flatback90 Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 got british springs para's fitted to my soft top series3 they came with pro comp es3000 shocks which i duly fitted the ride is as hard as a whore's heart! been in for a bout 1000kms would have thought that they would"soften" a bit? is there anything that ai can do to soften the ride? (springs are two leaf front and 3 leaf rear) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBorges Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Hard ride with ES3000 and para's? These are oil shocks and normally are soft. If ES3000 are «hard as s whore’s heart» imagine with ES9000 (nitrogen gas charged)… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Presuming you've followed the correct tightening procedure - you know, don't tighten the spring bolts until everything is back on the ground - then maybe the 3 spring rears are too hard for a soft top. Stick 4 bags of cement, or dozen blocks in the back and try again. Don't forget that the Irish local authorities have "different" standards when it comes to acceptable levels of road smoothness. Best of luck. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatback90 Posted December 9, 2007 Author Share Posted December 9, 2007 just back from a 250km round trip still seems way to hard gonna try the bag of cement trick tmorrow so we'll see then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West4x4 Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 just back from a 250km round trip still seems way to hard gonna try the bag of cement trick tmorrow so we'll see then! Do you carry a load at anytime if you want softer can fit 2 leaf rears and es1000's but you'll lose load lugging ability Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBorges Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Can you try with another Land but with the same settings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luwts Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 We had our series her in Malta with three leaf paras on rear and itwas like a rock to drive, than we pulled out the helper spring from the rear and the ride is now beautiful.....it is also a softop.. Cu Luwts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Lot of people find the 3-leaf way too hard for the soft tops/truck cabs -there just isn't enough weight to get them to spring properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatback90 Posted December 10, 2007 Author Share Posted December 10, 2007 only trouble is they dont have a seperate helper leaf to take out think my supplier is gonna get a call!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luwts Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 yes they do, its the last one, ours is british springs too like these in this image.... Just remove the last helper sprng from the last one, there is no need to make new spring pack holders Luwts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatback90 Posted December 11, 2007 Author Share Posted December 11, 2007 thanks luwts! they are the same as mine so all i have to do is remove the bottom spring and hey presto magic carpet ride! will tackle this over the xmas break! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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