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decent front springs?

Post by suzukisteve » Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:01 pm

im gonna be in need of a new set of springs on the front od mine fairly soon as they are starting to invert and make noises at me :D

priced up some killen ones but they were 77.77 plus vat...EACH!

amk say they no longer stocked as they are obsolete.

blueprint only do rears :roll:

going to try kyb shortly but other than that I can't find any standard ones.

anyone know any decent sites that do standard front springs at all?

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Re: decent front springs?

Post by Jay18 » Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:06 pm

I got mine from Japanese4x4spares, but that was before they started selling shit springs, so avoid them at all costs!

Llama4x4 do standard height I think but not cheap, think £140 a pair is what I paid for my fronts...
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Re: decent front springs?

Post by ScottieJ » Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:07 pm

get some brand new rears and then fit your old rears to the front! I would imagine they'll end up pretty much the same height, should ride and flex better as well :thumbup:
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Re: decent front springs?

Post by suzukisteve » Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:26 pm

so forgive my stupidity here, but would the rears fit straight on or would I have to modify the spring mounts at all? and would it give me a level ish ride hight?
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Re: decent front springs?

Post by ScottieJ » Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:42 pm

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Just need to knock up something like this to move the shackle hanger forwards slightly.
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Re: decent front springs?

Post by suzukisteve » Thu Jan 02, 2014 1:02 pm

that doesn't seem to bad as it goes.

right, im gonna need to make a list of jobs and prices I reckon
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Re: decent front springs?

Post by mike harris » Thu Jan 02, 2014 6:29 pm

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