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I did it. I bought a Rangie. Everyone here is laughing at me. I probably deserve it too, I know jack about em. Its a 92 RR "Sherwood" limited edition. 3.9 & 4spd auto. Absolutely standard. Now, where did I put that grinder.....

Now the fun starts

welcome to the dark side



and those ultra thin cutting discs work awsone on aluminum gaurds

BBM Rick wrote:I did it. I bought a Rangie. Everyone here is laughing at me. I probably deserve it too, I know jack about em. Its a 92 RR "Sherwood" limited edition. 3.9 & 4spd auto. Absolutely standard. Now, where did I put that grinder.....

You can't cut up a Sherwood. I'll swap it for an '84 auto with a 350 Chev in it.

is this the same dude from BBM hay you sent me away when I came to you for a suspension lift you openly admitted to not knowing anything you told me that you would rather leave to the experts

welcome to Land Rover im sure you know all there is know now

what the hell is a shirwood any way and you still know more them me

ROVERNIT wrote:is this the same dude from BBM hay you sent me away when I came to you for a suspension lift you openly admitted to not knowing anything you told me that you would rather leave to the experts

welcome to Land Rover im sure you know all there is know now

what the hell is a shirwood any way and you still know more them me

Jeeez, you musn't know too much then! I think a sherwood had leather and wood inside and some flash (not) badging. Maybe different wheels too?
I seriously know bugger all about these things, but I will learn, and as I apply this to my Rangie, I will keep this section updated.

Cheers.

Maggot4x4 wrote:

BBM Rick wrote:I did it. I bought a Rangie. Everyone here is laughing at me. I probably deserve it too, I know jack about em. Its a 92 RR "Sherwood" limited edition. 3.9 & 4spd auto. Absolutely standard. Now, where did I put that grinder.....

You can't cut up a Sherwood. I'll swap it for an '84 auto with a 350 Chev in it.

Pics?

BBM Rick wrote:

ROVERNIT wrote:is this the same dude from BBM hay you sent me away when I came to you for a suspension lift you openly admitted to not knowing anything you told me that you would rather leave to the experts

welcome to Land Rover im sure you know all there is know now

what the hell is a shirwood any way and you still know more them me

Jeeez, you musn't know too much then! I think a sherwood had leather and wood inside and some flash (not) badging. Maybe different wheels too?
I seriously know bugger all about these things, but I will learn, and as I apply this to my Rangie, I will keep this section updated.

Cheers.

never mind you still know more them me then and still know more then now look forward to see what you do with it, what did it cost

BBM Rick wrote:

Maggot4x4 wrote:

BBM Rick wrote:I did it. I bought a Rangie. Everyone here is laughing at me. I probably deserve it too, I know jack about em. Its a 92 RR "Sherwood" limited edition. 3.9 & 4spd auto. Absolutely standard. Now, where did I put that grinder.....

You can't cut up a Sherwood. I'll swap it for an '84 auto with a 350 Chev in it.

Pics?

http://s57.photobucket.com/albums/g228/ ... %20Rangie/

Maggot4x4 wrote:

BBM Rick wrote:

Maggot4x4 wrote:

BBM Rick wrote:I did it. I bought a Rangie. Everyone here is laughing at me. I probably deserve it too, I know jack about em. Its a 92 RR "Sherwood" limited edition. 3.9 & 4spd auto. Absolutely standard. Now, where did I put that grinder.....

You can't cut up a Sherwood. I'll swap it for an '84 auto with a 350 Chev in it.

Pics?

http://s57.photobucket.com/albums/g228/ ... %20Rangie/

Can you PM me a full list of specs?

Nice looking ride Rick

Gotta love the travel a standard Rangie has
Whats the plans for it?

if it wasnt for the rangie were would 4x4s be today

looks like a Vogue SE does it have leather? and air suspension?

It has leather and cruise, but no sunroof and air suspension like a Vogue SE.
I was shocked at the travel the standard setup has, outdoes a couple of 2 & 3in lifted GQ's here. Im liking it so far

Good to here your liking it so far
Only thing stopping more wheel travel will be the standard shocks

DK wrote:
Only thing stopping more wheel travel will be the standard shocks

X2


Rick , just a warning its all ooohhhh arrrhhh for the suspension and ride , then the thing will ruin you drivway leaking unimaginable smelling fliuds allover , and if you wheel it there,ll be bits of steel in its droppings, thats when the screaming and yelling starts

Lift, diffs ,tires ,drive it .

Dozoor wrote:

DK wrote:
Only thing stopping more wheel travel will be the standard shocks

X2


Rick , just a warning its all ooohhhh arrrhhh for the suspension and ride , then the thing will ruin you drivway leaking unimaginable smelling fliuds allover , and if you wheel it there,ll be bits of steel in its droppings, thats when the screaming and yelling starts

Lift, diffs ,tires ,drive it .

Break it, make it better, drive it. All a part of the fun old mate!

Well after a shake down run (to Broken Hill and back, got 13.8l per 100km!) I decided it was time to start the mods.
I want to stay away from a bodylift and get the clearance I want by modding the suspension. The boys at Tough Dog only list a 35mm coil for the Rangie so I spoke with Simon about my options. We decided to try a set of coils after much deliberation, and the results were pretty wild.
The front came up 135mm (just over 5 inches) and the rear came up about 100mm. A set of spacers was then fitted to the rear to level things out. We also fit a set of pin to eye converters and put a set of Tough Dog Foam Cell shocks out of a GU in the rear, and some 80 series units in the front.
After an initial drive, we found the front too firm and tonight will be trying another set of front coils, and hopefully losing around 15mm or so out of the ride height. This will improve the castor and give the right rake.
I have ordered some braided stainless brakelines, should have them in a couple of days, so no ramping till they are in!
A couple of other issues that need to be addressed;
* The centre crossmember is fouling the front shaft, we will fab something up for that.
*The rear A-frame joint is past it's use by date and close to binding, so we will have a look at that also. Have not ruled out an entire re-design of the rear link set up.
*We wont deal with the castor until the ride height has been sorted, but it should be no real drama.
* Front shaft will probably be needing some attention as well.

Will post some pics soon of the current ride height. Am also looking for some flares if anyone has a second hand set??


Just needs a guard chop now.


Hopefully tonight the front will sit down a bit lower.

Stay tuned.

So does that mean that in the future after a few mods you guys will start looking into supplying LR mods, from what I undertsand you guys dont really deal with LR. and with all seriousness I dont think that there are many that do as far as big boys toys

ROVERNIT wrote:So does that mean that in the future after a few mods you guys will start looking into supplying LR mods, from what I undertsand you guys dont really deal with LR. and with all seriousness I dont think that there are many that do as far as big boys toys

Im hoping so mate, I'd love to develop a genuine 4in kit that addressed ALL of the issues. Time will tell.

BBM Rick wrote:

ROVERNIT wrote:So does that mean that in the future after a few mods you guys will start looking into supplying LR mods, from what I undertsand you guys dont really deal with LR. and with all seriousness I dont think that there are many that do as far as big boys toys

Im hoping so mate, I'd love to develop a genuine 4in kit that addressed ALL of the issues. Time will tell.

They have all been addressed, castor correction is usually the problem, need to machine the swivel hubs (my choice) crank the arms, bushes suck

id love to see more Discovery mods here in Australia

why havent some one made cranked arms for a Discovery 2 yet or caster adjusters

defenders to

BBM Rick wrote: I want to stay away from a bodylift and get the clearance I want by modding the suspension.

The rangie looks great - but why no BL??? A 2" BL will give you a lower CofG than the same vehicle with a 2" spring lift (instead) - so surely that would be preferable, or am I missing something?

Cos I prefer to have the clearance under the chassis rails, my local track has lots of spots to drag your belly and I dont want to be doing that if I can help it.
I understand your point, just in this case my preference is not just to fit bigger rubber, but get max clearance under the rails and running gear.

Rick.

Oh god... Tha rangie's are following me...

Nah looks good Rick! Can I ramp this one too???

MissForby wrote:Oh god... Tha rangie's are following me...

Nah looks good Rick! Can I ramp this one too???

When you learn to ramp Liams SMOOTHLY.

BBM Rick wrote:

MissForby wrote:Oh god... Tha rangie's are following me...

Nah looks good Rick! Can I ramp this one too???

When you learn to ramp Liams SMOOTHLY.

Touche...

I'm so used to my POS....

Ok, bit of an update. Got the slightly softer coils in the front and it came down around 18mm, which is about what i wanted. I have just taken delivery of my braided extended brakelines which wont go on till Monday now. Early next week I will drop the car to Simon at Tough Dog who will do some castor calculations and see what we will do there. I want to be able to offer a corrected bush if we can come up with something suitable, just to make it easy for punters to fit rather than go to the trouble of machining balls or the expense of cranked arms.
I have dropped the middle crossmember 15mm to clear the front shaft for now but we will perhaps look at a fabricated crossmember to offer in the kit. I have a slight vibe through the car at slow speed, we will see what happens after castor correction and then tackle the vibe issue. It may be as simple as new uni's as the current ones look a bit ordinary.
Will keep you all posted.

Rick.