110 lowering springs & sound proofing

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Jacocooks

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hi all

i was wondering if anyone has lowered there defender? ive found some comfort lowering springs on alive tuning and wondered if they were any good and what the difference is from standard? also looking for sound proofing so if anyone has any tips with material quantities or specific brands to use please let me know.

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Jaco
 
Why not?

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And not just Defenders.

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Just dont let it turn out like this one!

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Some lowered Landys actually look really good, and why not? If you arnt going off road.....
 
That mjv 90 is the same as the one on the website that sell the springs. I personally like the look of it lower. Some chunky coopers and bowler wheels I’m thinking. It’s not going to be used off road it will take the odd rural track but mainly road use.
 
nobber said:
Why not?
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I think you have answered your own question with the pictures provided! If you are going to alter the suspension on a defender the only way it should be going is up, and even then, only if everything is done correctly and the geometry is adjusted accordingly. The ideal suspension height for a defender is the height it left the factory at, anything else will make it far worse.

Jacocooks said:
also looking for sound proofing so if anyone has any tips with material quantities or specific brands to use please let me know.
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Sounds proofing is a fairly easy one. You need a layered approach using a heavy butyl matting stuck to all of the panels to reduce the resonance, and then over the top of that you want closed cell foam. you will then need to fettle things like door gaps and seals etc, to try and reduce wind noise. Even with this it will not be like a modern car, I didn't bother with the closed cell foam on mine, and just covered the bulkhead, and seat box in the butyl. It made a small difference, but if I hadn't had them apart anyway for repairs it would not have been worth the effort of stripping them down to apply the sound proofing.
 
dag019 said:
I think you have answered your own question with the pictures provided! If you are going to alter the suspension on a defender the only way it should be going is up, and even then, only if everything is done correctly and the geometry is adjusted accordingly. The ideal suspension height for a defender is the height it left the factory at, anything else will make it far worse.


Sounds proofing is a fairly easy one. You need a layered approach using a heavy butyl matting stuck to all of the panels to reduce the resonance, and then over the top of that you want closed cell foam. you will then need to fettle things like door gaps and seals etc, to try and reduce wind noise. Even with this it will not be like a modern car, I didn't bother with the closed cell foam on mine, and just covered the bulkhead, and seat box in the butyl. It made a small difference, but if I hadn't had them apart anyway for repairs it would not have been worth the effort of stripping them down to apply the sound proofing.
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Actually taking it down makes it a lot more stable that bringing it up, a brick on a bed spring is what you get with a raised Deepender. In case you haven't noticed, Deependers corner like a boat, even from factory. So, if you are not going off road and want a more stable vehicle on the road why not lower it?
 
nobber said:
Actually taking it down makes it a lot more stable that bringing it up, a brick on a bed spring is what you get with a raised Deepender. In case you haven't noticed, Deependers corner like a boat, even from factory. So, if you are not going off road and want a more stable vehicle on the road why not lower it?
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Stock Defenders actually corner very well.
 
nobber said:
Mine doesnt, but I have no antiroll bars on it. Ive never driven a Defender that corners well, they go around corners yes, but lowered they would be way more stable.
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It depends what you mean by well, I would consider mine corners well, but there is some body roll. It depends what you are using as bench mark, there is more body roll than on a M5 but considerably less than on a 2CV.
 
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