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This weekend I 'av been mostly fitting.... my new suspension

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Porny:
In my case that doesn't happen....

With standard suspension (well standard springs), even fully twisted my axle does not touch the bump stop.  Whether this is due to standard spring compression weights/rates, or the fact my 90 is quite a bit lighter than your Disco,  I don't know.
Either way it doesn't actually matter as 'if' the spring was fully compressed then the axle would hit the bump stops and prevent the damper from being completely bottomed out... as tested without the spring in place.

Regardless of whether I've lifted the suspension or not, spring length doesn't play a part as long as the bump stop length is matched to the closed length of the damper.... which it is.

Without lifted springs, due to the lower bump mount (at the front), I will have less compression of the suspension, but the same amount of droop.
Shock length is also adjusted by the mounting postion, and the Whitepeak Engineering (not G2F any more) uses different mounts to standard, and not just lowers them as per other kits.  Again this dictates bump stop/damper closed position


Ian

Bulli:
Ian, im fully aware of where the mounts are and the fact that they are higher not lower. The kits that lower the mount do not use as long as shock.
If your bump stop is so well set up why doesnt it stop the axle at full travel. Surely it would if it was perfectly matched as you say??
If it doesnt then is your spring not in danger of becoming coil bound?
The set up look well thought out and its your choice to lift or not im neutral either way.I was just pointing out that as shocks arent free and everyone else on the planet uses bump stops to limit upward travel it seems strange you have decided everyone else is wrong.Paddocks,John Craddock G2f , scorpion, safari gard all supply lowered bump stops .... there must be a reason

SteveG:
Hi Ian

Well done on the mods, Andy's kit does look good and it would be interesting to see how the relocated shock mounts compare to a 'normal' lowered shock mount arrangement. We'll have to try and meet up to compare. I haven't done anything with f&r radius arms on mine yet so it would be good to compare pre and post this mod on mine to see what difference it makes.

As for lift I agree with not lifting more than you need to, although on mine with 255/85's and a 1.5" lift I need to slightly trim the arches on full articulation.

I agree with Bulli that on any play day site your bump stops are going to be used quite often and it seems like we all know why these have to be set at the right height.

Cheers

Steve :)

PUX:
looking really good porny, 8)  they dont do that kit to fit the disco do they, i have looked and can only see that it fits defender :?

rollazuki:
Porny, summat for ya to think about.

If you take the springs out, then sit the chassis/axle on the bump stops, and the shocks just top out then the first time you take a heavy hit and the bump stops compress, then youll damage something(shox/mounts)

But, if you look at the setup, theshock(I think) is mounted outboard on the landy axle, further out from the bump stop. This means that if you flex one side fully, the shock will top out long before the bump stop even meets.
Take the springs out and cycle the suspension each side and check, saves repairs later.

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