Thread: D2 rear springs to front?

Originally Posted by Franz

If you are referring to the ProComp type rubber spacers, I have tried these in both the front and rear of a D2. They do isolate the body to a degree and increase the ride height but I found that they tended to get ripped by the springs and due to the back shocks topping out, I removed them again.

Without putting in longer shocks and lengthening the Brake lines, I would not recommend this setup. BTW, the spacers from Procomp are 35mm spacers that are used in 80 series Land Cruisers - Now, 20mm spacers If they did not tear) could be an interesting option.

One other thing that should be noted is that spacers compress the springs abnormally and shorten the life of the springs - my ride height has dropped significantly from the original spec.

I run spacers under the ARB779s to get the height i need, they are not rubber though, just 6mm steel plate cut to shape, it sits under the spring seat and lifts the shock mount as well so you dont loose and travel just get a slight lift, i use 3 each side bolted in place to gain nearly 20mm lift under the 779s. They work quite well, been on the car for many trips and they are a hell of a lot cheaper then the rubber ones cost me about 30 bucks for the lot delivered, i think it was from les richmond.

Originally Posted by Franz

As I said, 20mm would probably work and being metal they would not tear but I would still have some concerns over the life of the springs due to the additional compression (but I'm theorising now)

Yes maybe so, but i couldnt see it being a real problem unless you get so much more upward travel before it hits the bump stops that the spring binds up, and when we are talking about 6mm increments and no more then 18mm lift i doubt that would happen.