rear spring for RRC ???

[landybehr]

Hi,

I´ve put the Rear springs to the front, removed the Boge unit and use Disco1 H/D springs on the rear.

The car sits almost level .. well the rear sags a little (1-2cm).

The ride is fine, but the springs shouldn´t be any stiffer when there is no load in the rear.

A bit annoying is, that the rear sags-sags. Today I carried 400kg and there were 1.5" of travel left, at best 2". The rear tires almost shied away into the rear arches While 400kg is a considerable load, it is not at all unrealistic. I could imagine to have that much with me on overland trips or as an offroad-taxi for 4-5 considerable adults .

Do you have an idea what spring might a) withstand the load better without b) being stiffer when the RRC is unloaded and c) retain the lift that the Disco1-H/D springs give with d) optimally adding 1/2-1" of lift to it and, if possible e) being a original LR-spring (not too important, but I like their quality) ???

[elbekko]

Put the Boge back, it's what it's there for

Or, alternatively, some air-adjustable shocks (I have Monroe ones, they work very nicely).

[burn_e]

Get yourself police spec springs. they have about 3 times the load capacity and yet good ride comfort.

Plus the give you a little lift which levels the car.

[Range Rover Blues]

Not sure if they are, the police spec ones are red/white RRC heavy duty, prior to the progressive ones fitted to EFi cars. Disco are significantly uprated because they have no Boge unit and have an extra 250Kg rear axle max load. Were the springs new?

BTW, 400Kg is most of the car's payload.