Springs
Technical Information on Springs for Range Rover,
Discovery, Land Rover 110 and Defender
Genuine Spring Rates and Free Lengths
| Colour/Stripe | Length inch | Rate lb/in | No. of Coils |
| Yellow | 16.34" | 130 | 7.11 |
| Yellow | 16.95" | 170 | 8.85 |
| Green | 16.10" | 150 | 7.63 |
| Blue | 15.40" | 133 | 7.20 |
| Red / White | 17.00" | 170 | 7.00 |
| Red / Yellow | 17.20" | 150 | 7.70 |
| Blue / White | 16.50" | 133 | 7.70 |
| Green / Yellow | 16.20" | 170 | 7.00 |
| Purple / Pink | 17.00" | 133 / 176 | 10.00 |
| Pink/Orange/Yel | 16.50" | 133 / 176 | 9.50 |
| Discovery Rear | 180 / 200 |
Rangie Spares Manufactured Springs
| Rear Springs | Front Springs | |
| Light Duty | 16.50" Red 180 | 16.50" Yellow 138 15.90" Blue 160 |
| Heavy Duty | 17.20" Orange 180 | 16.10" Green 160 |
| X Heavy Duty | 17.00" Purple 220 | 15.90" Pink 180 |
| X1/2 Heavy Duty | 18.00" Purple/Orange 220 | |
| XX Heavy Duty | 16.80" White 270 | 16.50" Red 180 |
| XXX Heavy Duty | 17.80" White/Green 270 | 15.50" Purple/Yellow 220 |
| Land Rover 110 | 16.80" None 250 |
For Range Rovers looking for a light spring upgrade, it may be possible to fit the existing rear springs into the front. To find out if this is possible call Andrew on 03 9464 4094 to discuss your requirements and whether it can be done.
As a general rule of thumb, we aim to have the front of the Range Rover 1" to 1 1/2" lower than the rear with a minimum bump stop clearance of 2 1/2" and a maximum 3 1/2". For the rear we allow a maximum bump stop clearance of 5 1/2".
Rangie Spares
Factory 4, 8 Brand Drive
Thomastown, Victoria. Australia
DIY Rear Springs
The rear end of my Range Rover was looking a little sad so it was time for a set of rear springs. I chose standard type springs with uprated capacity by about 20%. Many people insist you need a spring compressor for this job, you don't unless the springs you are removing or installing are raised considerably. Even with raised springs you wont need a spring compressor if you do both sides at the same time by dropping the whole axle assembly after removing the A frame ball joint.
I chose to do each spring independently and after jacking up the rear and supporting the chassis on bricks and redgum (I'd suggest you use axle stands), I then removed the wheels (to allow the axle to drop) and supported the axle with another jack.
I then removed the nut from the bottom of the shock absorber, this can be a minor problem because the shocker wants to spin around as you are turn the nut. I was able to remove the nut by gripping the shock absorber with vice grips.
Then I lowered the supporting jack until there was no tension and removed the two nuts on the spr
ing retainer and pulled out the spring.
I found while trying to install the new spring that I needed a slightly bigger gap so I placed a jack between the axle casing and bump stop to open up the available space. If you do this beware of possible brake line damage. I was then able to insert the new spring. As the books say, refitting is the reverse of removal. This is one of the easy jobs on the Range Rover.
