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Frodo16

Member Since: 25 Apr 2015
Location: Charente
Posts: 9

2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Zermatt Silver

Disco 3 Suspension bushes in Kent or Cleveland

Hi all, Visiting UK from France in early October for 10days or so. Got a definite knock from the front when going over roughish ground (BUT not when braking!) the truck has done 156K Kms and is a 2007 model so definitely overdue for bushes - checked the service history but can see no reference to them ever being changed!!! The vehicle is very clean and from what I can see has never been off road'd). After reading about bushes on this site the opinion seems to be that Superpro (or powerflex?) are the better choice. I could do them here myself but I would be doing them in my garage with not a lot of space and to be fair only a moderate amount of experience plus the fact is that I would have to wait about a week for any delivery of parts (and then I am bound to find I need something else once I start!) SO!

I will be staying with friends in Kent for a few days after which travelling to Middlebrough area.

Can anyone PLEASE recommend an Indie in the Kent or North East who could sort the suspension for me - including fitting the Superpro bushes and then doing the 4 wheel alignment?

Appreciate any help in this matter!

23rd Sep 2016 2:06 pm

Andym01207

Member Since: 01 Mar 2012
Location: County Durham
Posts: 412

2008 Discovery 3 TDV6 XS Auto Buckingham Blue

A bit further north than Cleveland you have Team Valley LandRover who are very good.
They are in Gateshead
Have done my arms and alignment

23rd Sep 2016 2:10 pm

Frodo16

Member Since: 25 Apr 2015
Location: Charente
Posts: 9

Andym01207

A bit further north than Cleveland you have Team Valley LandRover who are very good.
They are in Gateshead
Have done my arms and alignment

Hi - did you fit superpro et al?

23rd Sep 2016 2:16 pm

Andym01207

Member Since: 01 Mar 2012
Location: County Durham
Posts: 412

Just the standard replacements from Advance Factors but the SuperPro are available: http://www.advancedfactors.co.uk/front-sus...-139-c.asp

I bought them from AF and had them fitted at TVLR

23rd Sep 2016 2:34 pm

blue meanie
D3 Decade

Member Since: 04 Aug 2005
Location: Newbury
Posts: 6861

2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Manual Cairns Blue

Re: Disco 3 Suspension bushes in Kent or Cleveland

Frodo16 wrote:
Hi all, Visiting UK from France in early October for 10days or so. Got a definite knock from the front when going over roughish ground (BUT not when braking!) the truck has done 156K Kms and is a 2007 model so definitely overdue for bushes - ...

If you can feel the knock through the steering wheel, then it would be worth checking the lower steering column bush first

and theeeeennn......???

23rd Sep 2016 2:37 pm

lemansfan

Member Since: 03 Aug 2012
Location: Reigate
Posts: 89

2007 Discovery 3 TDV6 GS Auto Cairns Blue

Geoff (site sponsor) is in Kent and is a top bloke - You could try dropping him a PM (note: his username is geoff. - don't leave the full stop off)

23rd Sep 2016 3:41 pm

Flack

Member Since: 06 Sep 2006
Location: Preston Lancashire
Posts: 6240

2007 Discovery 3 TDV6 XS Auto Stornoway Grey

+1 for Geoff. he is in Kent and will sort you out with whatever you need at a fair price.

Flack

23rd Sep 2016 4:04 pm

D16PJM

Member Since: 08 Dec 2015
Location: Sidcup, Kent
Posts: 309

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Java Black

Another for Geoff. top man and very helpfull De tango
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Colour coded
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3 blink, C.O.D

23rd Sep 2016 4:10 pm

Frodo16

Member Since: 25 Apr 2015
Location: Charente
Posts: 9

Disco 3 Suspension bushes in Kent or Cleveland

Hi All,

I'm back in France - Geoff was good enough to do the front lower wishbones - AND the steering rod ends AND the front roll bar bushes (I was convinced I had done the front roll bar bushes in polyurethane about a year ago - when all came to all I had replaced the rear roll bar bushes!!!!! - aAH well its only about 4 metres away!!) - (all the bushes in superpro). Geoff then took me to A mate of his for 4 wheel alignment - just as well he came along - Seems the eccentric wahers and bolts are prone to twisting off the aligning grooves - Geoff jumped in tout de suite - and replaced them. I then discovered my French distributed car is equipped with a space saver wheel!!!! (How on earth can any manufacturer get away with this idiocy? A VW I bought a few years ago came with no spare wheel and a bottle of puncture gunge! NOT much cop when I had a sidewall issue).

How does the car ride - well, 3000 + Kilometers after the repair - the ride is a little harder than the original bushes but it's a little difficult for me to judge since the originals were splitting. Certainly the ride is firm now and rides well.

Anyway - Thank you to all and particular thanks to Geoff - well done!

18th Oct 2016 6:09 pm

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