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2" lifts, any long term users?

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Disco Inferno:
personally i'd bung the cash for your winch in your back pocket and spoend your money on kit which will get you stuck to the point where you need a winch

underbody protection, wheels and tyres, decent suspenion.

going out in an under equipped vehicle and using your winch every 5 minutes gets boring and you can't get as much done in a day, whereas if your vehicle is more capable you will get stuck less often,
only trouble is you'll eventually get to the point where you get so far that none of your mates can reach you to pull you out.
i'd say thi sis the time to buy a winch

Bulli:
I would agree, a good winch is going to cost at least 500 quid. I have had similar kit from Scorpion on for 18 months and no probs, I have corrected the castor angle and have cranked trailing arms...Seph is right about rock sliders/ sills they are a god send. You needent worry about the propshafts.....unless you are very unlucky

Matt_H:
10,000 miles on a 2" lift. I extended the brake pipes before I bust them and have eaten one prop shaf UJ - however it was probably on it's way out anyway... Got a second hand one with two brand new ujs for £55 from safari and no probs since (oh apart from the brakes and the plethora of holes I've found!)

fram:
Thanks guys,
                      I have done a bit of research on the kit, and you can get quite a bit for your money....!!

Rebel winch bumper and t-max 9500 winch £495 delivered
rear bumper £245 delivered from paddocks
Rock sliders from Mill services £158.63 delivered
safari snorkel £170ish from anywhere
lift kit from mm-4x4 £366 as described previously
rebel aluminium steering guard £93
QT diff guards around £100
Total cost...£1,627.63

The Disco we are, hopefully getting, allready has decent tyres on her so thats not a problem, which means we are well under budget, we already have shackles and strops and various bits, so as you can see it can be done. A local firm is going to fabricate a tank guard and possibly an 'A' bar but there is no real rush, the only other thing I would like to do is polybush all round, when we do the suspension. I was just a bit worried that fitting a 2" lift would lead to all kinds of problems but a few people I have talked to have done it without changing the caster angle and havent had any real problems but I thought I would check with you guys as well as there seems to be a load of people who have done it, and the advice you get on here always seems to be from very well informed people,
Thanks once again guys, and if there is anything missing from the List please let me know.
Fram

colintandy:
dont forget the obvious that dredded VAT and delivery charges if you havent already    just a thought!

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