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

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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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  • @robertanderson-yx8mo
    @robertanderson-yx8mo Жыл бұрын

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

  • @wearemahker

    @wearemahker

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @hisclarkyness
    @hisclarkyness2 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @grahames9228
    @grahames9228 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @happyemojilearning2866
    @happyemojilearning2866 Жыл бұрын

    Loving the welding montage clips 👍💪💪💪

  • @wearemahker

    @wearemahker

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you like them!

  • @JUKE179r
    @JUKE179r Жыл бұрын

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

  • @wearemahker

    @wearemahker

    Жыл бұрын

    Awesome 😎

  • @wingding028
    @wingding028 Жыл бұрын

    good info as always

  • @wearemahker

    @wearemahker

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much

  • @andyg611
    @andyg611 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @wearemahker

    @wearemahker

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s so good to hear

  • @TheMolson413
    @TheMolson41311 ай бұрын

    Nice IWC Dave.

  • @wearemahker

    @wearemahker

    2 ай бұрын

    It’s my favourite 😎

  • @olifairhead3045
    @olifairhead3045 Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @fjefferynelson9946
    @fjefferynelson994611 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @stevepickering5866
    @stevepickering5866 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @rodrigomf2492
    @rodrigomf249225 күн бұрын

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

  • @wearemahker

    @wearemahker

    16 күн бұрын

    Answered in this weeks Q and A video for you

  • @andygreen6383
    @andygreen6383 Жыл бұрын

    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? )

  • @Jabber-ig3iw
    @Jabber-ig3iw11 ай бұрын

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

  • @Metal05
    @Metal05 Жыл бұрын

    My wife says the same thing about fitting windscreens! 🤣

  • @heshamshaker1632
    @heshamshaker163211 ай бұрын

    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?

  • @HeliRy
    @HeliRy11 ай бұрын

    What brand of air suspension do you use?

  • @landieman6044
    @landieman6044 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @smuy3782
    @smuy3782 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Predator27007
    @Predator27007 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @brianallmendinger9248
    @brianallmendinger924811 ай бұрын

    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

    11 ай бұрын

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

  • @brianallmendinger9248

    @brianallmendinger9248

    11 ай бұрын

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

  • @LRDefender1968
    @LRDefender1968 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @wearemahker

    @wearemahker

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @LRDefender1968

    @LRDefender1968

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @wearemahker

    @wearemahker

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @LRDefender1968

    @LRDefender1968

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @BigArch6564
    @BigArch6564 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @wearemahker

    @wearemahker

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Arch We use telford auto window screens.

  • @BigArch6564

    @BigArch6564

    Жыл бұрын

    @@wearemahker Dave, many thanks!

  • @machoneboard
    @machoneboard Жыл бұрын

    Do you do stuff on series 3s too?

  • @wearemahker

    @wearemahker

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @wearemahker

    @wearemahker

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @eugeneg529
    @eugeneg52911 ай бұрын

    Promo>SM

  • @andicog
    @andicog Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Jason-cl8hk

    @Jason-cl8hk

    11 ай бұрын

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

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