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also, got snotty remarks at james edwards, when i turned up in mine to complain about a rattly dashboard, and the service guy kept questioning me why i had a snorkel etc etc.

Some of the dealers seem to think that off road use voids the warrenty!!!
This is complete speak to LR customer services the dealer needs a dressing down!

fordy103 wrote:

its alright waiting on there comments when i turn up for my first service with the challenge suspension kit fitted...LOL

think they might need to lift the ramp slightly higher than normal to get the wheels off the ground!
http://www.gwynlewis4x4.co.uk/page42.html

mine has the same suspension as that fitted... cant wait for the comments

be reet

Fordy,

Did you go for the complete kit and what do you think of it?.... I am looking at this for mine but just rying to work out if I want to go all out on a full kit or keep elements of the standard setup.

Glyn

SteveS wrote:

Yep Safari for me too.

BTW - I get the point made by Mike that the bow wave under the bonnet should produce a lower wave than the front of the car BUT - what if you have to stop or reverse out, you can't keep a constant speed or you hit a large underwater object that slows you down? £10 of plastic pipe and a Saturady morning means that I can choose to go across a ford (ie not a nice tarmac'd road) with some confidence in the knowledge that the only thing saving my diff/gearbox from getting water in it is forward speed and luck.

At the end of the day we all make choices - and some of them are personal - so can't argue with that - based on intended use. Me, well I may go slighly over the top in some areas - but where I'm planning to go there is no AA

fordy103 wrote:

Glyn, i went for the full kit, HOWEVER, gwyn recommended no more than a 1 inch lift with a puma, due to propshaft problems (vibrations), However, the bonus is the puma has heavy duty props as standard aparently, so you can knock 300 quid off the price cause you dont have to buy uprated ones. if you want more lift you must get double cardon props, about 350 each i think . I went for Bearmach springs and pro comp shocks to keep the price down a bit, but if you havnt got a price limit, go for EMU shocks, supposed to be awesome.

Haha, I wish I had enough money to think like that!

My plan was to go for the full kit either standard height or +1" but no more. Might have to look further into the prop shaft being HD.... but then again like the idea of double cardon ones . As for Anti roll bar, I was looking at making it so it can be quick release (using pins instead of bolts) so that I can have it attached when doing long on-road driving and then have it dissconected the rest of the time.... Somthing to think about.

I have the blue springs and Pro-comp shocks on my Discovery and even though they are the cheap option they were an upgrade as it didn't have Anti roll bars as standard.

fordy103 wrote:

If you want any off road pics im going this weekend and will take some for you?

James

That would be awesome if you coul I just need to start saving more money now..... I think maybe suspension has now gone to the top of the list of things to do.

Gyn

fordy103 wrote:

up to you, but my mate has emu's on his, with no roll bars, and it handles better than mine did with standard suspension with roll bars...

your choice!

Looks like I should get away with it then. I guess it will be a load of trial and error. It isn't like I drive around fast anyhow and once I get to Cyprus 80% of my driving will be off-road anyhow.

I am looking at changing all the bushes for superflex at the same time which should also help too

Glyn

Glynparry25 wrote:

As for Anti roll bar, I was looking at making it so it can be quick release (using pins instead of bolts) so that I can have it attached when doing long on-road driving and then have it dissconected the rest of the time.... Somthing to think about.

How about fitting this Glyn.