| Author | Message | ||
     Micky_dee (Micky_dee) New Member Username: Micky_dee Post Number: 6 Registered: 11-2003 |
after installing heavy duty springs the rover is higher on the passenger side. what have i done wrong. i put the springs that were laballed passenger and driver from the box onto the approiate sides. but did notice that the longer of the two rear springs went onto the passenger side. should i have put that spring on the driver side. | ||
| Mark Devereux (Groupw) Member Username: Groupw Post Number: 111 Registered: 12-2002 |
Yeah, the longer springs go on the DS. | ||
| Kelly Fristoe (Kfristoe) Member Username: Kfristoe Post Number: 99 Registered: 12-2002 |
I would recommend a matched set. But I guess it's too late for that. | ||
| Jay Reeves (Jay) New Member Username: Jay Post Number: 11 Registered: 10-2003 |
When I did mine, they weren't labeled "passenger" and "driver" - they were labled "left" and "right". But that labeling is for UK vehicles, i.e. steering on the right. For a US vehicles, you have to swap them. The taller spring goes on the drivers side for reason that when the driver is the only one in the vehicle, it sits level...or that's what I was told at least. | ||
| Micky_dee (Micky_dee) New Member Username: Micky_dee Post Number: 7 Registered: 11-2003 |
o.k. i guess i will be wrenching sometime in the future. that is waht i thought when i was putting them in. but that is water under the bridge. what is a matched set? and are there any benifits to adding spacers? with the weight of the winch and front bumper it is lower than the rear. | ||
| Jay Reeves (Jay) New Member Username: Jay Post Number: 12 Registered: 10-2003 |
If you got a matched set that was for the front and rear (i.e. both were heavy duty), they should have been matched so the front is not lower than the rear. There should have been 2 different part numbers on each set of shocks and springs. You may have put the back on the front and vice versa. If you know what part number you put where, go to these pages to check and see if you got them right: http://www.expeditionexchange.com/ome/indexshocks.htm http://www.expeditionexchange.com/ome/indexsprings.htm About half way down on each page are the charts. | ||
| Greg (Gparrish) Senior Member Username: Gparrish Post Number: 1580 Registered: 04-2002 |
Actually Micky dee, a matched set is when the vender is opening the springs and selling two lefts to one person and the two rights to the other. That way, both left and right sides of the truck sit level. Expedition Exchange is the only dealer I know of that does this great service. | ||
| damon doerschuk (Dcd) New Member Username: Dcd Post Number: 3 Registered: 11-2003 |
I've got a set of OME on my wrangler. When I first installed them I was told that the rear pasenger side would sit slightly higher than the driver side b/c of the increased compression on that side of the vehicle under accelaration. Also, the front driver side would also sit slightly higher than the passenger side to account for the constant added weight of the driver. I installed the springs about 8 months ago and the jeep has since settled. Hope that helps, I don't know whether or not that theory differs for Land Rovers. | ||
| Jared Schnelle (Jared) Member Username: Jared Post Number: 188 Registered: 09-2002 |
I installed OME on my D1 and it sits perfectly level. Thanks Nathan! | ||
| Peter Matusov (Pmatusov) Senior Member Username: Pmatusov Post Number: 1132 Registered: 09-2002 |
Now I wonder, who gets the "rights" and who gets the "lefts?" They are nearly 1/2" different  peter |
