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This has to be the funniest thread in the techo section for a long while

Welcome 22HUP, and feel free to bag any Disco you like whilst within the forum. Of course out in the real world amongst all those other 4WD'S we'd DEFEND them to the death, but they deserve a little curry whilst in the closeted confines and security of the forum.

Anyway, everyone knows that a Disco is the vehicle you have if you can't afford a Rangie, and you're not man enough to drive a 'fender, 110 or Series.

Back to Johns definition of a truck,well, mines a HICAP (with canopy) and is used for carrying goods and tools commercially, but I've never been comfortable with the 'truck' moniker either. To me it's "the Landy" or "the Defender" or "my car" (as opposed to "your [her] car" which is a GU Patrol tray back, and by definition also a truck as it carries mainly hay and horse feed in the back and occasionally the dog, who is usually with me ) To me a truck is a vehicle, usually with a tray that generally can carry more than two tonne on the back. But that's just my definition.


Anyway, back to the original Q, there are numerous threads on here on suspension mods, springs, shocks, etc. from mild to wild. Everyone has their favourites, some out of gut feeling, others through a fair bit of testing.
Feel free to search and probably confuse the crap out of yourself.

By a rough consensus, Koni and Bilstein get a majority thumbs up when it comes to shock absorbers, although some object to the high level of low speed bump valving in most Bilsteins which contributes to a 'jiggly' ride, their control (mostly) is beyond reproach. Botha re quality brands and last a very long time.
Springs are potentially a can of worms. It all depends on what you want to do with your vehicle, how it's set up (eg winch and bar on the front, weight in the rear, type and severity of off-road use vs on road control ) and the compromises you are prepared to make (as there always are).
E.G. I'm using 17" free length, 220lb springs in the front, long travel Koni shocks (maximum rebound setting), Haultech slotted radius arm bushes and no anti-roll bar to maximise front end flex. There is a bull bar and winch hanging off the front end too, and a week after installation the gap between the bump stops was 117mm/114mm drivers side/passenger side on a level floor and nothing in the rear (OE springs) Obviously when you start loading up the back, and I generally have 600+kg in there, it raises the front end.
Yes, it rolls and lurches a lot more on road, but it's a compromise I was prepared to make.

Well I sure clad I opened with that comment. Any way I will say this, you will NEVER hear me bag any sort of Landrover in mixed company, just amounst other landy owners. If front of the general public its just not on.

To scrambler I BOW my head. A series driver, particularly a series 1 driver, is the finest of all Landy owner/drivers. I don't think any Landy owner worth his salt would wage it against a series owner.

Unless of course its got carpet in it, oh s#@t there I go again bagging carpet. I don't know whats it wrong with me, perhaps I've carpet envy. I might have to get some. Not to put in the truck though, I don't think I could bring myself to do that. I might just put it in the cupboard, take it out every now and again and rub myself on it. Nuded up of course. I'll become a closet carpet lover. But then again maybe not