Defender 90 sagging - OME coil advice

[sherifsalem]

Hi Gents,

have the following problem with my current OME coil setup - my rear is sagging under the below load

Current setup

Old Man Emu 764 Rear Medium-Duty Springs (764)
Old Man Emu 761 Front Medium-Duty Springs (761)
.

My defender 90 saggs with the below load when i overland (when i home most of it is out) 764 are excellent on the daily basis but not okey when i load my defender ,

1- Hard Top KGS??
2- AFN Roof Rack 75kgs
3- 3 jerries X 60 L 60kgs
4- 1 fridge 20kgs
5- 5 wolf boxes 15kgsx5= 75gs
6- 2 mobile storage drawers(75Kgs)
7- Roof rack tent 20KGs
8- food/tools/table/Sleeping bags ect 50Kgs
9- Sand Matts 25KGS
10- water storage 40l = 40kgs

all this is over 300kgs

i want to change for OME 762 Heavy Duty or 763 Extra Heavy Duty .........is somebody running on 762 and can recomend

appreciate your advice on OME 762 or 763???

che

[Gipper]

Hi Che,

I haven't run the OME's springs on my 90, I have run LR OE HD springs (max payload of 2550kgs) as my 90 was a factory HD model I ordered from new.

I have OME HD springs on the front of the Discovery (rear is air) and these are quite stiff.

Can you post a photo of the loaded 90? how much sag are we talking about in inches and is the front sitting low also?

I would try the OME HD springs if its not sagging too much, as the Extra HD springs are likely to give a very rough ride over corrugations/washboard.


This was our 90 in Mauritania, I think we were at 2,200kg for our trip, fully loaded with fuel and water.

[maurice joyce]

Hi

Try Air Bag Helpers , We have them on back of Disco1
the bags fit inside existing coil springs
look at DublinDakar on Facebook for some pics of our rebuild in 2015
Good Luck

Maurice