrong holes on the brackets I couldn't get the Ignition to work and pushed the old girl into garage (took and tested the wives new Jeep JK on the Nth Qld trip).

Have come back and will grab the new brackets of Greg and the boys at Superior during the week and hopefully in the next 2 weekend the truck will find some terrain hard enough to test it on.

Big Thank you to Greg and making Front and rear arms that allow our Landies to do more safely what we have always wanted them to do.

Rear arms what rear arms not from superior no
I was told only a week ago they don't make them
And my delays on the front arms were due to their machinist having a heart attack so hope he gets well soon

Well I have grabbed the new mounts for the rear Superior Arms that Greg has made and will try and find time to fit tonight. Greg and I are hoping these work as the one bracket would then fit Disco 1 and Defenders.

Will try and post some pics once it all works and is on. Then I guess Superior will list them on the site.

Appreciate the hard work that has gone into making these parts. I love it when us Aussies make top end affordable and engineered parts. Look after your local guys when you have the chance I say.

Hi Nick,
There seems to be some confusion above over which rear arms Greg is producing. Can you confirm that those you refer to are the long arm conversion requiring the old mounts to be removed and new mounts welded to the chassis?
Regards
Grant

Grant happy to mate.

The Arms are the same as those in the prototypes he made for the Disco mule he was using ans posted pics of. They are slightly longer than standard to relieve pinion stress when I measured but have the bush at both ends like a heavy duty Nissan rear lower trailing arm. They are not what you would classify a long arm.

I would be happy to cut my mounts off after trialing these for a bit and either make my own long arms rear kit or try one from Greg but I feel I would need to make a new A-frame to get the full benefit.

FYI - When ordering them from Superior the staff call them Land rover Rear lower Links (They may call them something different once they release them).