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dxmedia:

--- Quote from: stevethedent on March 09, 2010, 20:33:29 ---Re the last few posts. I don't no If you have noticed fellas but my post is headed Parabolics,
NOT talking b*llocks!  :roll: LOL


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Wow how to make friends and influence people  :roll:

dave_2A_2.25Turbo:

--- Quote from: stevethedent on March 09, 2010, 20:33:29 ---Re the last few posts. I don't no If you have noticed fellas but my post is headed Parabolics,
NOT talking b*llocks!  :roll: LOL


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Sorry!  Going back to Parab*llox, I've got 2-leaf CPC ones on - very good, but tbh I'd have been better going for a 3-leaf rear, as the back end drops while still under a (relatively) light load. Could do with extended shackles on the back. Interesting that someone above doesn't need extended brake hoses - I definitely did - couldn't jack it high enough to locate springs with original hoses on.  You do need to change the shocks as well to get he most out of them, too.

NiteMare:
as said before you'll most likely require new shocks to get the best out of them (not replacement originals) as you'll most likely get at least an inch lift at the rear which means you'll run the risk of over extending the shocks ...

i had a nice pair of Gaz adjustable dampers on the rear of mine with one ton shocks on the front, the ride was really nice and then one of the rears broke so i had to refit the originals, now i have a bone jarring ride unless i carry weight in the rear so that my shocks have travel in them (it's also helped me spin 270 degrees twice  :shock: ) i keep meaning to get it repaired but there's always something else demanding my pocket money  :(

Amma:
I have parabolics on mine which are Rocky Mountain ones on the rear (four leaf ones) and Sh**part ones on the front. Since changing my engine I noticed the other day that the one on the drivers side has snapped so after consulting my local Land Rover specialist he has recommended to fit One-Ton springs to it. He has said that the tyres are basically rattling the living daylights out of the springs and has caused it to snap.

 :? :shock:

Just waiting for him to see if he can get hold of the One-Ton units and get me a price on them.

 [-o<

Lucy1978:
One ton springs are more like iron girders than springs, you'll get no articulation with them at all.


As for my comments about standard brake hoses and shocks, I've been runnign British springs paras since about 2006 with no problems on standard shocks/hoses., and yes it does go off road, lots of nice rocky axle twisting lanes around this way too not just plugging through that horrible muddy stuff.

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