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| Retroanaconda Member Since: 04 Jan 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 2661  
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Now that it’s level unloaded, will it not sit nose-up when you load the back?
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25th Feb 2018 9:14am |
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| JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7907  
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  James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641 MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557 Instagram @suffolk_rovers |
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25th Feb 2018 9:41am |
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| grafty99 Member Since: 15 Aug 2012 Location: North Devon Posts: 4788 
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Looking good! It was definately low as it was nearly at the same height as my 90 at the front!
2002 90 Td5 Station Wagon
1990 Vogue SE Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200 Td5 90 Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic50767.html Tdi 110 Thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic69562.html RRC Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic54492.html Instagram http://www.instagram.com/george_grafton |
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25th Feb 2018 9:49am |
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| Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5208
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great stuff there clayton
Love the rear diff! I may look at that at some point, are you looking at uprating the diffs?
Also you need some Heavy duty drive flanges just to be a fanny 
Also you could have washed the spring area too before the photo too 
Laugh is my springs have just been on a year and they are rusty already  Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back
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25th Feb 2018 4:37pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10817 
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I did think of that, only time will tell  and i am hoping the counter weight on the front will help  1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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25th Feb 2018 7:06pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10817
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Many thanks to all of your positive reply's
 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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25th Feb 2018 7:07pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10817
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Just an update on millie's springs, in the first pic, i'm ready to be loaded up with reed and as you can see she is nearly level....
 Click image to enlarge In the second pic i am all loaded up and her nose is in the air ................................... Click image to enlarge They say there is a first time for everything and this was one of those moments, so i was not happy with this and on the way to work i stopped off and rang my indy, got all the info and it turns out that they have fitted the heavy duty super/pro springs and this has given her a 3"lift on the front, so i am going to take millie to get the standard springs put on a week this Saturday morning, and as i will be there, if they are not right as well, the old ones will be going back on
All fun and games  1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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27th Feb 2018 7:52pm |
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| DAZ110 Member Since: 06 Dec 2007 Location: East Sussex Posts: 2045
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Looks very clean now. Have you given it a bath?
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27th Feb 2018 8:00pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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There's no way that's got three inch lift springs on the front. It still looks lower than standard.
Surely you just need rear springs that are suited to the loads that you carry? Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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27th Feb 2018 8:47pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10817
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[quote="DAZ110"]Looks very clean now. Have you given it a bath?
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Yes but not at home with all the freezing going on, would of been well slippery  1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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27th Feb 2018 9:32pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10817
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Hi LRA it's just that with the old springs on she always was pointing down hill and her nose never went in the air, even when she was fully loaded, even when i first had her, the distance from the ground up to the wheel arch was a 3" difference when the new springs were put on, i always have seen that the commercial defenders with the nose down and the back up Am i wrong in thinking this was right  1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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27th Feb 2018 9:38pm |
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| Mash Member Since: 09 Feb 2015 Location: Guernsey Posts: 1674  
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lots of faffing around Clayton, might be easier to get a full set of HD springs fitted, in sure it’s 90 rear springs fitted to the front of HD 110s. 90 wolf - Jasmin http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic39408.html
90 V8 - Maggie http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic42564.html 110 TD5 - Buggsy http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic59029.html 52HG25 lightweight https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic72342.html D3 Hse - Fiona Capri 2l S - Anna Think I might have a problem............ |
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27th Feb 2018 10:04pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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A three inch difference between old and new is not the same as a three inch lift. That just means your old springs were tired. Defenders always sit slightly nose down when empty and nearer level when loaded - it's basic physics. It's not realistic to expect it to sit level when empty and still sit level with a huge great load in the rear. The springs will compress when loaded. Putting your old front springs on will merely mean you're driving around on tired front springs. The front is, for all practical purposes, a fixed load and so should always stay roughly the same. The rear will obviously vary between loaded and unloaded and, given what you carry, you need to choose a set that can comfortably cope with the loaded state. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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27th Feb 2018 10:21pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10817
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Thanks LRA, i'm hoping that the standard springs they are going to put on this time, will be the right ones
1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper. Clayton. |
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27th Feb 2018 10:46pm |
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