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Fitting a 2" lift question

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Range Rover Blues:

--- Quote from: "beast5680" ---Not a good idea to rely on a high lift to jack up to change springs, 1 you need to have somewhere on the car to jack safely and not crush bodywork/bumper etc and 2 they have a nasty habit of slipping out if your not careful
if your doing it on your own invest in some good axle stands and a good hydraulic jack better safe than sorry :wink:
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Too right, Hi-Lifts can be lethal, don't take the risk.  If you're doing it yourself spend the money you saved on a good tall pair of axle stands and spring compressors, they do make life easier.  Also get a pair od front turret retaining rings in handy, these often snap.  The Paddocks ones are very HD and cheaper than LR ones anyway.

nickW:
ive just orderd a farm jack and some spring compressors, i have got some heavy duty axle stands and a couple of hydralic jack so i should be alright

Tyke:

--- Quote ---Also get a pair od front turret retaining rings in handy, these often snap
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Found that myself as well RRB. A couple of the studs sheared off big style when removing the nuts. Good job I had spares at hand  :wink:


As a point of interest, a guy in our village has his 90 up on stands at the moment in his yard and by the looks of it it is growing a big lift. I Keep having a sly look over the fence when I'm out with the dog.

Just shows it can be done without access to ramps, workshops and fancy tackle . . . . and he's doing it outside in this weather. Fair play to the bloke.


NickW . . . another snip of advice . . . . . 'crack' all the nuts and bolts first to make sure they will come apart. Be a shame to get 3 corners done and then find you can't shift the final one  :wink:

beast5680:
I have changed loads of shocks and i dont think i,ve ever taken the turret off to do it :?  mind you i,ve always been doing springs as well. i,ve not had any trouble undoing the top shock mount on the turret so maybe thats why?

Range Rover Blues:
I suppose if you take the spring and damper off together you can leave the turret in place, bit fiddly though, especially for a first-timer.  Plus if fitting HD dampers if they are pressurisedit can get a bit tricky, not enough hands :roll:

That said I had to lean on the turrets to get them back on.

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