Land Rover’s are still the best riding 4WD on the market. The suspension geometry is superior to all current and past 4WD’s up to date. The success of the Land Rover suspension is the ability to articulate or cross the axles keeping all four wheels on the ground giving the vehicle maximum drive and traction with an extremely comfortable ride.
Springs are not used in Land Rovers as a handling component but more for load carrying and height adjustment. Setting up a vehicles suspension is as individual as the drivers. This is why Les Richmond Automotive manufactures more than 13 sizes of springs to suit Land Rovers.
Springs need to be chosen to suit the vehicles load carrying requirements and height requirements and the vehicles use. The choice of a coil springs also needs to take into account the amount of wheel travel the vehicle has.
The maximum heights LR Automotive set standard vehicles to without causing steering problems or vibrations are as follows.
All springs supplied by LR Automotive carry a 2-year warranty. To assist in choosing the correct spring for your vehicle please call for assistance. We will endeavour to choose the best spring for your vehicle. If the spring is not to your liking we offer a 2-week for local customers and a 3-week for interstate customers changeover period. What this means is we will changeover the new springs purchased within the time requirements at no charge. We will not pay for freight or fitting costs. Freight to resend the springs is to be paid by the customer. Customers can change springs until they are fully satisfied. Custom springs can also be manufactured to each individual customers requirements.
As a rule of thumb, in regards to wheel articulation (See shockers long travel under aftermarket parts for more info) most testing is done on an articulation ramp. A vehicle with soft rated springs will do better then a vehicle with harder springs. It is our recommendation when a vehicle is at full articulation on a fixed ramp and the unloaded wheel has broken traction the bump stop clearance on the upward axle should be 1” to 1 ½”. This will not win any articulation competitions but will work a lot better once the vehicle is moving. A moving vehicles momentum will allow the axle to move all the way to the bump stop. A softer sprung vehicle, which does well on a ramp, will bottom out hard bucking the vehicle causing the driver to have less control. Another thing to remember is when a vehicle is climbing or descending a lot of the vehicles weight will be transferred to either the rear or front. A correctly chosen spring should be able to handle the extra weight so the vehicle does not bottom out too easily. A correctly sprung vehicle has to be a compromise between on-road, off-road, normal driving, climbing, descending, articulation and handling.
For more information on springs to suit your Land Rover please contact us at info@lrautomotive.com.au or phone (03) 9464 4094.