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Hufflepuff

Member Since: 25 Oct 2014
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 727

Steering guards, lifted and castor correction

Day 3 of fitting the Gywn Lewis kit and the end is in sight.

However, run into a spot of bother with the "First Four" steering guard and the front steering arms.

The car is lifted by two inches, with castor corrected arms which has rotated the whole axle round a few degrees. This in turn has moved the front steering arm a little bit further forward, so that when in the closest position (steering dead centred) the arm is about 1mm from the guard. This is well outside my tolerances, is this a common problem?

I can rectify the issue with an angle grinder and slice off an inch off the bottom of the guard, but that seems a pity as its a nice powder coated aluminium one.

A second and more important problem is the covers for the front shock mounts. They will no longer fit as the top of the shocks sits about two inched inside the engine bay. What do people do about this? Just let the dirt from the arch splash up into the engine bay, or does any make extended covers?
I would have had a go at making some myself except the inside aluminium skin of the arch has quite a unique profile.

Apologies for no pictures of these problems, I do not have a pc handy to upload them on.

6th Oct 2015 5:07pm

jst

Member Since: 14 Jan 2008
Location: Taunton
Posts: 7987

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Stornoway Grey

personally i would adapt the steering guard

i make up my own plastic guards to cover aorund the top turret as best i can Cheers

James
110 2012 XS Utility
130 2011 M57 bespoke Camper
90 2010 Hardtop
90 M57 1988 Hardtop

6th Oct 2015 7:20pm

Hufflepuff

Member Since: 25 Oct 2014
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 727

OK thanks for the feedback James, out with the angle grinder in the morning.

For a matter of interest, did your modified turret covers start off as the original ones modified? I was thinking about cutting a hole in them for the turrets tops to go through.

6th Oct 2015 8:41pm

K9F

Member Since: 12 Nov 2009
Location: Bournemouth
Posts: 9610

2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

I too had to 'modify' my SVX steering guard when I replaced my bumper with a HD one with recovery eyes as the steering guard would no longer fit. Out with the angle grinder after carefully masking up the cut-line. Trip to the powder coaters to get it redone afterwards and you would never know.

Excuse the poor quality picture.

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6th Oct 2015 9:10pm

jst

Member Since: 14 Jan 2008
Location: Taunton
Posts: 7987

no, i made up sep ones. Cheers

James
110 2012 XS Utility
130 2011 M57 bespoke Camper
90 2010 Hardtop
90 M57 1988 Hardtop

7th Oct 2015 10:55am

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