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V8MoneyPit:
Having had my Rough Country shocks fail in 5 months (the shafts went rusty after a few weeks of use on the road!), I have just bitten the bullet and ordered Terra Firma dampers in +2" fronts and +5" rears along with pin mounts for the rear.

This way the front springs shouldn't dislocate (I have Gwyn Lewis 2" spacers) and I can make use of my Gwyn Lewis relocation/hook doodahs on the rear. Currently, the rear springs only dislocate by about 1" with +2" Rough Country dampers.

I will build it all in, then articulate the axle to check rear prop shaft binding...... then go out and buy a prop shaft 'cos it will almost certainly not work!!

Only had the thing 'finished' for 5 months and I'm already modding it further  :roll: :lol:

Axetamer:
I've got the +5.5 pin to pins on mine as well ( front and rears), well pleased with them, Only slight gripe is the expanding rubber gaiters on the rears tear up and perferate quite quickly.

Range Rover Blues:
If you fit shockers that long, do they "bottom out" before the axle hits the bump stop?  I figured tyhat my LSE could take plus 2 1/2" and still reach the bump stops (which is does when it's parked).

auf_wiedersehen_pet:

--- Quote from: Axetamer on June 03, 2010, 21:16:37 ---I've got the +5.5 pin to pins on mine as well ( front and rears), well pleased with them, Only slight gripe is the expanding rubber gaiters on the rears tear up and perferate quite quickly.

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V8MoneyPit:

--- Quote from: Range Rover Blues on June 04, 2010, 01:34:18 ---If you fit shockers that long, do they "bottom out" before the axle hits the bump stop?  I figured tyhat my LSE could take plus 2 1/2" and still reach the bump stops (which is does when it's parked).

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The articulation was carefully checked without springs fitted during the build with the Rough Country dampers, so I am planning on checking the compressed length against each other before fitting the new ones. Hopefully, this will give me a clue as to whether I've got a bump problem or not. I'll let you know the measurements as soon as I get round to the job.

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