Pete Attryde Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I currently run X-springs on the back of my Discovery and to get them to work nicely I ended up turning the lower spring seats over. This resulted in a lift of approximately 25mm because of the top hat shape of the spring seat. What I now need to do is replace the rear springs with some HD ones which will also give approximately a 20mm lift when un-laden, this will result in a total of 40mm lift which is more than I require. Can I safely replace the top hat section with a piece of flat plate (6mm thick steel) reducing the lift by approx 10mm which in combination with removing the rubber spring isolator (also approx 10mm thick) will get the back end back to where it is now. Pete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike4444244 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 considering its bolted to a chocolate axle casing its probably fine, and on a more technical note, 6mm is whats in the unit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespanner Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 So do you rely on the X-spring for lateral location of the main spring then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 So do you rely on the X-spring for lateral location of the main spring then? That had occured to me as well tbh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 The spring seats are 5mm as standard, and replacement ones are the same. I've fitted a couple of them now. Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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