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rob
| | Posted on Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 08:59 am: | 
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what size bump stops should i get if i just got a set of 245/75's? i have an OME HD setup if that makes any difference. also, where can i find the bump stops for a good price? thanks! |
Scott Tschantz (Scott)
| | Posted on Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 12:12 pm: |
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rob you should not have to change the bump stops |
Mike B.
| | Posted on Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 10:26 pm: |
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The trick to the changing the bump stops on a Disco is the bracket that is used to mount them to the frame. Land Rover uses a very unique method of mounting and I have yet to find anything in the aftermarket that works as a direct replacement.
If you are handy, you can make your own bracket out of steel. If not, SafariGard sells 3" bumpstops and 4" bumpstops with an adapter bracket (for about $100.00). Another option is to take off your stock bumpstops, cut off the bumpstop material from the bracket, flip the bracket over, drill a hole through it and bolt a standard aftermarket bumpstop (about $37.00 if memory serves correctly) to the bracket. The third method is the cheapest and works just fine.
Why are you looking for longer bumpstops? Are you rubbing someplace? I have the 245/75/R16s and I changed the bumpstops to 3", but I don't think it was really necessary.
Thanks,
Mike B. |
rob
| | Posted on Friday, July 26, 2002 - 01:50 am: |
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mike, i read somewhere that i may need to get larger ones, i could be mistaken, but i figured i would ask anyway. thanks for all the help!
-rob |
Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco)
| | Posted on Friday, July 26, 2002 - 02:14 am: |
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This is a little ghetto but it worked very well and it's rather cheap. I did this as a temp solution to see how much extra I would need on the bump stop. It's held up well and I never bothered to get real bump stops so don't laugh. I took some oak blocks about 1" thick. You could also use something like a hard plastic or resin. And I used some silicone glue to glue the blocks to the pad on the axle where the bump stop hits. After running a trail I was sure the blocks would fall off but would hold on long enough to tell me if an extra 1" was enough. I figured that I could always take off the silicone glue but it's held up for almost two years now. It cost me all of nothing since I had some oak blocks and a tube of silicone around the house but even if you went to a home center to buy it you might pay all of $5-$10. |
Frode H�bertz Haaland (Discofrode)
| | Posted on Friday, July 26, 2002 - 08:20 am: |
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Splendid idea, Al!
The axle side seems to be the obvious spot to install taller bumpstops, also of a more sturdy design then your cheap wooden thing.
Keeping the OEM rubber bumpstop above, you can use boxsteel or whatever of almost any design, and bolt it down - either directly through the axle-bracket, or clamp onto it.
Frode |
my96disco (Trevorh)
| | Posted on Friday, July 26, 2002 - 10:53 am: |
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Look in teh TECH section Matt did a great write up.
TrevorH |
John Cinquegrana (Johnc)
| | Posted on Friday, July 26, 2002 - 11:12 am: |
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I used Rancho bumpstops. Had to spread the arms a bit but it worked fine. Purchased them from someone on Dweb (I think it was Rob). |
Rob Davison (Pokerob)
| | Posted on Friday, July 26, 2002 - 12:08 pm: |
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yep , was me...
i just deleted the pictures and part numbers last week when i upgraded my computer.
rd |
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