New rear springs

[Calos]

Firstly let me begin by saying massive thanks to Phantom for the springs in the first place! and Mudskipper for all the help tea and free tool hire hehe.


Wots in the box?

Wahey!


So off to Mudskippers after a quick chat on the phone, seems I'm not the only one with new springs lol

Fettle fuss and sh!t bricks when the truck rolled forward an inch or two while it was all up in the air lol oops



Near side done, time for a quick


Before the off side, time for some compare and contrast.

Both done, new tyres big thanks to John(Mudskipper) KL71's mahahaha


Huge difference at the back, from sas to "wow I can crawl under here now !"


Not as tall as John but certainly a lot closer.

Before.


AFTER!


Need to do the front torsion bars next, looking a bit dragster-styley at the min lol.


Lovin it

Thanks again guys

peace
cal

[si tate]

When you had the springs side by side they didn't look that different but "wow" what a difference when they are on the truck.

Nice work.

[BUSHWHACKER]

Excellent!
I see John supplied AND drank the tea!


Oh and, eeww! fags!!

[mud skipper]

glad to be of service,

starting to look the part

going to do capel steps tomorrow to try out the new tyres and suspension.

then its save like mad for some new shocks and other stuff

[KERRSURF]

Good advert for chocking the wheels!

Well done on the work, feels good don't it?

[mud skipper]

When you had the springs side by side they didn't look that different but "wow" what a difference when they are on the truck.

Nice work.

i will post pics of mine tomorrow, mine are roughtrax +2 and look the same as Cal's, i thought they wouldn't make much diff, but by heck do they

Excellent!
I see John supplied AND drank the tea!


Oh and, eeww! fags!!

coffee if you don't mind, oh and cancer sticks giving up is soooooo hard

[Calos]

When you had the springs side by side they didn't look that different but "wow" what a difference when they are on the truck.

Nice work.

Cheers bro, the actual springs are not much longer, but the metal is half as thick again as the old ones, when we put the spring compressors on you had to work a lot harder to compress them compared to the old ones hehe.

peace
cal

[Calos]

Good advert for chocking the wheels!

Well done on the work, feels good don't it?

Yup it really does, GRIN factor 9 captain! she canny take any more! LOL


peace
cal

[mud skipper]

Good advert for chocking the wheels!

Well done on the work, feels good don't it?

don't look at the proping up bit....7x mdf boards covered in slippy laminate, wooden blocks in front of front wheels and all done on a slope

not sure on CAL'S BUT MINE IS LIKE DRIVING THE QE2

[Calos]

Okies torsion bars done, thank you Nik An!mal_69 for the pointers and loan of tools, and not laughing too loudly when I wound one of them the wrong way LOL

Well so there we are, 16" rim to arch at the back 15" at the front, handling well and not too much wallow, infact feels much stiffer more possitive in bends now.




peace
cal

[lord_flashart]

Looking good!

What's next?

[Calos]

Looking good!

What's next?

Next is settle up with John (mudskipper) for the KL71's
Then....
Toss up between 2" body lift, +2" shocks or a snorkle...
not deided yet hehe

peace
cal

[gwh200]

Looking superb. As you have raised the front, via torsion bars, I would suggest the next mod be a pair of manual hubs. Raising the front may put your cv's under a bit of strain.

[Calos]

Looking superb. As you have raised the front, via torsion bars, I would suggest the next mod be a pair of manual hubs. Raising the front may put your cv's under a bit of strain.

./goes outside to look at CVs

Aye they are at more of an angle now, might wind them down an inch in the mean time.


peace
cal

[POPEYE]

Looks much better, anyway tea and a fag is the most important bit of any job manual hubs are the best way to go, cheap(ish) and dead easy to fit, just watch those little allen bolts, feckers round off easy,