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lift rings for discovery?

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mikeh1975:
just wanted mine to look like my friends

Budgie:
The thing is that to fit the spacers it's as much work as fitting a new set of springs & shocks.
£140 for the spacers or Paddocks are doing Heavy duty +2" lift kits for £185.60 + vat. You get 4 correctly rated springs and 4 Procomp ES9000 gas shocks that are made to fit the springs.

The problem is that if you fit the spacers and intend doing any off-roading then, as said above, the standard shocks will be at full stretch before you get near the extention of the springs. So apart from lifting the chassis you will have lost rather than gained. You can get new mounts for the top of the shocks that drops them 2 inches but at £24 + vat for the rears and £52 + vat for the fronts then this works out even more expensive than the suspension kit.  :wink:

Budgie:
If you're going with 33x12.5x15 tyres then you'll need a bit more than just the lift kit!!
You'll also need to start cutting the wheelarches as well and if you don't want to loose too much of your turning circle then either extra offset wheels or wheel spacers.
The overall gearing of the Disco will be effected by the increased dia of the tyres and you find that going up hills will require 4th or 3rd gear, 30mph will be in 3rd and you won't get into 5th until you're over 45 mph otherwise the engine will labour.  :(

As me how I know!!  :wink:



Oh, and mine has a +3" lift and 33x12.5x15's on it.  :D

mikeh1975:
so should i splash out on a 3"kit then? or will 2" do?,mine is a big v8 so should be ok with the larger tyres on it? i have a set of five wella wheels(like the ones in your picture) to mount them on, dont mind cutting a little as its a three door disco so i dont have to worrie about the rear doors or anything like that

never done a lift b4 allways had series i,ii and 3 so didnt need to mess with things like springs, just parabolics and shackles!,just waned advise so i dont go wrong

thanks
mike

Tyke:

--- Quote ---mine is a big v8 so should be ok with the larger tyres on it
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Don't be too sure about that . . . . small changes in wheel diameter can have big effects on usable power . . . v8 or not . . . it will still suffer.

Mate of mine put big wheels on his 90 and has since bust his transmission. I bust a diff not long after fitting 32''s and many others will testify how weak LR half shafts can be once the tyre sizes start to increase.

Problem is you have to work the motor so much harder to get the same performance so as well as over stressing the transmission your fuel economy also suffers. . .  which should be fun in a petrol/gas V8.

I've recently got a defender t/box for my Disco and that will be going in before I fit 33"+ tyres . . . . That will help bring the gearing back down. Might even say sod it and go the whole hog with lower ratio diffs and uprated shafts.

As has been suggested, to get it right is not as straightforward as just fitting a simple lift and whacking in the big tyres . . . . as you will probably find out in due course  :lol:

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