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| Phatcat Member Since: 01 Nov 2013 Location: W yorks Posts: 98   
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Any of the mail order sites will do the complete swivel kits.
Suspension has become a bit more technical over the years, possibly over complicated in some cases. I had the same issues with mine when I loaded up with accessories. I just fitted HD springs and gas shocks, I'm happy with the handling on and off road, and it sits well, though some may find it over hard. |
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22nd Feb 2014 4:53pm |
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| Phoenix90 Member Since: 04 Mar 2012 Location: Cornwall Posts: 377 
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Swivels: As Phatcat has said, any of the online providers will sell you the parts (Britcar, Craddocks, Paddocks, and LRdirect to name but a few). Be careful buying 'kits' though, they tend to include, or be made up of, blue box parts. Normally better off to buy the parts individually and only use genuine or OEM. May as well re-furbish the front ends entirely as you are in there, so do the bearings (hub and swivel) and brake rotors (if they are anywhere near needing to be replaced) at the same time.
Suspension; If you were happy with the ride before then just maybe just replace with genuine / OEM. On the age of the vehicle the springs are probably tired and starting to sag so just replacing them with LR ones will probably bring the nose up. If not you can upgrade to Heavy Duty springs on the front. It may be an opportunity to upgrade the shocks, do a search, loads of different views on Koni, OME etc. etc... If you've never felt you needed it then i'd stay away from lifting it, just changes the handling and can lead to trouble if not done properly. Can't help much with the dash i'm afraid. |
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22nd Feb 2014 7:58pm |
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| Jimb1978 Member Since: 05 Sep 2012 Location: Huddersfield Posts: 804  
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I rebuilt the front axle (excluding diff, shafts and cv's) for around £500. This was using all genuine or OEM parts.....bearings, swivels, discs and pads, swivel pins etc...etc...
It really wasn't worth not doing stuff. If you are stripping it down you might as well do the whole lot. Goes without saying that excluded labour as it was me doing the job. I second the opinion on springs and shocks. My td5 is a 2002 on 75k...still on original suspension. I reckon land rover know what they are doing in this department, so I will be replacing like for like. As for your dash, you own a very sought after vehicle...if not so much now, but in 10 years time. I would be tempted to keep it as original as possible. |
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22nd Feb 2014 10:49pm |
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| Mdm Member Since: 11 Sep 2013 Location: Sunny Lancashire Posts: 1537
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For free advice try d44 or Gwynn lewis
They can advise acouple of options depending on your price range Avoid cheap springs as I know plenty that have rusted and sagged within 6 months on standard cars. |
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23rd Feb 2014 11:22pm |
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| Maxxed_Ross Member Since: 06 Jun 2012 Location: Bathgate / North Sea Posts: 340  
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thanks for all the reply lads
I've found myself on the Devon 4x4 site quite a bit recently and I did notice that the swivel kits on there were Britpart items... Ideally I would like to go genuine. I did notice they do a gaiter kit for them too - would that be worth getting to protect the new ones? I did the wheel bearings last year so they should be ok. Brakes could probably be with a refresh - but that's easy enough to do later once my credit card has recovered a bit. I was looking at Terrafirma steering bars too. Suspension really has me in a pickle. I was looking at Terrafirma for a while, but I've heard they are prone to go rusty quite quickly. Then I was looking at Old man Emu, but since there was so little info on what dampers I actually needed I gave up with a sore head. I regularly use the roof rack fully loaded for camping, so beefing up the springs a bit wouldn't hurt. I'm not wanting to lift it as my girlfriend has enough getting into it just now as it is! As for the dash, I'm not normally one to modify a limited edition car (I've got an RB320 too, so know how to future-proof a classic) - but with a Defender I believe an upgraded Tomb Raider won't be worth much less than an original. To be honest it's nearly falling apart as it is. |
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27th Feb 2014 8:17pm |
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