davecheese

davecheese

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hi all
i am looking at lift kits and i am stuck between terrafirma medium springs and 5" long travel shocks or bearmach blue off road springs and 5" es 9000 shocks i know i need cones and brake lines and the terrafirma stuff is more expensive and i need differant shock mounts on the rear but im just looking for peoples oppinion and experiances on what they think is the best kit to start off with
 
what are you trying to achieve? and what height springs?

Im using TF 2" springs with standard shocks and find them good. bit bouncy at times, I think its the dampers.

G
 
I've just bought the terrafirma +5 shocks and +2 med duty springs, havn't fitted them yet but my mate runs the same set up and it seems pretty good. I have heard people say that terrafirma shocks are spongy but his don't seem to be. I got a very good price from Tim Fry in Cheltenham as they had an offer on. Front springs were £70 for pair, rears were £90. I think the shocks were about £70 a pair too, not too bad considering MM4x4 do them £45/shock

Having said that another mate runs bearmach HD +2 springs and they seem pretty good, but he also runs 35" tyres so that probably softens the ride a tad. I'm currently running procomp es 9000s on the rear and they seem good too. However my mate with the terrafirma kit has snapped a pin off his old procomp shocks before and i've heard that the eyes on the rears are known to shear too.

Harry
 
I've just fitted a 2" lift kit using Bearmach Blue HD springs and Procomp shocks. Feels very firm on the road but yet to try off road (need mud tyres first) but that's where the HD springs should prove their worth.
 
griffdowg do u mean you have used standard land rover shocks with 2" springs beacuse i wanted to do this so i dont have to shell out loads of money at once but im not sure if the shocks would fit
 
davecheese said:
griffdowg do u mean you have used standard land rover shocks with 2" springs beacuse i wanted to do this so i dont have to shell out loads of money at once but im not sure if the shocks would fit
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no, standard height Terrafirma shocks. I had some of the 1st ones when they realeased them a few years back. I think they still do them.

the springs give me the lift for the 255/85 tyres but the shocks seem fine. I thought it would limit articulation, but mine extends like a good un!

The photographer for Total Offroad was trying to get my 90 to articulate for a photo but it just ate everything up without battering an eyelid. needless to say, he didn't get his photo he wanted :doh:

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Andy Land said:
I've just fitted a 2" lift kit using Bearmach Blue HD springs and Procomp shocks. Feels very firm on the road but yet to try off road (need mud tyres first) but that's where the HD springs should prove their worth.
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how are you expecting HD springs to perform offroad?

HD springs are designed for carrying loads therefore they are much stiffer hence your better on road performance. If your not carrying any weight your springs will limit your articulation and your performance offroad will actually be worse than standard. thats if the spring rate does not rattle your teeth and splean out 1st. :eek:

G
 
Griffdowg said:
how are you expecting HD springs to perform offroad?

HD springs are designed for carrying loads therefore they are much stiffer hence your better on road performance. If your not carrying any weight your springs will limit your articulation and your performance offroad will actually be worse than standard. thats if the spring rate does not rattle your teeth and splean out 1st. :eek:

G
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Yep :)
 
Griffdowg said:
how are you expecting HD springs to perform offroad?

HD springs are designed for carrying loads therefore they are much stiffer hence your better on road performance. If your not carrying any weight your springs will limit your articulation and your performance offroad will actually be worse than standard. thats if the spring rate does not rattle your teeth and splean out 1st. :eek:

G
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Lost my spleen through the hole in the door and my teeth rattled out in the cold spell :eek: Understand what you're saying and I do use it 90% on road and carry a fair bit of weight when required. By off roading I was meaning green laning so not too bad with the HD's. Wanted something that would last as the standard ones were sagging on the back slightly. Also planning on carrying a good bit of camping gear with a trailer on green lanes. :)
 
My 90must have HD springs cos its a bone shaker.lol. Its solid. Would like to get normal springs but wanna fit a winch in future and dunno if they'd cope with the extra weight on the front?
 
Andy Land said:
Lost my spleen through the hole in the door and my teeth rattled out in the cold spell :eek: Understand what you're saying and I do use it 90% on road and carry a fair bit of weight when required. By off roading I was meaning green laning so not too bad with the HD's. Wanted something that would last as the standard ones were sagging on the back slightly. Also planning on carrying a good bit of camping gear with a trailer on green lanes. :)
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Thats sounds perfect then ;)

G
 
spuddog said:
Bearmach - cheapest place to get them (that i could find anyway) is devon4x4 believe it or not (£68 all in - set of 4).
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Cool iv been looking at BM springs anyway. Suprisingly I can believe that, I got a really good deal on my BF Mud Tyres there.
 
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