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smith335:
hi, hope some one can help me hear.

I am thinking of fitting a winch to my 90, the winch is a husky superwinch and has the bumper to go with it, so it is very heavy.

now do i need to change the front and rear springs? or just the fronts, or will my current springs be OK?

the springs and shocks fitted now are 6 months old and are bog standard lr items.

what are my options?

many thanks in advance

ttfn
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Big G:
In my opinion that winch and bumper are totaly incomp incum incompati incompatub not right for your vehicle. PM me your address and I will be round to take it out of your way for the scrap price.  8-[

G

Saffy:
IMHO:  As the springs are quite new you should be at near proper ride height and handling moment, so take some measurements now. Fit the winch and see how far the front drops. Suck it and see really. If the handling is okay I suspect you will get away with your newish standard strength springs for awhile longer whilst they are good but the extra weight will surely take their toll on their normal life span and make them sag before long (but you might as well get some use out of them). You can then fit heavy duty *standard height* springs which will take the load. To fit counterparts on rear is to make the ride height look correct compared to upgraded front (no one likes a saggy bum).

smith335:
thanks for the advice,
Big g, i take it that you would like a husky winch?  :D

if i did upgrade to Hd springs then i would fit them all round, can you still buy black hd springs?
as the ones in the mags are all colours.


ttfn

Saffy:

--- Quote from: smith335 on January 17, 2010, 20:13:19 ---thanks for the advice,
Big g, i take it that you would like a husky winch?  :D

if i did upgrade to Hd springs then i would fit them all round, can you still buy black hd springs?
as the ones in the mags are all colours.


ttfn


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black waxoyl ;-)

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