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Lucy1978:
Been running standard shocks with British Springs paras for a few years on and off road, was my daily driver for a while too. Had no issues what so ever, nor felt the need to upgrade to gas or extended shockers.

Saffy:
british springs para's also on my series but I upgraded to military heavy duty shocks. No real need for extended length on the shocks or brake hoses but the shock do extra work now where as before they would be pretty much static (could have run without them!). I found the skinny standard series shocks heated up a fair bit where as the fatter MOD ones didn't. So maybe people who say they do not have problems on standard shocks already have the heavyduty fitted as standard.  Before paras I used lightweight springs on the front of truck and they are pretty much a poor mans para solution. I had steve parker extended shackles fitted for awhile, truck looked great but ate front propshafts within several hundred miles.

Lucy1978:

--- Quote from: Tanglefoot on September 29, 2009, 16:51:13 ---Before paras I used lightweight springs on the front of truck and they are pretty much a poor mans para solution.

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I've never followed this thought, as a lightweight (air portable)  was heavier than the standard 88" (~2900lbs for a standard s11 88" vs 3210lbs for a lightweight) so you'd have thought would have stiffer springs.

Saffy:

--- Quote from: climbingchris on September 29, 2009, 17:39:01 ---
--- Quote from: Tanglefoot on September 29, 2009, 16:51:13 ---Before paras I used lightweight springs on the front of truck and they are pretty much a poor mans para solution.

--- End quote ---

I've never followed this thought, as a lightweight (air portable)  was heavier than the standard 88" (~2900lbs for a standard s11 88" vs 3210lbs for a lightweight) so you'd have thought would have stiffer springs.

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They certainly had less leafs in the springs at front on the lightweight ones, had nothing to compare to stiffness wise other than I had good articulation for a series, too much in-fact as the front crank pulley hit the top of front axle so I had to extend the bump stops. One of the spring broke, I suspect from the extra stress caused by extended shackles.

Lucy1978:
One of life's oddities I guess

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