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HD back springs for an 80
Does anyone have any experience with Milners HD back springs for an 80 with an overland load?
(20% stronger, same height, £50 pr)
Even at 3 times the price OME would be the first choice I suppose - or Scorpion?
thanks for any input
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Chris,
Milner - I'v never seen them fitted but I suppose they can't be worse than any other pattern spares they sell.
HD OME - maybe, depending on the load and its distributon.
Scorpion - :-((( Ask me how I know!
The preferred choice on the continent seems to be Eibach and King Springs. The latter are reputed to be very robust but having a tendency for sagging.
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thanks, I'll pass it on.
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milner springs
I've got milner HD leaves on my H60 and they were fine on our recent run to the gambia. we were very heavilly loaded and making a bit of progress so they had a fair test. these things are relative though, I've never tried OME and my old springs were totally knackered.
I took spare bushes though as I have heard that is a poly bush fails it just drops out, wheras a rubber one will fail over a period giving you some warning.
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Hi Roman
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Chris,
Milner - I'v never seen them fitted but I suppose they can't be worse than any other pattern spares they sell.
can I presume from this there stuff isn't up to much? Can you be more specific
HD OME - maybe, depending on the load and its distributon.
Scorpion - :-((( Ask me how I know!
HHow do you know?!!
The preferred choice on the continent seems to be Eibach and King Springs. The latter are reputed to be very robust but having a tendency for sagging.
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Hi Andy,
> can I presume from this there stuff isn't up to much?
> Can you be more specific.
As I've said, most of the stuff is pattern parts. It's a matter of personal preference if you want critical componets to be cheap or reliable. Ask Pigapitcha what he has to say, too.
> Scorpion - :-((( Ask me how I know!
> How do you know?!!
From personal experience - after 12 months of light use D/S springs sagged by 3cm. After 3 weeks in Africa I noticed, quite unexplicably, that the car was level again. Upon closer examination the mistery was solved - the rear P/S spring was broken on the first coil.
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