Terraforms lift

[your pal]

I have a Terrafirma lift off a parts car I had. I decided to paint them before installing because they had a little surface rust. I noticed one of the springs had a marking of what appeared to be passenger side front.
Unfortunately all the other springs had already been painted.
the two front springs seem to be the same but one of the back springs seems a little shorter than the other.
Are these side specific and if so then how can I tell the difference.

 

[your pal]

Theses are for a D1

 

[Blue]

Are the Terrafirma springs handed, meaning do they have specific passenger side vs. driver's side (right hand vs. left hand) springs? Way back when we all dealt with the Disco Lean at one point or another. If I recall correctly, the OEM Land Rover springs were handed and they were a bit longer on what the US calls the passenger side to account for the weight of the driver (right side of the vehicle for the Brits) and also the weight of some of the off-set mechanical bits. The popular Old Man Emu suspension upgrade/lift included handed springs as well. If you install a set of handed springs on a US vehicle, the effect of the mismatched springs is accentuated and you get a noticeable lean. You could either get a matched set of springs or install trim packers on the short side to level things out.

See if you have a noticeable (or measurable) lean once you install your Terrafirma springs.

 

[your pal]

I was thinking of putting the shorter terrafirma spring on the drivers side due to the known passenger side sag but I was just trying to check confirm before going through all the trouble.

 

[Toran]

The taller spring goes on the driver side.

 

[your pal]

Thank you. I’ll go with that since it seems like a positive answer and not a guess from what I assumed as LR sag on passenger side.

 

[Toran]

The extra height on the driver side spring is to compensate for the wear since the driver side will be used relatively more when the truck is in motion.

 

[terryjm1]

ter·ra·form

verb

1. (especially in science fiction) transform (a planet) so as to resemble the earth, especially so that it can support human life.
   "that wild idea to use comets to terraform Venus"
   
   
   

 

[best4x4]

Terraforming in the late 90's hahahahaha

 

[Blue]

Terraforming in the 80's

 

[your pal]

Autocorrect gets me again

 

[terryjm1]

Terraforming in the 80's

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This is the movie that made me know what the word meant. Cant believe my memory goes back that far.