The Rover-Landers of BC

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.

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.

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?

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

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

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

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

Thanks Guys!

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

Cheers!