Air vs Spring - BEST SUSPENSION Options for your Land Rover Defender || Mahker Weekly EP087

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  • Опубліковано 29 лип 2024
  • In this episode:
    - Dave talks suspension, going through all our favourite options for shocks, springs, air suspension & steering dampeners that we use in our own builds.
    - Nicky's grafting away on the tig for both Project Christine & a trial build
    - Project Pippin is flying together - a green Defender 110 TDI restoration
    - Project Porsche 90 gets a new windscreen fitted after a little workshop accident...
    - Louis's been keeping busy fixing up Project Christine's interior
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    00:00 Let's talk Suspension: shocks, springs, air, dampening...
    08:14 Custom intake for Christine
    10:59 Project Pippin is taking shape
    14:30 Fitting a new windscreen into the green Porsche 90
    17:46 Custom Fabrication on a trial build
    22:43 Christine's new gearbox tunnel
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  • @hisclarkyness
    @hisclarkyness 3 місяці тому +2

    Great info thank you. I have a '13 Puma Utility and at the moment every rut and ridge is a rattle and judder. 90% on road so need to look at the suspension.

  • @robertanderson-yx8mo
    @robertanderson-yx8mo Рік тому +6

    Presented like a pro really educational and well thought out,thanks for doing this chanel Dave ,

  • @grahames9228
    @grahames9228 Рік тому +2

    Another week of great content variety. You guys knock it out of the park.

  • @happyemojilearning2866
    @happyemojilearning2866 Рік тому +2

    Loving the welding montage clips 👍💪💪💪

  • @andyg611
    @andyg611 Рік тому +2

    I've recently installed Pro-comp 2.5 remote res + airbags on my chopped Patrol here in Australia. Its over 3T and now drives like a car.

  • @wingding028
    @wingding028 Рік тому +1

    good info as always

  • @JUKE179r
    @JUKE179r Рік тому +1

    Fox Shocks FTW!!!
    Got them on my Disco 2. 👍🏽

  • @olifairhead3045
    @olifairhead3045 Рік тому +4

    Great episode thanks for the Shock comparison, I’m running the fox shocks Alive springs and Bilstein advanced damper and it’s great. Videography on the welding with Niki is mega. Any chance of a brake comparison as well ? 🤞

    • @wearemahker
      @wearemahker  Рік тому

      Ok… we’ll add it to the list. Thanks for watching

  • @smuy3782
    @smuy3782 Рік тому +1

    Fox have let me down too many times with mountain bike suspension for me to trust them over Bilstein for my Defender.

  • @stevepickering5866
    @stevepickering5866 Рік тому

    Dave and Nicky at their best…I’d love a set of those pre-runner 2.65’s but how much are they? ❤ Mahker

  • @TheMolson413
    @TheMolson413 Рік тому +1

    Nice IWC Dave.

  • @brianallmendinger9248
    @brianallmendinger9248 Рік тому +2

    Dave, I emailed with questions, haven’t heard back. Where do you source your vehicles? Does a client that wants one build by Mahker, need to provide you with the 110 or do you supply and build to spec? My wife is pestering me to get one but I have very specific desires. Can you help????

    • @wearemahker
      @wearemahker  Рік тому

      Sorry I’ve been very busy on builds right would you mind resending the email please thanks Dave.

    • @brianallmendinger9248
      @brianallmendinger9248 Рік тому

      Dave, re sent the email on the contact portion of your website. Cheers

  • @landieman6044
    @landieman6044 Рік тому +1

    Don't you find upgraded steering dampers destroy the already pants design drop arm balljoint in minutes as there not man enough? I always go HD arms with lemforder balljoints and disco 1 droparm set up when a customer wants a fancy SD fitting. Air springs OK till they leak or the system fails, not good if your in the middle of nowhere.

  • @fjefferynelson9946
    @fjefferynelson9946 Рік тому

    Great video!! One question: on the trials vehicle, are those modified P38a exhaust headers?? If so, what a great way to go to get headers on a Defender RV8.

  • @heshamshaker1632
    @heshamshaker1632 Рік тому +1

    I have a question please. I can't find any specs on the airbags in terms of size/dimensions. I'm building my own custom air suspension system with my own specs as I'm abroad. Can you help with that?

  • @rodrigomf2492
    @rodrigomf2492 Місяць тому +1

    The tractive suspesion you showed is that the track line or the touring line?

    • @wearemahker
      @wearemahker  Місяць тому

      Answered in this weeks Q and A video for you

  • @Jabber-ig3iw
    @Jabber-ig3iw Рік тому +1

    What would you recommend for a 130 with a heavy camper build?

  • @andygreen6383
    @andygreen6383 Рік тому

    Hi Dave, great info on the shocks, thanks very much for that. One question please, some of the replacement shocks appear to come with the locating washers (ones with the short spiggot, some have spherical bush seat and some containment) that engage the turrets and spring seat on front axle and axle side lower on the rear. Some seem to re-use LR std washers subject to the respective new bush config or appear to have bespoke. Fox ones come without as far as I can tell and the new bushes appear too large for std LR locating washers? How do you guys address this? (I have been lead to believe that not using bush locating washers at all can cause the shock to wander and the shaft wear the hole on the vehicle side? )

  • @Predator27007
    @Predator27007 Рік тому +1

    How much, ball park is an LS3 plus 8L transmission?

  • @HeliRy
    @HeliRy Рік тому

    What brand of air suspension do you use?

  • @Metal05
    @Metal05 Рік тому

    My wife says the same thing about fitting windscreens! 🤣

  • @machoneboard
    @machoneboard Рік тому +2

    Do you do stuff on series 3s too?

    • @wearemahker
      @wearemahker  Рік тому +1

      If it’s made in Solihull we’ll work on it!

    • @wearemahker
      @wearemahker  Рік тому +1

      Hi Dave here it’s actually in the pipe line we’re developing a shock for series 2/3 with stock and upgraded power.

  • @BigArch6564
    @BigArch6564 Рік тому

    Cracking suspension breakdown. Who was the firm doing the windscreen?

    • @wearemahker
      @wearemahker  Рік тому

      Thanks Arch
      We use telford auto window screens.

    • @BigArch6564
      @BigArch6564 Рік тому

      @@wearemahker Dave, many thanks!

  • @LRDefender1968
    @LRDefender1968 Рік тому

    Hi Dave,
    Do you have any plans on doing conversion kits to make Defenders ULEZ compliant buddy?
    Kind regards
    Tony

    • @wearemahker
      @wearemahker  Рік тому

      We sure do we offer the latest V8s that our ulez compliant.

    • @LRDefender1968
      @LRDefender1968 Рік тому +1

      @@wearemahker Eeeeeek.......I meant the standard TDCI lol

    • @wearemahker
      @wearemahker  Рік тому

      @@LRDefender1968 ummm I’m sure there was a Add Blue kit but it’s not something we offer yet.

    • @LRDefender1968
      @LRDefender1968 Рік тому

      @@wearemahker That's correct Dave, there are companies installing the system for about 6 grand, not heard good reports though :((

  • @eugeneg529
    @eugeneg529 Рік тому +1

    Promo>SM

  • @andicog
    @andicog Рік тому +3

    Please Dave... Damper, not Dampener (unless you're from the US) and it's never a shock absorber, the spring takes the shock, the damper damps the springs energy. There's always one..... 😂

    • @wearemahker
      @wearemahker  Рік тому +7

      Come and say it better with camera in your face love Dave 🤓

    • @Jason-cl8hk
      @Jason-cl8hk Рік тому

      Yep, agree - they’re dampers. That being said, I’m keen to try an air ride suspension particularly off road.