Hi there,

Thank you for your enquiry for GB Springs Series II & III Parabolics we have
responded with some info about our Landrover paras which we hope may be of
interest to you.
GB Springs have been involved in developing and producing for some years a
wide range of parabolic springs.

As you can see from our website we are a mainstream supplier of Multileaf
and Parabolic springs with sales to a wide range OEM's (we supply over a
thousand tonnes of springs per year). We have developed a range of Parabolic
springs to give a more comfortable ride both on and off road for Landrovers,
MG's and other vehicles.
For your applications the prices we would quote are as follows:-

For a SWB Landrover Series II or III vehicle, we offer a two-leaf front and
a three-leaf rear spring (true three leaf spring not a 2+1 spring with a
loose helper) - £170.00. The kit includes the springs, "U" bolts, nuts and
rubber to metal bonded bushes. The load capacity for the two leaf fronts is
930kg per axle and for our three leaf rears is 1190kgs per axle. We do not
recommend fitting two leaf front and two leaf rear springs since in our
experience they have caused problems if any reasonable load is carried in
the back of the vehicle. In our experience with a standard set up these
springs should not raise the vehicle more than 1" at most if a lift is
required we can supply specials.

For a LWB Landrover Series II or III vehicle, we offer a two-leaf front and
a four-leaf rear spring (true four leaf spring not a 3+1 spring with a loose
helper) - £210.00. The kit includes the springs, "U" bolts, nuts and rubber
to metal bonded bushes. The load capacity for the two leaf fronts is 930kg
per axle and for our four leaf rears is 1620kgs per axle.

Our packages are available ex stock and if delivery is required we would
require your full postal address to quote for this. We have quoted in
sterling and have not included UK VAT. We are able to take payment by credit
or debit card.

If you compare like with like then I think you will find our pricing for
Landrover Parabolics to be the very competitive, but if you want to give us
a ring (01214271314) then we can discuss any other issues you may want to
bring up.

For your information we do not sell shock absorbers but we would offer the
following advice:-

If your driving is mainly on Highway with the occasional sorties off road,
but even then the off road work is at slow speeds over relatively minor
undulations we believe you can get away with using ordinary shock absorbers.

The longer stroking shocks on the market are required for applications where
the increased articulation possible through parabolic springs comes into
play. Then it is possible that you can over stroke the standard shock and
hence the need for a longer stoking shock.

Re the bigger bore shocks available. Here you only need the bigger bore for
when the shock is being excited rapidly i.e.. Belgian Pave type work. That
is in a normal size shock bore the oil starts to heat up when being excited
in this way and ultimately starts to boil since it is impossible to loose
the heat generated. As a result you can fit a larger bore shock to cope with
higher driving speed driving for long distances over ground where the shock
is very active (i.e. Off-road regularly and for long distances).

We also do not fit polybushes as we feel from our development work that they
will not give a noticeable improvement in suspension performance, we will
supply springs without bushes for you to fit your own polybushes. We do feel
that whilst polybushes last longer than rubber to metal bonded bushes there
is no such thing as a "free lunch", hence the forces that normally wear out
the rubber to metal bonded bush must go somewhere and normally with poly
bushes they go into the chassis and the chassis will show wear (i.e. Oval
holes) at the linkage.

We hope you will buy GB Springs paras for your vehicle and look forward to
hearing from you!!! Please contact us if we can be of assistance.

Best regards,

Paul Stone