lifting springs

[wishmasteruk]

ok i have lifting springs on front and rear of my sammy with transit shocks on back and astra shocks on front i think, i have original shackles on but some times the springs flex too far forward and get stuckon the front, whats the best way to sort this? i had thought maybe make some bumper stops for front or try some different shocks?? gas maybe? any help would be great thanks.

[Jordi]

Lifted springs are longer than standard so as the spring goes flat it forces the shackle too far round.

Longer shackles will help but don't go crazy. 20-30mm is about all you want. If your not running extended bump stops these are also a must have to prevent the spring over flexing.

[wishmasteruk]

thanks jordi (just found another topic on this too)i did think extending shackles might help but i was trying to avoid this, i know shackles are bad but i have rascal springs on the back with big shackles (probably max for shackles) and lifting springs on the front (i got them cheap) , ride high is about right but if i do this i will be too high at the front, guess i might have to buy some rear springs

[Jordi]

Extended bump stops by themselves might be ok.

What lift are the front springs?

[wishmasteruk]

i was told they were lama springs, anyway of telling??

[Jordi]

Not really. Llama have springs made to order. Try some +50mm bump stops first. That's all I fitted.

[wishmasteruk]

yeah iv got some box section i will try and and update thanks for this info

[wishmasteruk]

sorry just an update sorry been a while been busy, i extended shackles to 100mm it total an used 50mm bumper stops, all seemed fine but still over flexed to the end of my 4x4 journey, when i checked the bump stops when over flexed they was not even touching, so iv added another 50mm to the stops, hopefully this should have solved it,

cheers