By Steve (Oz93discov8) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 - 08:00 am: Edit

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By Steve (Oz93discov8) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 - 08:11 am: Edit

150 x 150 x 10mm bar bolted on top of the rear spring mounting plate for about 30mm lift - any good???

By Mike B. on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 - 09:16 pm: Edit

Very creative. Very simple. Very good!

By Tom P. on Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 10:13 am: Edit

Steve,

How did you get 30mm lift from 10mm thick steel?
Or are you refering to 30mm *spring* lift?

Tom P.
96 Disco

By Kyle on Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 10:18 am: Edit

I am wondering about theair gap in there between the factory spring seat and that slab of steel. MAybe some spacers went in there... Thats some down home looking stuff there......lol YOu coulda rounded those corners off a liitle bit...

Kyle

By Scott Bowden (Scott_Bowden) on Friday, November 02, 2001 - 09:01 am: Edit

The gap is probably still under the factory spring seat. The weight is on the new metal plate, so the air gap should not matter. I would want tubing sleeves on the bolts for secure tightness. The plate is 10mm and the air gap is 20mm (approx.), thus 30mm total lift.
If the corners were rounded then you would not know it was modified

By Kyle on Friday, November 02, 2001 - 04:46 am: Edit

TIf there is a gap there the bolts arent truley tight. You should sleeve the bolts with something or you rig threre will work itself loose...


Kyle

By John on Friday, November 02, 2001 - 04:53 am: Edit

As Kyle says they are needed esp. for the lower spring retainers if used, as I dont see retainers in the pic? Maybe the object sticking up in the middle is a cone affair? But I dont see upper retainers as well, or maybe EE retainers are up there? With a little refining and rounding of corners and de burring it works...

By RVR OVR (Tom) on Friday, November 02, 2001 - 04:56 am: Edit

Hmmmm...Cones on the bottom. Would that offer any advantage to cones on the top?

Tom

By John on Friday, November 02, 2001 - 04:57 am: Edit

OME 759 springs? I see youre using that bump stop regularly...

By John on Friday, November 02, 2001 - 05:37 am: Edit

Doesnt make any difference top or bottom..good, bad or indifferent.

By RVR OVR (Tom) on Friday, November 02, 2001 - 01:00 pm: Edit

maybe less in-cabin noise is all i could think of.

tom

By Steve (Oz93discov8) on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 02:01 am: Edit

The springs are King KRRR-04 made in Australia (Gold Coast - you know, where they run the Kart race). They are a progressive rate spring (230-320lb) but didn't give me enough lift for the 245/75R16's (only about 30-40mm over standard), so in with the "slab". Hey guys I did run a file over the rough edges!! Let's call this a prototype then. There are/were no top retainers and the lower end has cones rather than the original retainers. The shocks are Bilsteins (standard length) so I don't suspect there's much chance of unseating a spring.

By Steve (Oz93discov8) on Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 07:52 am: Edit

The springs are King KRRR-04 made in Australia (Gold Coast - you know, where they run the Kart race). They are a progressive rate spring (230-320lb) but didn't give me enough lift for the 245/75R16's (only about 30-40mm over standard), so in with the "slab". Hey guys I did run a file over the rough edges!! Let's call this a prototype then. There are/were no top retainers and the lower end has cones rather than the original retainers. The shocks are Bilsteins (standard length) so I don't suspect there's much chance of unseating a spring.