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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17372   
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Yes, aftermarket ones are all rubbish and genuine are not much better. I replace them at least once a year before the MOT test.
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22nd Sep 2015 6:01pm |
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| Silver Back Member Since: 11 Jun 2015 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 405 
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I love Pontefract cakes!
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22nd Sep 2015 6:26pm |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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That's shocking. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
Richard |
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22nd Sep 2015 7:30pm |
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| Jimb1978 Member Since: 05 Sep 2012 Location: Huddersfield Posts: 808  
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 2002 110 td5 |
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22nd Sep 2015 9:10pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6769 
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 they don't look too good! Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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22nd Sep 2015 9:12pm |
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| RoddyK05 Member Since: 08 Apr 2015 Location: Inverclyde Posts: 633  
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OK, I'll ask the dumb question - what are they? Only had my 90 for a few months and any work I've done on it has been attaching new bits, not replacing old stuff so I'm not sure what I'm looking at. If they were off a ser111 88" then I'd know exactly what they were as there was little if anything original left on it by the time I sold it.
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22nd Sep 2015 9:31pm |
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| Jimb1978 Member Since: 05 Sep 2012 Location: Huddersfield Posts: 808
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Rear bottom shock absorber bushes.
I am hoping for slightly better performance out of the genuine bushes as I did at a guess 10000 miles on the ones that were on it when I bought it. However, the Land Rover centre have a knowing snigger at me every time I buy some, and like blackwolf says, they also reckon the genuine won't be much better! 2002 110 td5 |
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22nd Sep 2015 10:05pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20348
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I've got 30k out of genuine before now, going back to genuine to after using those stupid Polybushes things.
Hell no, you don't need to replace Polybushes just the sheared shocks instead. 
Standard shocks and bushes are the way to go... The rear lower do seem the most common though to go but they get a lot of punishment. Potholes and speedbumps all add to it, far more than greenlaning to my mind due to the speed factor. Of course if you tow also like I do then that hastens their fate even quicker but the rear lowers are incredibly easy to change. It got a whole new set to fit soon, but old ones back in again for now and they are right on the edge of there usability but still going so must have covered about 32k but you'd likely get an mot advisory which is why hopefully I'll change soon. |
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22nd Sep 2015 10:50pm |
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| Dave-H Member Since: 08 Feb 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 1507 
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Swopped mine for Terrafirma shocks 6 years ago ... bottom bushes still fine
 Guns and Landrovers .... anything else is irrelevant. |
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23rd Sep 2015 9:11am |
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| roel Member Since: 08 Aug 2009 Location: Lelystad Posts: 2039  
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This looks very bad, I am not easy on my 90 but never had that.
You don't have bad vibrations I assume. Roel 1984 90 2.5 na Diesel - RR V8 (1994-2001) 1997 Camel Trophy Discovery 300TDI (2001-2009) 2005 G4 Discovery III 4.4 V8 (2008-2018) It's gone but it still hurts. 2003 90 Td5 (2009-now) |
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23rd Sep 2015 9:43am |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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I had slightly cross words with an independent who I asked to supply genuine bushes which actually turned out to be sh.tpart that only lasted a couple of months. Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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23rd Sep 2015 10:05am |
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