Tired of this car breaking

**Darryl2.2DTI** · 22nd February 2009, 22:39

Originally Posted by bloodworm

darryl, hiya matey, i had a landrover freelander prior to my 1.8 `02 veccy 140k on clock. WOW THE FREELANDERS ARE EXPENSIVE TO RUN AND KEEP ON THE ROAD, i`m sure once you`ve it sorted out you`ll enjoy it, has it any service history? mines high milage but its an ex lease car with all the dealer receipts, thats the way to go for me in my next veccy, you know if somethings gone wrong they will not cut short on putting it right, good luck sorting it out

same here mate. was an ex lease car. had it 3 years i think now. came with service history. jst seems to be one thing after another and its not sheap to fix.

**Dose** · 22nd February 2009, 22:51

Originally Posted by Darryl2.2DTI

Dose if al these parts are to be replaced is there any other parts that would be worth changing ie wishbones, bushies etc.

With out visuall inspection it would be hard to say mate...the most common are for the front knocking is front drop links and more and more are finding the ARB bushes also..

Get the car checked for pulling and your play first of all and see how much coin you really are gonna need to shed out...IMO vecs are cheap to keep on the road so you shouldnt need to dig that deep into your pocket.

Take it to a mechanic friend? or your local garage(not dealer) and get them to give a once over health check(suspension,tyres ,brakes etc...)

Chris

**Darryl2.2DTI** · 22nd February 2009, 23:13

good advice. many thanks

**Darryl2.2DTI** · 1st March 2009, 19:05

well desided to take the allots off the car to have a look around and see if there is anything visual wrong. man there was. rear two springs have snapped in half again. i bout brand new ones about 2 years ago and threre away already. cant beleve it. also desided to put stock wheels on and save the tyres on the 18s for another day as 2 of them need replaced. can anyone say what the warrenty on pi springs are.

i guess the good thing is i gan get another set but not as low this tine. also recon the shock are pumped. there quite messy.

**_ZS_** · 1st March 2009, 19:34

Do Pi even have a warranty?

Do yourself a favour and get a decent set of springs and shocks now. Eibach springs and Bilstein dampers will outlive the rest of your car.

You really do get what you pay for, and with Pi that's more than true.

**Darryl2.2DTI** · 1st March 2009, 19:48

agreed mate. at the time eas short of cash. looking at apex aprings. ive have two other cars will apex springs and shocks amd never had any bother with them.

**Daywalker** · 1st March 2009, 19:48

the way to go is eibach's and bilsteins and once its done get it 4 wheel aligned as the camber at the rear and tracking at front will be well out.