Rangie Spares P/L

[Andrew]

Under the wandin subject some notes were made refering to Rangie Spares P/L as a money hungry company who doesn't care who we rip off. Eg our supercharger kit and our famous flares for Range Rover and Discovery.

People who recieve 20% of information and spread the word in conversation as 100% are allowd to have their opinion but this opinion should never be put on public record for everybody to read. If that person does do that and the truth is NOT what they believe they may find themselves in hot water. In our case it was a blind and petty attempt at our reputation.

Flares
We started manufacturing them about 8 years ago. We used to buy the 2 door Rangie ones from one of our customers. We approached him about building 4 door sets for us which he had no interest. With his permission we did do the 4 door sets and latter the disco ones too. So I guess in a way we did copy the flares but with the designers permission. Personally I do not see the problem and if ever asked do not deny this fact which is proberbly where it came from!

Supercharger.
This one is a little bit more complex. We were looking for a s/c kit for some customers of ours. We found one and with discussions were looking at been a vic distributor. Anyway it arrived on our door step. We opened the package and had a look at what was supplied which was quite reasonable. I then looked at the invoice and nearly fell over. We soon found out that the cost of the particular s/c was about 1/4 of the invoice cost and as we were only supplied pullies, brackets and plates, no computers, fuel pressure regulators etc, I rang the supplier and queried the invoice and told them of the price of the s/c in melbourne. He refused to believe what I was telling him and wouldn't move on price re: development costs etc, etc. They must have realized I was not happy with this explanation and about 1 hour latter a freight company arrived to pick up the unit.

By this time I was quite angry with the whole ordeal. We had a vehicle stripped waiting on this kit and another guy waiting. With no kit to service our customer we built our own. We had NO intension in doing so but in the end was forced too. Yes we did use the same s/c as supplied but that is all. The rest of the kit was our own hard work. It so turned out we produced 2 kits for the price of the one supplied which included our R&D costs with fuel pressure regs as well.

We spend countless hours and money building and designing kits for Range Rovers and Discoveries. We strive to manufacture excellent products at reasonable prices. We pick up some ideas from conversation with customers, others while competing in comps and others are just our own brain childs. We keep over 13 sizes of springs for Land Rovers all with 3 Years warranty, We are about to invest about $20000.00 in a longer suspension kit using custom Bilstein shockers giving a true 2" more wheel travel just to name a few. We help everybody who contacts us with advice and if we can help great. We only give safe info and produce products along the same line. Remember our company has been running since 1979, over 23 years and our knowledge is vast. All our products have back up service and waranty. We help customers all the time and if you ring us there is a good chance I am on the phone helping somebody. I have been told many times to tape the phone to my head so I can have both hands free or to eat lunch before it goes cold. We service our clients well and this will never change.

Andrew Richmond
Rangie Spares P/L
Fact 4, 8 Brand Drive
Thomastown 3074
(03) 9464 4094

[stephen]

Andrew,
On a lighter note, I have a question I am running 16.5 180's in the front and 18 inch 220's in the rear on my disovery I am very happy with the spring's for my general and offroad use, I was planning on using poly's in the back with the springs for touring but now I have relocation cones in the back, So when I go touring I just want to put in a heavy spring, I have a Full steel TJM rack, drawers 2 spares one on door one on rack, 40 litres water 120 litres of fuel and all the camping gear. What spring will match up height wise to my existing front's, I don't want to swap out the front spring's I prefer body role to bone jarring I just want to maintain the ride height. I am running 9207 in the front and 9010's in the rear.

Thanks

[Strange Rover]

Under the wandin subject some notes were made refering to Rangie Spares P/L as a money hungry company who doesn't care who we rip off. Eg our supercharger kit and our famous flares for Range Rover and Discovery.

People who recieve 20% of information and spread the word in conversation as 100% are allowd to have their opinion but this opinion should never be put on public record for everybody to read. If that person does do that and the truth is NOT what they believe they may find themselves in hot water. In our case it was a blind and petty attempt at our reputation.

Andrew,

Good to see you here, and yes its a shame that a bulletin board such as this can spread missinformation although Im sure that the post in question has done nothing to alter your excellent reputation in the landrover comunity.

Sam

[Andrew]

Steven,
I assume you are running our purple/orange springs. They are 220psi x 18" long. We only have 2 sizes bigger at that length. The first is a white / green at 16.8" long 270psi. The 2nd is a red/blue at 320psi also 16.8" long. Personly i would try the WG springs, I think they will do fine. If they are not what you want call me and we will swap them over for the next size up. Both springs will suit the front coils already fitted.

Regards Andrew (03) 94644094

[mickrangie]

Andrew, It's good to see you are using this site for the good of all things land rover. My poor truck could do with a little of that RS TLC at the moment.... do you do house calls

Mick

[DiscoDino]

Andrew,

To tell you the truth, I have not heard anything bad about Rangie Spares (being in the Middle East helps I guess).
Anyways, I am glad that you are providing me with great customer service even before I have actually bought the product, and that is why I will be happy to purchase from you.

Keep up the good work, and the great customer service!

On another note, can you build those flares out of rubber? Seems more bush-fit...

[Andrew]

Disco dino
The flares are fibreglass. Rubber or plastic ones are not such a good idea, yes the may flex alot better but they do not offer any support to the panels of the vehicle. Once you trim the panelwork away the guard strength is not what it fas so a stronger flare is the way to go. We have played with some vacuum molded plasti ones with no great success. Apart from that the flares are also easy to repair.

Regards
Andrew Richmond

[HSV Rangie]

Disco,
I have been using RangieSpares fibre glass guards for may years and can highly recomend them. As Andrew says they support the cut panels very well.

Regards
Michael.

[HSV Rangie]

Andrew,
good to see you here, Hope you stay around.
Im sure your knowledge and experience with RR's will be greatly appreciated.

Regards
Michael.

[DiscoDino]

Andrew & Michael...

I guess you guys know better and have been using them most, so if fiberglass is the way to go, then fiberglass it is...
I remeber it being not to tedious to repair (AC Cobra Kit Car for a friend...)
Cheers