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     neil harman (Neil30076) New Member Username: Neil30076 Post Number: 5 Registered: 03-2004 |
No, not a political statement! My 98 Disco 1, 80k miles, LHD, is overall 1 inch lower on the right than the left. Sounds like time for new OME's all around to me! Anyone have any other suggestions as to what the problem might be. Neil, Atlanta, GA | ||||||
| Greg French (Gregfrench) Senior Member Username: Gregfrench Post Number: 725 Registered: 11-2002 |
Springs are gone. It happens. Bite the bullet and go to the EE website for some new ones. | ||||||
| neil harman (Neil30076) New Member Username: Neil30076 Post Number: 6 Registered: 03-2004 |
Allready called BritPacific and got the same pricing everyone else is quoting here for 4 springs, 4 shocks and steering damper, $530 the lot, might as well do the lot at once.! Thanks | ||||||
| Matt Anderson (Disco01) Senior Member Username: Disco01 Post Number: 360 Registered: 10-2003 |
No no no no! Your Disco is leaning becuase LR puts shorter springs on the passenger side of the vehicle. The OME springs, unless matched, will lean the same amount. I know this from experience with my old D1. If you dont mind the lean then dont hesitate to get the OME, but if you think it will sovle the lean then dont be mistaken--it wont. Your truck will simply lean the same about an inch and a half higher on both sides. If you are worried about the lean go to EE and get the matched set. Regardless of which way you go, you will love the ride after fitting your new system. The question is.....to lean or not to lean? | ||||||
| Shane Lesteberg (Snwbord24) Member Username: Snwbord24 Post Number: 97 Registered: 01-2004 |
I have the OME DS/PS springs and have no lean at all. | ||||||
| neil harman (Neil30076) New Member Username: Neil30076 Post Number: 7 Registered: 03-2004 |
Shane, do the DS/PS springs set the truck level with no one or load in it? Did you get them fom BritPac? | ||||||
| Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Dweb Lounge Member Username: V22guy Post Number: 2589 Registered: 02-2002 |
Go matched, you will not be sorry. Here's another thread talking about this: ../2/45080.html"#444444"> | Shane Lesteberg (Snwbord24) Member Username: Snwbord24 Post Number: 98 Registered: 01-2004 |
Yes and yes. | ||||
| neil harman (Neil30076) New Member Username: Neil30076 Post Number: 8 Registered: 03-2004 |
So, if i go to BritPac and order i'm getting exactly the same as expeditionexchange for a lot less, and all expeditionexchange does is switch the items around in the boxes so the DS and PS fronts are swapped over! | ||||||
| Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Member Username: Discodriveradam Post Number: 230 Registered: 01-2003 |
Sure Neil, go ahead and convince yourself of that. | ||||||
| Shane Lesteberg (Snwbord24) Member Username: Snwbord24 Post Number: 101 Registered: 01-2004 |
Why would he think anything else Adam? They both sell the exact same product from OME. EE just matches them together. If you want matched springs I'm sure BP will do it for you if you call them and ask when you order. | ||||||
| neil harman (Neil30076) New Member Username: Neil30076 Post Number: 9 Registered: 03-2004 |
Adam, :-) Just want to make sure if i ask BP to ship a set that does not cause the truck to lean when installed, i'll get what i want. Seems from other threads that they will. BP and EE have a strong following on this site, so i wonder why someone would pay $100+ more for the exact same items from EE! I'm a Brit living in US, so i learned to be cautious of good deals, fast! | ||||||
| Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Member Username: Discodriveradam Post Number: 231 Registered: 01-2003 |
I guess you're right, you'll get the same product for a lot less. But here's the problem:
This statement is not true. Like I said, I am sure you will get the same product for less money, but one thing you are not accounting for are the intrinsic rewards of buying from EE (re: customer service). I'm not saying BP won't treat you like a winner, but I am saying that you won't get the same kind of follow-up service from them. If you don't understand that, I'm sorry, I'm not going to try and convince you any further. | ||||||
| Robbie Donaldson (Robbie) Senior Member Username: Robbie Post Number: 580 Registered: 02-2002 |
and you're not getting switched around springs from ee. you are getting matched springs. so you get a ps/ps or a ds/ds - instead of a ps/ds or a ds/ps. how much time/miles you have on those springs Shane? | ||||||
| Shane Lesteberg (Snwbord24) Member Username: Snwbord24 Post Number: 102 Registered: 01-2004 |
Adam, I haven't purchased anything from EE (yet) but I do understand from reading on here that they have great customer service. But I don't see the point in getting the springs/shocks from them because of it. What kind of follow up service do you need on the OME springs/shocks? Maybe I'm just a cheap bastard. | ||||||
| neil harman (Neil30076) New Member Username: Neil30076 Post Number: 10 Registered: 03-2004 |
Ah, follow up service! Now I understand what that extra $100, excuse me! I'm changing out shocks and springs, not doing a heart transplant :-) I ask for parts, i tell them what i want, they either convince me they understand my needs and i order, or i go elsewhere. I apologise if i have offended anyone.. I rebuild Porsches and, believe me, the costs here are only 25% of what their parts would cost, however, i can go to my local dealer, order a $5 part, have it fedexed in from the national warehouse, pick up next morning, and stil pay only $5. Thats customer service. | ||||||
| Jeff Mclaird (Granitedisco) Senior Member Username: Granitedisco Post Number: 275 Registered: 08-2003 |
Adam - I ordered all of my stuff from BP great bunch of guys. Very helpful and I've had no issues at all. Sorry but not everyone is part of the EE booster club. I'm a Brit living in the US too - I tend to make my own mind up about stuff. If I can save $200 on exactly the same stuff - guess where I'm going. Intrinsic rewards - what a load of bollocks. | ||||||
| Shane Lesteberg (Snwbord24) Member Username: Snwbord24 Post Number: 103 Registered: 01-2004 |
Robbie, I've had the springs on for about 3 months now. Guessing around 5000 miles. | ||||||
| neil harman (Neil30076) New Member Username: Neil30076 Post Number: 11 Registered: 03-2004 |
Jeff, so eloquently put. As it has often been said, never under estimate the british, WE DON'T! Thats why the US gov pays hundreds of $ for a spanner ( sorry, wrench!) that you can buy at your local parts store for $5, its customer service! Maybe we need an ex-pat thread on this site....! | ||||||
| Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Dweb Lounge Member Username: V22guy Post Number: 2592 Registered: 02-2002 |
You people are over reacting to Jeff's purchase decision. Don't you just think that maybe Jeff has different priorities....? Maybe like quality Scotch? If Jeff saved $200 then that's $200 that can go towards a nice bottle of Macellan 1983. Or better yet, Sir Jeffery can import some Green King IPA from the homeland.  Just let it go people. | ||||||
| Jeff Mclaird (Granitedisco) Senior Member Username: Granitedisco Post Number: 277 Registered: 08-2003 |
 Now I'm feeling home (I mean beer sick) again. Ahhh haven't had a Greene King in so long. The pubs open back home now too. Jeff | ||||||
| neil harman (Neil30076) New Member Username: Neil30076 Post Number: 12 Registered: 03-2004 |
Agreed, this thread is dead... I'm going to go open a quality British Ale! Thanks to everyone fo their opinions, that is what a bulletin board is for... Cheers Neil ( I started it!) | ||||||
| Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Dweb Lounge Member Username: V22guy Post Number: 2594 Registered: 02-2002 |
Jeff, Last May I stayed at "the bell" in Thetford. I think in the two weeks I was there, I drank a keg of that stuff. Boddingtons before noon and Green King for after noon. | ||||||
| neil harman (Neil30076) New Member Username: Neil30076 Post Number: 13 Registered: 03-2004 |
Know it and the beer well, I was one of the founders ( over 30 years ago) of CAMRA - Campaign for Real Ale, which had as a goal to check out every pub in england and its ale's and clasify them. Back then i drove and rallied a Lotus Cortina, and others, and we had no speed limits.. now, i drive a Disco, Porsche 928 and a Rice Rocket ( aka Japanese car) ..... ah, well, old times..... | ||||||
| Jeff Mclaird (Granitedisco) Senior Member Username: Granitedisco Post Number: 278 Registered: 08-2003 |
Neil - you're not from St.Albans are you ? Jeff | ||||||
| neil harman (Neil30076) New Member Username: Neil30076 Post Number: 14 Registered: 03-2004 |
Epsom Surrey, and Crawley Sussex, but i did live in Hemel Hempstead.... |
