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SnakeLogic:
RR Blues,

Thanks for the detailed reply.  I certainly appreciate your taking the time to educate me.

As I value your opinion, would you take a look at this http://www.equipe4x4.com/inglese/ARTICOLO.php?MARCA=LAND&SEZ=KITS&PROD=ULTIMATE%20EXTREME%20KIT and tell me what you think?  

Thanks.

Range Rover Blues:
That's a big kit, is it within your budget?

Those look like Aluminium front arms, nice.  The QT arms are 40% lighter than standard which help handling by reducing unsrung weight, that said my front wheels have started bouncing on fast turns :shock:

The one good thing with an all-in jit is that you know it should all work together and, at least in someone's opinion, suite your vehicle.

It certainly has all the toys you should need, adjustable everything, you can even adhust rear axle alignment which is handy if you lifted truck has a slight lean, not that it shoulds with all new bushes and springs.

One thing, if you want mega articluation from the front, don't fit the polybushes, fit Defender OEM rubber ones, they are about the softest, softer than standard Disco ones even, provided the alli arms can accept the steel interference bush of the OEM type, it may bust the housing as polybushes arw not interference fit and much more compressible than steel.


One thing missing from the kit is sway bars, quite obviouls a car with this kit on will handle like a barge, by fitting uprated sway bars )(£200 from Scropion for the back) you can control it somewhat but for the type of articulation shown on their sight, sway bars are a no-go. You need to bin them or make them quick-disconnect.  I am looking into the later but don't hold your breath :wink:

Design is a compramise, the stock car is jack of all trades, very competant but not a specialist.  Modify it and it becomes master in one area at the expense of others.  That's purely your choice so I can only advise.

It's common for folks to fit a peice at a time, partly becaue of the deapth of their pockets but also to try each mod and see what advantages/penalties it brings, so our trucks are an evolution until we find they will do almost everything we point them at.  For me the next step is way too expensive to even consider so my truck will stay as-is for the foreseeable future, though there are many more extreme trucks about in the club.  Just a shame for you you can't see some of them first-hand.

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