Military 110 rear spring question

[swamijake]

I recently bought a 110 from the Canadian government. Its a British MOD unit as far as I can tell. The rear sits quite a bit higher than the front.

The problem I have is the back is about 1/2 inch too high to fit in my underground parking.

The question I have is does anyone know if the MOD 110's have stiffer or longer springs than stock 110's and if so, does anyone have a set of regular 110 rear springs?

I hate to buy a set and find it sits at the same height. I suppose I could put a few hundred pounds of steel in the back, but with the 2.5 NAD its already a bit, shall I say, relaxed.

[withabix]

This may help a bit (although the military ones have no length quoted):

http://www.landroverclub.net/Club/HTML/ ... rates.html


Or from Red90...

http://www.red90.ca/rovers/springinfo.html



I assume it's 110 van and not a CSW given it's origin? CSW has a hydraulic ram self-levelling device mounted mid-axle.

[swamijake]

Thanks,

I did find that earlier, and I think I have a red/red on one side meaning it is a 110 HD spring, but it's all a bit hazy on what I should hunt for to find a little softer/lower spring.

Should I go for the RKB101111 brown/purple later model progressive spring?
Should I go for the NRC6388/NRC7000 set from the suspension with the load leveller, which I definitely don't have?

or just heat it with a torch until it fits into the underground?

[Bill E.]

Hi Jake,
The free length of Genuine 110 springs varies slightly as you've no doubt seen. The real difference is in the spring rate and # of coils. This information is also taken from a chart posted some time back by Red90.

NRC6388 D110 with load leveler Rear passenger side free height 16.53 lbs/inch 180 # of coils 7.5 blue/blue
NRC7000 D110 with load leveler Rear drivers side free height 15.75 lbs/inch 180 # of coils 7.5 green/white

RKB101111 D110 (VIN XZ159807 up) Rear free height 16.10 lbs/inch 270/420 # of coils 8.8 brown/purple

NRC6904 110 HD Rear passenger side free height 15.55 lbs/inch 330 # of coils 8 red/green
NRC6389 110 HD Rear driver side free height 16.02 lbs/inch 330 # of coils 8 red/red

Sorry for the duplication of info

[swamijake]

so do you think the progressives would sit a bit lower than the HD springs?

[ANDYD]

I have a set of standard rear 110 springs that you are welcome to try on to see if it lowers you an inch or so ...

Cheers,
Andy

[rayhyland]

You can try my progressive springs as well Jake, but as you see, my Rover sits pretty high unless it's well loaded.

I am swapping out to Terrafirma Heavy Duty springs when I get a chance.

Ray

[swamijake]

Thanks Guys!

Ray, I think yours sits even higher than mine so I'll give Andy a shout.

Cheers!