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bpman



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need to lower my new puma by 2-3 cm any ideas ?
just got my new puma and I need to drop the height by 2-3cm so that it complies with the height restriction of my garage,

Is there anything I can do except let some air out of the tyres ...

Does anyone know where I can get some lowered springs ?

Will this affect the axle / drive train ?
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Make the garage bigger Very Happy Thumbs Up Whistle You cannot teach stupid people to do clever things
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bpman



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thanks for the idea, but that can't happen, I need to lower it.

I don't really want to put smaller wheels on, otherwise I will end up with 9 235/85/16's I need to just change the rear springs but I need to know where I can get some from..
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MK



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can`t you build some grooves on the pavement? I would not lower a landy Puma 110" SW

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Find a couple of fat homeless people and offer them lodgings each evening in your Puma! Rolling with laughter If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!

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Apynala



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Idea



A compressor



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johnnyturbo2002



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park it outside Whistle
wait till you try the underground parking...you might make the heighth, but the turning ramps will kill ya Big Cry 2008 Defender 110 60 year Edition (sold unfortunately)
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bpman



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I would really have liked some sensibe answers on here tonight but it seems you are all far too jolly to answer properly... still JonnyTurbo and I will have the last laugh when Gordon Brown gets back in to no. 10 .. Laughing Laughing Laughing
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Spring compressors or ratchet straps?

Roll up garage door Mike
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MK



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110" is about 1.80 m wide Whistle .

Really, you do not mind to lower it!? Puma 110" SW

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bpman wrote:
I would really have liked some sensibe answers on here tonight but it seems you are all far too jolly to answer properly... still JonnyTurbo and I will have the last laugh when Gordon Brown gets back in to no. 10 .. Laughing Laughing Laughing



Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter Hes got more chance of Censored in the queens handbag!!

Erm...did you not take a tape measure if you knew you had size restrictions? You cannot teach stupid people to do clever things
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Go to a lower profile tyre or fit TD5 90 Springs? 2008 RS4 gone, 123d M Sport, and a Puma 90 XS..
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RED-DOT wrote:
Go to a lower profile tyre or fit TD5 90 Springs?


They won`t fit a 110 rear
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johnnyturbo2002



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I would imagine that the main problem is you ( and I for that matter) have boost tire and rim set up whereas the steel units lower the height a bit, usually under the 2m mark. That might be an option, I have seen some, well one, with a lower profile tire on it. It looks, ok, only ok, and really, we are driving ours mainly on road so a lower profile wont make too much of a difference in what we are using our trucks for.
One thing that you will find comfort in is that here, when a sign says 2.05m high, it really is and we have trucks that are 2.025m high so we fit barely.
Oh the joys of living in a country where most parking is underground...now if I could just find where they hide all the gold... 2008 Defender 110 60 year Edition (sold unfortunately)
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JT - I have just bought an ICE edition with the updated Boost alloys like on the 60th's, I really don't want to loose these.

I was recently at a land rover garage at Gland, there was a guy there from Geneva who was had 2 sets of rear springs, a city set and a safari set, the city set dropped his ride height by 6cm - I did not need them at the time but now I need to contact him !

It's a strange thing, my 2003 td5 has boost alloys and it fits in the garage fine, but the puma has the same size alloys and tyres but does not unless i put some weight in the rear, so initially I did not think I would have a problem. it may be the td5 has a tow bar and has dropped over the years ?
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