Longer shocks would be a great improvement. But I haven't found one that will fit without modification of the shock mounts, and I didn't have the budget for that.
LR3 without Terrain Response. Has Coils
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Nathan those look like a stud-stud mount. If they are, any similarly mounted shock with equivilent valving will work. A spacer can also be made, it won't give you any more travel, but will correct the placement of the shock for about $5/shock.
By the way, the Storm Trooper is looking better all the time, congrats.
By the way, the Storm Trooper is looking better all the time, congrats.
Thanks Max. I tried the spacer approach, and received a bid for nearly $1600 for CNC milled aluminum spacers. I thought that was outragious and went a different direction. If you have suggestions on what shocks might work, I would be very appreciative. I have been unable to find anything workable on my own.
Regards,
NW
Regards,
NW
Nathan take one off and take it to a good aoutoparts store, any good parts store will let you try to match up something similar, anythig that mounts the same way, and is just a little longer will work. Chances are pretty good that that shock will be from a truck or SUV so the valving should be pretty close to what you need. If the part number is from a Monroe or some other crappy shock get a cross-refference to something decen (OME or other) They should install clean, and work great.
For the spacers, EE used to have a write-up on how to do it, but basicly you take a long nut, any professional harware store will sell them, get one about 1"long thread that onto the shock halfway, and get a stud that threads into that, make sure to use lots of red loc-tice to put it together, and re-install the shock. Mcfadden Dale hardware in Santa Ana or McMastercar.com should have what you need.
Also if you want, I am about to get some Foxes on my D1, so my OMEs go in the junk parts pile. I'll be in OC when installing the new shocks, so if you want the slightly abused OMEs you're welcome to them. The fronts are a stud-stud mount, and the rears are loop to stud, so they may fit. If they do, then you know what to order.
For the spacers, EE used to have a write-up on how to do it, but basicly you take a long nut, any professional harware store will sell them, get one about 1"long thread that onto the shock halfway, and get a stud that threads into that, make sure to use lots of red loc-tice to put it together, and re-install the shock. Mcfadden Dale hardware in Santa Ana or McMastercar.com should have what you need.
Also if you want, I am about to get some Foxes on my D1, so my OMEs go in the junk parts pile. I'll be in OC when installing the new shocks, so if you want the slightly abused OMEs you're welcome to them. The fronts are a stud-stud mount, and the rears are loop to stud, so they may fit. If they do, then you know what to order.
I had read on here many year ago that some freelander owners had put lifts on there vehicles and were breaking everything from diffs to CV's I was under the impression that they had said that the LR3 cv can only be at certian angles while driving under a certian speed. If you ahve a good 4x4 shop take the shocks in there they will usually help you out in finding a shock for your application.
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The Freelander drive train is a completely different, lighter duty set up. The LR3 is designed to accommodate a huge range of motion (over 6" in lift when in Super Extended mode, plus 13" of articulation). In short, the CV's are beefy! Since my original 40mm lift posted above, I have fitted 65mm Heavy Duty springs (just over 2" lift). The ride quality with the new springs isn't as nice as it was, but the added clearance is awesome and highly enabling. Since the lift, I was able to run the Nightmare Gulch trail and had no issues, and lots of fun.
Links:
- 65mmm lift: http://blog.nextstepdesigns.com/?p=38
- Nightmare Gulch: http://blog.nextstepdesigns.com/?p=41
I have several great 4x4 suspension shops here in SoCal (like Donahue, Swayaway, Camburg, ProComp to name a few), but lacking any ability on my own, it takes serious money to custom fabricate shocks for this thing. Believe me, I've tried.
Links:
- 65mmm lift: http://blog.nextstepdesigns.com/?p=38
- Nightmare Gulch: http://blog.nextstepdesigns.com/?p=41
I have several great 4x4 suspension shops here in SoCal (like Donahue, Swayaway, Camburg, ProComp to name a few), but lacking any ability on my own, it takes serious money to custom fabricate shocks for this thing. Believe me, I've tried.