Thread: Rocky Mountain parabolics in Isuzu Stage 1

2 leaf in the front?

the stage one has coil front, leaf rears I believe

Originally Posted by procrastination inc

2 leaf in the front?

the stage one has coil front, leaf rears I believe

Go back to school procrastination, you have failed on your last Land Rover identification exam. The County/110 had coils front and rear but the SIII-Stage 1 is leaf springs all round!

Northy

There is an optional 3rd leaf available from Rocky Mountain for the front springs but is not held in stock by any of the vendors in Oz. RMP suggest it is a good option for those who do heavy off road work or even for the front of a civilian LR forward control. Talk to RMP they actually have an understanding of Isuzu powered Landys owning an Isuzu County themselves.

Don't waste your money! We did and I reckon parabolics are bolics alright! Isuzu is defintely too heavy for the 2 leaf fronts. I reckon you'd be better off altering the original set. Do a search on here, there is plenty of info.
cheers
Evelyn

Experiences will obviously differ, but I fitted Rocky Mountain parabolics to my Stage 1 Isuzu. I had no worries at all with really good results. They were 2 leaf springs and didn't sag under the weight. They really improved the comfort level too.

You'll find that upward travel may be limited by the bump stop extensions. To stop the front axle hitting the Isuzu sump they welded extensions to the chassis to limit upward movement.

Originally Posted by Dave_S

Experiences will obviously differ, but I fitted Rocky Mountain parabolics to my Stage 1 Isuzu. I had no worries at all with really good results. They were 2 leaf springs and didn't sag under the weight. They really improved the comfort level too.

You'll find that upward travel may be limited by the bump stop extensions. To stop the front axle hitting the Isuzu sump they welded extensions to the chassis to limit upward movement.

This look familiar Dave?

Originally Posted by isuzurover

This look familiar Dave?

You know, it does ring a bell

Originally Posted by Dave_S

You'll find that upward travel may be limited by the bump stop extensions. To stop the front axle hitting the Isuzu sump they welded extensions to the chassis to limit upward movement.

so does this mean that raising the shock points is a no no, or if we put in extended shocks and raise the shock points so that when the extended shocks are fully compressed they are at same height as the standard shocks when fully compressed.

if that makes sense.

and back to springs, for off road performance would it be better to have a crack at making a set of eliptics like isuzurovers

On a Stage 1 Isuzu you are probably better off leaving the shock mounts where they are, especially if you are fitting parabolics. You'll only get marginal improvements if it all works and risk making things worse if it doesn't.

If you want a solution that someone else has tested and done all the hard work on, then go for the parabolics. If you have lots of time and a pile of good condition leaf springs lying around, plus a friendly spring works nearby, you could try to make up some yourself. Ben (Isuzurover) got great results making up his own springs, although you wouldn't want to suffer from seasickness