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carracarra13:
hellow folks its me again with yet another question how hard and what equiptment would I need to fit new springs shocks and polly bushes to our 3.9 rangi, thats the first question
The second is what else would I need when doing a 2" lift or am I better of staying standard hight with heavy duity springs all round as the truck is our every day transport and used for laining  just wanted to get the lpg tanks of the floor a bit,

clbarclay:
Firstly if you do go for polyurethane bushes then I strongly recomend avoiding the cheaper ones. I've been there, done that and bought genuine rubber bushes to replace them.

I would say you shouldn't need a lift for laning, I did scrape the tow plate a few times when laning before fitting a lift, but but that was on some pretty rough lanes with fairly well sagged suspension. When it comes to protecting underslug tanks, there is no substitute for careful driving. If your not careful then a lift won't garanty the tanks survival.

If you do want to stiffen the suspension up a bit and give it some lift then consider using standard land rover heavy duty/police spec springs and use them with otherwise standard suspension. I had some aftermarket heavy duty lift springs on a RRC which worked OK, but I found them to be a little too stiff for my liking. The stiffer springs were nice for towing, but stuggled a little on some green lanes.

carracarra13:
thanks m8

jjsaul:
i've just bought for my rangie

poly kit (the deflex one, not britpart rubbish)
red/white rear springs
front springs
gas shocks (monroe)
steering damper (pro comp)
and the bushes that arent included in the poly kit.

so basically all the bits you're intending on doing...

i'll let you know how i get on and how long it takes, doing it on a 1992 rangie so should be pretty similar to yours.

clbarclay:

--- Quote from: jjsaul on September 08, 2008, 01:18:06 ---poly kit (the deflex one, not britpart rubbish)
--- End quote ---

How dreadful must the britpart ones be to be rubbish in comparison :shock: I found the deflex ones to be bad enough. side by side a lot of the differances between a deflex and either a Polybush or Super Pro are obvious enough.

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