Rangie suspension

wayno · Post by **wayno** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:01 am

Any one on here improved the roadholding of a classic rangie.

Mine very rarely goes off road so is it possible to fit slightly lowered springs so she hugs the road better

landybob_v8 · Post by **landybob_v8** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:13 am

if its not got anti roll bars id go with them first

ChrisJC · Post by **ChrisJC** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:16 am

Bigger rims & low profile tyres will help make it feel more precise.

Chris.

kiwicar · Post by **kiwicar** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:42 am

try the air spring set up off the last of series, different car on the road and better off road, it squats down 2" when you hit 50mph and jacks itself up 3" when you need it to, and much much better around corners.
Not a 5 minute job to fit but probably not expensive if you strip it off a crash wrecked car.
Best of luck
Mike

wayno · Post by **wayno** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:23 pm

Sounds like a hard job to me arent they prone to playing up though

kiwicar · Post by **kiwicar** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:46 pm

I bought an 7 year old LSE with air suspension ran it for three years doing 65k+ miles and used to carry serious loads and towed a 1 ton trailer from time to time, used to wash the underside in April when they stopped gritting, apart from that never touched it, never gave me any trouble.
I believe the biggest promlem with the system is if you get crud between the rubber "bags" and their mounts that form the top and bottem ends of the airbags to fix that it is apparently a case of remove, clean in soapy water, grease with silicon grease and reassemble. Compared to normal springs they are fantastic.
Mike

diamond dave · Post by **diamond dave** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:34 pm

Am i just being tight, but isn't silicon grease a lot more expensive than fairy liquid ?

I've used fairy on truck & trailer airbags & it works a treat, failing that, plain Swarfega .