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toger:

--- Quote from: "Bulli" ---Bigger tyres give you the best increase in performance for the least cost.
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Bulli,
Having pm'd Horness for his tyre size i found this thread :oops:
Reading what you posted had me thinking, what size tyre were you talking about please as the time is approaching for me to buy new tyres for my disco.

Cal:
Hi Horness,

No pics yet I'm afraid, but yes I specified the Disco ones when ordering and have spoken to another couple of people who had to do the same to fit them to their D1s - it's not tricky - can be done with a round file just as easily as with any gadgetry. I got HD spring retainers from Paddocks whilst I was at it and some HD shock turrets. I saw that Devon 4x4 do the HD retainers, but only saw ones for the rear listed so got front and rear from Paddocks whilst I had an order with them anyway.

If you're not going for a really extreme set up I would have thought it unlikely that you would be able to get the springs to drop all the way to the bottom of the relocation cones (though I could be wrong!) so you should be OK getting all the stuff you need from Paddocks to save you another batch of postage...

Horness:
Cheers Cal.

The setup is not for "extreme" use, but equally I don't want to end up in trouble either.  I'll get the cones ordered from Devon (and a couple of other bits) and see how I fare.  :wink:

Horness

daveyravey:
Is ther any more body roll noticable, or does it tighten things up on the road ?
Thinking about a 2" lift myself, cos i grounded one of the lpg tanks out today.  Is it nessesary to use the cranked rear arms ?

Horness:

--- Quote from: "diamond dave" ---Is ther any more body roll noticable, or does it tighten things up on the road ?
Thinking about a 2" lift myself, cos i grounded one of the lpg tanks out today.  Is it nessesary to use the cranked rear arms ?
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I've just fitted +2" HD springs and Old Man Emu shocks.  The ride is a lot more "controlled", with less body roll.  This is due more to the harder setup though, rather than the lift.
Brake line wise there was some 4+ inches of slack, so they did not need extending (may change out anyway in the future), the only thing I missed off was the dislocation cones (which I'm ordering this week!).

If it need them, and funds allow, then I may fit cranked rear arms - but next time it goes in for a service, we'll have a good look all over just to be sure.

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