Epicuser said:
But the Rsngie used to lean to one side if I remember correctly.....
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I never owned a Land Rover that didn't leaned to one side. IIRC springs are handed to compensate for the fact that most of it's life it will only have the driver in it. Although I stand to be corrected.:D
 
Spacemonkey... said:
I read that too, but knowing the tightwads at LR, they probably set them up for LHD and sold us the same spec.....
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You mean exactly like BMW did in the 90's lol, so wouldn't surprise if BMW did that to LR too late 90's with the Freelander
 
It was common practice in years gone by for cars to have slightly stronger springs fitted to the drivers side front. This compensated for the driver. You have to remember that cars in the 70's to 80's were much lighter than they are today so adding the driver made one side of the car a good percentage heavier.
 
Nodge68 said:
It was common practice in years gone by for cars to have slightly stronger springs fitted to the drivers side front. This compensated for the driver. You have to remember that cars in the 70's to 80's were much lighter than they are today so adding the driver made one side of the car a good percentage heavier.
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You saying I looked fat when sitting in my Spitfire MK3? :D
 
Naaah. I preferred the more rounded front & back ends. The chrome bumpers were great. I did fit the mk4 rear transverse spring and stiffer front ARB though. Made it handle better.
 
I did all mine with new, twin pipes and carbs from a 1500 jetted for a 1300. Went, looked and sounded great! BRG of course... And it would have gone on for years if my alcoholic next door neighbour hadn't decided to park her Volvo in it. Still, at least I had toured the Somme in it and had some great times. And the reg plate said 'jism'....

Eventually replaced with a Mk1 1800s MX5 which was miles better but never had that little something....? Did keep that for longer than any car I had though and did well over 100k miles in it myself. First thing I did was service, tyres and then drove it to Africa. Roof down all the way of course!
 
Someone used general grabber at2 tires ???
...any feedback ?
thanks

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Nodge68 said:
It was common practice in years gone by for cars to have slightly stronger springs fitted to the drivers side front. This compensated for the driver. You have to remember that cars in the 70's to 80's were much lighter than they are today so adding the driver made one side of the car a good percentage heavier.
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Utter tosh.

NEVER seen a spring that was marked left hand side or right hand side.
 
tonytherunner said:
Someone used general grabber at2 tires ???

...any feedback ?

thanks



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They are 'old' tyres.

Replaced with General Grabber AT. They are okay.

I have a set of 225/65R17 on my Td4.

Well actually I've not put them back on yet as it still has its winter tyres on. Vredestein Wintrac 4 Xtreme 215/70R16. I prefer these to the GGAT tyres. Quieter more fuel efficient and as good off-road and way better in cold weather. Supposed to be okay in warm weather as well.
 
The old general grabber at2 stopped when the new rules came out. It's a good thing. They were orrible. I took mine oft.
 
tonytherunner said:
But about bridgestone dueler a/t ,they are good ? I found a good price and I want to buy
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I have a set of Bridgestone dueller 697 ATs. Quite to run on but not an aggressive tread pattern. Great for me as there isn't a lot of mud where I drive.
 
Fitted Bridgestone dueller a/t tire not so quiet in compare with general grabber uhp but I was expecting this are different profiles...tire.jpg
 
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