Best suspension and steering damper

[Jim-ME]

I have Rocky Mountain springs and OME shocks on my 88. 2 leaves front and 3 leaves rear. I have no lean what so ever but the rear sits higher than the front by just a little bit. Kind of wish I had 2 leaves front and rear but it is the way it came, To be truthful it's been so long I honestly can't remember 9if the ride is better or not. I would put parabolics on any Rover I owned simply because I like the ability to run larger tires than stock.
Jim

[msggunny]

LEAN?

I have run Rocky Mountian Para's since i bought the truck in 02, been fine. It rides WAY better than before. I lived in a country where there was more pothole than road most of the time and the para's were a back saver, that and OME shocks. Took a few trips in it too loaded with gear and extra petrol, no problems even with 2 leaf rear and a hardtop.

I had a noticiable lean to the drivers side (RHD truck) but that got fixed this weekend when i welded on new front frame horns. one of the previous owners got in a wreck and had a bush mechanic weld on part of a frame horn, not the correct way to do it. it had a noticable lean that i couldnt figure out, nor could 2 different Land Rover shops in Uganda and Zimbabwe, both shops switched out the front springs side to side. it wasnt until i got down to bumper level and checked the hight of each side of the frame where the springs are attached that i saw how bad they were off. I dont have it all back together yet, taking care of POR-15ing some of the rust on the bulkhead first. once i get it on the road with the winch attached there shouldnt be any noticable lean.

Ok, who out there has para's and a winch? Any noticable sag from the extra 100+lbs?


Thanks!

[Tim Smith]

Ok, who out there has para's and a winch? Any noticable sag from the extra 100+lbs?

Yup, I got sag too although I never thought it was from the para's. I thought it was because of the set up. Hmm.

Again, running 2 leaf fronts, 3 leaf rears. The winch is an older warn (8574? is that right) and it's spooled up full of steal line. It's gotta be near 100 lbs but since the truck came with all this gear, I've never had it off to weigh it.

The winch:

http://picasaweb.google.com/smithco1/BumbaFliesAgain/photo#5049662259743595330

The sag (sorry for the bad photo):

http://picasaweb.google.com/smithco1/BumbaFliesAgain/photo#5049662465902025602

Take from this what you will.

Cheers,
Tim

[B. Wallace]

Different brands

While we're on the topic, does anyone have any suggestions on brands for parabolics, or what not to buy for that matter. A salesman at DAP told me they stopped selling Rocky Mountains because of too many complaints.(That's what he stated, I have no clue as to the truth of that.) Also, does anyone own one of the Rovers North sets. Wouldn't be a bad deal once free shipping weekend comes around again...
-Ben

[PH4]

Thank you for all the responses to my original post. I believe I will go the parabolic route based on the responses and my needs. I am curious as to what brands used and reccomended also. Again, thank you as always, this forum hosted by Rovers North is an invaluable service.