Hi,
I've got rrs 2010 tdv8 with a leaky and squeaky near side front strut, my question is if its easy enough to change over a new strut as been quoted £1000 to change it. Also if anyone knows of a decent supplier for the air strut's
Thanks 👍

Very easy to change. One big bolt at the bottom, 3 little bolts at the top. 30 minute job. Kev

MY2014 L405 RR Vogue SE 4.4 SDV8 in Corris Grey
MY2010 L320 RRS HSE 3.0 TDV6 in Stornoway Grey

If it's got the dynamic dampers they're not cheap and one should replace dampers as an axle pair.

You can do them yourself - there are posts on here and on the Disco3 sister site showing how it's done. Access to the top mount bolts is very tight but otherwise it's deflate the bag, undo top mounts and bottom bolt, undo air line and wiring, replace. Obviously that's simplified but the general idea. As said, have a search and you should find some good write ups. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Thanks guys,
I had a look but could not find much on the rrs will check out disco page , has a wire coming out the top so would guess it got the adaptive damping so you recommend changing to two at same time ? The garage quoted me £799+vat + fitting seem steep to me that was for just one .
Cheers .

That price per strut is because they come in a pretty box with Land Rover on it, go O.E Aftermarket in a plain box and you will get a pair for that price.

Cheers
Col

If you have the adaptive dampers, it's part number LR052867 you need.

Have a Google around for parts but don't buy cheap Chinese rubbish or Britpart.

LRseries.com currently have BWI struts at £436.66 a piece. That's what I'd go for. Kev

MY2014 L405 RR Vogue SE 4.4 SDV8 in Corris Grey
MY2010 L320 RRS HSE 3.0 TDV6 in Stornoway Grey

Kev, don't know where the struts are actualy made, but although BWI is O.E. BWI is a Chinese company they bought that part of Delphi about 10 years ago, hopefully they are better quality than the usual Chinese stuff though.

Cheers
Col

Yes, I remember that from when I was looking at them a few months ago Col in case I ever need to replace them on the L405.

What I meant was, try to avoid the unbranded stuff from eBay and Aliexpress etc.  Kev

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Use www.advancedfactors.co.uk
Speak to Paul Redding. Forum discount too
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I was going to suggest that Rob but for the same Advanced are £103.51 more expensive per strut than lrseries.com Even with the forum discount, that's a hell of a lot more expensive.

LRseries: https://www.lrseries.com/LR052867G-Shock-A...h=Lr052867

Advanced Factors: https://www.advancedfactors.co.uk/lr052867...2263-p.asp Kev

MY2014 L405 RR Vogue SE 4.4 SDV8 in Corris Grey
MY2010 L320 RRS HSE 3.0 TDV6 in Stornoway Grey

Thanks for that guys, will go for the bwi ones if the same as original delphi one i got on now,
A question tho if i change them my self will the car need calibrating? Or will it sort it self out ? Cheers.

rrsade wrote:

so you recommend changing to two at same time ?

^^^^agreed  Kev

MY2014 L405 RR Vogue SE 4.4 SDV8 in Corris Grey
MY2010 L320 RRS HSE 3.0 TDV6 in Stornoway Grey

I was under the impression that the air spring can be separated from the damper and can be replaced individually. I don't know if that is a sensible approach, how much additional work it is involved or how much can be saved. Those struts are bloody expensive.

The damper is the expensive part of the strut. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed