Suspension dilemma!

chris mcc · Apr 27, 2015

I've purchased new shocks (armstrong) and springs (standard) for my 1990 90 in preparation for going to lz11. But when I ordered these, there was only myself and one passenger. Now I've got myself and three passengers- so that means two on bench seats in the back plus all camping gear/beer/food etc. do you think it would be worth my while to order hd springs and fit these instead? Or even just fit hd to the rear? I would change to the standard when I return as don't want the hard ride- very rarely carry much weight normally.
Any advice would be grateful folks
Cheers

kes86 · Apr 27, 2015

Nope, just fit standard springs, unless you only do on road driving and tow trailers. Hd will rattle your teeth on green lanes and back roads.

lightning · Apr 27, 2015

My 110 TD5 is on standard springs and dampers.

At Easter we drove 240 miles with myself and four passengers and a roll up boat (with wooden floor) plus 9.8hp outboard motor, and all our gear in the back.

The Land Rover was fine and tbh the suspension did not look like it had compressed much at all.

chris mcc · Apr 27, 2015

Nice one guys, just what I was hoping to hear

lightning · Apr 28, 2015

It might be worth fitting anti roll bars.

My TD5 110 did not have them, so l fitted a Britpart kit which cost under £200. It was OK but the rear one was a poor fit and l ended up buying one from LR.
Also there were no instructions with the kit...l nearly fitted the front one upside down!
They are very easy to fit, you don't need to jack up the Landy or take off the wheels, although it's easier if you can drive it on to a pair of ramps to do each end.

It made the 110 better on cornering, and when carrying a few passengers, as it tended to roll a fair bit in corners.

chris mcc · Apr 28, 2015

lightning said:
It might be worth fitting anti roll bars.

My TD5 110 did not have them, so l fitted a Britpart kit which cost under £200. It was OK but the rear one was a poor fit and l ended up buying one from LR.
Also there were no instructions with the kit...l nearly fitted the front one upside down!
They are very easy to fit, you don't need to jack up the Landy or take off the wheels, although it's easier if you can drive it on to a pair of ramps to do each end.

It made the 110 better on cornering, and when carrying a few passengers, as it tended to roll a fair bit in corners.

Thanks for advice, I'll have a read up on them!

kes86 · Apr 28, 2015

Good suggestion for the anti roll bars. But they can be added on later, try it out first. A good friend of mine bought my old Discovery 300tdi for off roading, he took the anti roll bars off it for better axle articulation, and tbh it was virtually undrivable over 30 mph. But discoveries are a lot more top heavy than defenders. My 90 is fitted with Britpart HD standard height springs, and it is perfect on main roads doesn't lean at all. I fitted them as I tow a car trailer quite often and have a big winch bumper and winch.

Given the choice again I'd go standard, and possibly anti roll bars if required.

Brown · Apr 28, 2015

The Britpart anti roll bar kits aren't too bad. I fitted one in autumn 2013 and it's been fine. I was going to merely renew bushes and ball joints, but the complete kit with bars as well wasn't that much more. Probably just as well, because my original ones had a distinct 'neck' where they passed through the chassis bushes and would probably have given way eventually.

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