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MercianRover



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Bilstein for Defender - UK availability
Quite a few years ago now I replaced the worn-out factory dampers on my 110" with Bilsteins and was very impressed. I wanted to put a set on my "new" 110" but the garage I buy parts from cannot source them. Any suggestions of alternatives?
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geobloke



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There are other places but off the top of my head give Alive a call, they stock Bilsteins for the Defender - https://www.alivetuning.com/product-category/suspension/
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MercianRover



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Re: Bilstein for Defender - UK availability
MercianRover wrote:
Quite a few years ago now I replaced the worn-out factory dampers on my 110" with Bilsteins and was very impressed. I wanted to put a set on my "new" 110" but the garage I buy parts from cannot source them. Any suggestions of alternatives?


Thank you, I'll give that a try.
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MercianRover



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geobloke wrote:
There are other places but off the top of my head give Alive a call, they stock Bilsteins for the Defender - https://www.alivetuning.com/product-category/suspension/


Yep, and thank you for your time - much appreciated!
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gilarion



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Paddocks have them

https://www.paddockspares.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Bilstein+b6 For those who like Welsh Mountains and narrow boats have a look at my videos and photos at..

http://www.youtube.com/user/conwy1
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MercianRover



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Cool thanks for the replies!

Any thoughts on those versus OME?
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Re: Bilstein for Defender - UK availability
Chicken Drumstick wrote:
MercianRover wrote:
Quite a few years ago now I replaced the worn-out factory dampers on my 110" with Bilsteins and was very impressed. I wanted to put a set on my "new" 110" but the garage I buy parts from cannot source them. Any suggestions of alternatives?

Have you ever heard of google?


www.google.co.uk


True though ...

Mo The Land Rover 90 - Many are called, few are chosen.

50 Shades of Pennine Grey
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Zirmbach



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Speaking of Bilstein for defenders, are these something custom? Can't see B6 twin chambers anywhere, also, anyone recognise the turrets or are they custom too?



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LandymanStefan



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I would go with fox over bilstein everyday of the week. I have run both and there’s no comparison.
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Zirmbach wrote:
Speaking of Bilstein for defenders, are these something custom? Can't see B6 twin chambers anywhere, also, anyone recognise the turrets or are they custom too?





Those look very much like the Bowler challenge suspension set up 👍 don’t think they sell them any more though, they are very different to the “fast road” kit that they sell
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Zirmbach



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would make sense that it was those, annoyingly!
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Bilsten will make anything for you, so will most others like Nitron, KW, AST etc. They all have custom build set ups if you send them the drawings.

The cost however can be interesting. I was given a cost for some EXE-TC's for my hill climb project that came back at 5k per damper Shocked

I'd think these would be at least £400+ per damper based on similar things

Probably similar to these for the Defender

https://offroadprojects.com/index.php?id_c...;id_lang=2
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Co1



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LandymanStefan wrote:
I would go with fox over bilstein everyday of the week. I have run both and there’s no comparison.


I would echo that. I have experience of both with Alive Comfort springs and the fox perform noticeably better on all fronts.
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MercianRover



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LandymanStefan wrote:
I would go with fox over bilstein everyday of the week. I have run both and there’s no comparison.


Yep, agree - I've got Fox with prolinx valving on my 100" Bowler.
For this application though I found the Bilstein to be very cost-effective.
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