Land Rover Series 3: Best suspension set up? 

Had this issue with my 4bd1 stage 1, the poor old springs only gave me an inch of clearance from the bump stops.

Oh and 10 degrees c you are having the same weather as here in England. I forgot what warm summer's days are like.

I'm running GB Springs 109" parabolic springs with the 3rd leaf taken out on the rears, and Aeon rubber helper springs (Part No. RTC8000) which replace the rear bump stops. I find it to be an excellent compromise, if a touch soft on the rear when fully laden, but that's when the helpers come into play! P.S. We must catch up again sometime, I've just purchased a Santana PS-10 for my next Africa trip in 2026!

@@cameronwood1994 Hi Cameron, good to hear from you. I’m back working in Muscat, Oman again but should be home at the end of the year. Will catch up then. 👍

@@alansheach3528 I'll be around then too!

A very good point, thank you for sharing, Cheers Geoff

Thank you, I will considered them for a future project, but for the current work we do they just don't last. Kind regards, Geoff

@@seriouslyseriesaustralia I’ve heard other people express the same sentiment about parabolic springs. If you don’t mind me asking, is this something you have personal experience with them failing? The last gentleman I spoke with said that they rejected them outright as being unworthy of consideration. He stated that his Series 11 rig was used primarily for hard core rock crawling but could still use the vehicle as a general purpose rig. I think he said he had created his own leaf spring package from a Chevy truck. My own personal experience with them was on a series 3 109” work truck and a series 3 lightweight. They performed very well. I have never been a hard core rock crawler guy, so I don’t have any experience to speak to that domain, but my 109” was used extensively to haul one ton plus loads off road to remote construction sites. For that task, they were superior to the original design.

Leafs are springs. Do you mean leafs or coils?

Hi Andrew. This is where I get them from, sadly not in Australia, UK. www.polybush.co.uk/polyurethane-suspension-bushes-components-products/land-rover/series-12-3/ Kind regards Geoff

You need to clamp or compress them in when fitting them, double check the surface of the spring shackle too, good luck. Cheers Geoff

hahaha fancy :). Cheers Geoff

Hi Matt. I would recommend looking at putting either some extra leafs in the leaf pack, running 11 instead of 9. This has worked in the past for me. Cheers Geoff

Hi Matt. I have had to change wheel nuts to a 16mm to suit the dynamic rims we run, I haven't had to change the wheel studs as the rims are the same thickness as the original land rover rims. Cheers Geoff

@@seriouslyseriesaustralia are the dynamic rims offset?