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	Lookin for blue monster info (who has them inst on there rover?)	6		04/03 04:32am

By Cal on Friday, March 02, 2001 - 08:47 pm: Edit

I'm interested in the differences between these springs. What kind of ride both on and off road from each. Do either cause you to lose up travel? I really only want 1 1/2" max. of lift for now. Roverym can shorten the 2" springs to achieve this height for $30.00 for the four of them. Any feed back will be appreciated.

Cal

By nadim on Thursday, March 29, 2001 - 10:18 am: Edit

PLEASE!

get the RT 2" and that would be great!....i mean a difference of 1/2 an inch will not kill you!

the 30$ you save, well, save more and get decent shocks...then have a nice rig!

By nadim on Thursday, March 29, 2001 - 10:18 am: Edit

PLEASE!

get the RT 2" and that would be great!....i mean a difference of 1/2 an inch will not kill you!

the 30$ you save, well, save more and get decent shocks...then have a nice rig!

By nadim on Thursday, March 29, 2001 - 10:22 am: Edit

sorry for posting it twice!
did you get my point?

By Cal on Thursday, March 29, 2001 - 01:06 pm: Edit

Thanks Nadim.

Do you find the rear springs to be to stiff at all?

By Mike on Thursday, March 29, 2001 - 03:26 pm: Edit

I have the RoverTym 2" springs and the Rancho RS9000 setup. It seems to be very common setup these days. The cool thing about the RoverTym springs is that there is no loss of uptravel. The rear springs have the same diameter wire and the same number of turns. The tires stuff just like they used to. The rear is not too stiff.

I'd recommend that you save the $30.00 on shortening the springs as well. If you are worried about the driveline vibrations, spend $54.00 for a OME Castor Correction Kit for the front and be done with it. EVERYBODY that I have talked to about this has loved the results.

LoL,
Mike

By Tom Proctor on Friday, March 30, 2001 - 03:02 am: Edit

If you are considering the RT springs at all, you would probably not be happy with OME MD on all four corners. The OME MD rears are too soft (200lb. rate) unless you ride empty.

Also figure that you can eventually add heavy items (like bumpers, sliders, winch...) and reach your target 1.5" lift, vs. starting at 1.5" and sagging lower with the extra weight.

Just my $0.02. FWIW, I've beeen running OME MD front/HD rear for the past 2.5 years. Before the appearance of RoverTym, this was, IMHO, one of the best combo's available.

Tom
96 Disco

By JEEPETR on Friday, March 30, 2001 - 04:22 am: Edit

Hey Cal,

Just to confuse things even more, here is what I am running on my '96 Discovery. I have an ARB (non Airbag) bumper with Superwinch X-9 on the front, and carry about 150 lbs of gear in the rear at all times, more when off-road.

I am Running Old Man Emu 758's (17", 200 Lbs/Inch) in the front and OME 759's (18", 275-315 lbs/inch) in the rear. The 758's are actually the old (now discontinued) medium duty rear Springs, and the 759's are the old (now discontinued) heavy duty rears. This combination nets me approximately 2.25" of lift with the bumper and gear (20.75" front, 21.25" rear when measured wheel center to fender lip). I also run an OME 10mm Spring packer atop both of the passenger side springs to equal out the length with the Drivers side springs.

I like this combination very much. It rides noticeably firmer than stock, but not jarring (Even my wife does not find it objectionable). The Truck Handles very well on the street, and seems to articulate fine (within the limits of the stock length OME shocks, and front swaybar anyway). Will you loose compression travel with OME Springs? Yes, they are longer than the stock springs, and have more coils. However, this is not really an issue if you are lifting to fit larger tires, as you will need to limit uptravel somewhat anyway to avoid tire rub of hard parts (Spring perches, inner fender wells, etc..). How much depends upon how large a tire you want to run. Consider a rear drop kit and bump stops, or longer shocks and extended bump stops to take advantage of the longer coil's increased drop travel.

Rover Tym seems to make excellent products, and many are very happy with them. As I said, you probably won't go wrong either with either set-up. But as many have said, go for the whole 2", don't cut them back to 1.5". The Springs will settle with time and added weight anyhow...

~Scott T.
'95 D-90 (JEEPETR)
'96 Discovery (New addition to the Addiction!)

By pk on Wednesday, April 04, 2001 - 01:11 pm: Edit

Hmmmm,

I have had both OME MDs and Rovertym's 2 inchers. Surprisingly, the ride with the RTE 2" springs is similar, if not identical. They are not too stiff on the road at all and certainly better than stock springs.

The RTE rears are made of thicker wire so if maximum twist sexy flexy is your thrill, don't get them. In that case get BMs or something.

Lift? well.... The RTE 2 inchers give a perfect lift in my opinion. It is just enough to accommodate 235/85 tires and look fine... and not too much to look silly on 245/75 tires.

Over all... I like the RTE 2 inchers the best.

pk

By Mike on Thursday, April 05, 2001 - 08:17 pm: Edit

Cal,

I will be selling my Land Rover HD springs and Bilstein shocks in the next month or so. I only have about 5K on them. They are from Rovers North (check with them for details) and are original Rover equipment. They lift you 1.5 inches over stock and the combo makes your Disco corner like a BMW. You can fit a 245-75 very nice with them. I have a roof rack and love the setup. I am getting more into heavy off road and am going to a 3 inch lift. email if interested.