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2" Lift on Disco 1
Steven:
Well am being arghquard but sometime near january and if i do come to ask you to do it i well note you in advance. and oh buger because we already have plans for every sunday.
You dont anything about the buxton and district bonfire and firework weekend, because am trying to find out if the quarrys going to open because we havnt been on there yet. :(bigcry):
Range Rover Blues:
Why not head up to the MC pub meet tonight? just off J28 of the M1. This is one of those 'ask 5 people get 5 different answers' type things but it depends on what you want to do with the truck. Have a look at the Blue RRC in my profile, most of the work on it (bar the obviuos engine/LPG) is for the 2" lift. I recon the cost of springs/shocks is about half way, excluding tyres.
GaryP:
I've done two 2" lift conversions, one on a RR and one on a 300 Disco. I've never had any problems with the standard brake hoses, they dont come anywhere near full stretch even with the wheels at maximum drop.
A friend of mine has +3" springs on his Disco, all he did was relocate the brake hose mount at the axle end.
Simply a matter of undoing the bracket, gently bending the metal brake pipe, and fitting some sort of spacer or a bracket to the hose mounting.
Range Rover Blues:
It's not the lift that causes the problems it's the extra droop travel from longer shocks. If you don't have that there is no point in doing the lift, you might actualy reduce articulation.
SnakeLogic:
--- Quote from: "Range Rover Blues" ---It's not the lift that causes the problems it's the extra droop travel from longer shocks. If you don't have that there is no point in doing the lift, you might actualy reduce articulation.
--- End quote ---
I'm actually looking to do just the same thing. 2" lift on my Disco 1 with springs only. I'm not looking for extra articulation as much as I'd like to make room for bigger tyres in order to get my differentials an inch or two further off the ground. Then I can stop plowing a trench when I drive the deep ruts made by others.
My dealer says I'll be fine keeping the shocks I have now (Bilstein), and that in his experience people don't need them. So it sounds like even with a 2" lift, the stock brake lines will suffice as long as I keep the standard length shocks. Does this sound right?
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