There’s another thing I missed out of my original post - Shock Absorbers.
If you put longer springs on your vehicle, eg two inches (approx 50cm), then you should change your shock absorbers for ones with two inches additional travel. This is because if one of your wheels drops into a hole, its movement downwards will be halted by the shock absorber, not the spring, ie the shock absorber will “bottom out”. Shock absorbers cannot take that kind of punishment.
I know that Bilstein do not make longer travel shock absorbers with standard mountings. I haven’t been able to get any information out of Koni.
The following companies do make them:
De Carbon - contact Scorpion Racing tel: 020-7485-5581 http://www.scorpion-racing.co.uk/.
Old Man Emu - contact Frogs Island 4x4 tel: 01235-832100 http://www.frogsisland4x4.com.
ProComp - contact Simmonites tel: 01274-833351 http://www.simmonites.co.uk/.
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