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greendisco123:
ITS A 5 SEATER IS IT A BIG JOB AND HOW MUCH ROUGHLY.

thermidorthelobster:
It's not a big job.  Take a look on the Discoparts website for prices;  you'll need springs for the front, and airbag extenders at the rear, as a minimum.  If it were me I'd fit new shocks too, but I can't remember whether the standard ones have enough travel.

I'd also recommend you use spring compressors;  if you disconnect the anti-roll bar you can get away without it at the front, but I've always found it a damn site easier with the spring compressors.

greendisco123:
DO YOU MEAN SPRING CLAMPS? SORRY TO BE THICK

thermidorthelobster:
They let you compress the spring to fit it more easily (hence the name).  I'm not sure what you mean by spring clamps;  if you mean those little plastic clamp things you use to hold stuff together while you glue it, then I don't think they're going to work on a Disco spring :)

thermidorthelobster:
This is the sort of thing I mean.

Don't go for the MachineMart ones, they'll bend under the load of a Disco spring, which is rather dangerous.

Tip of the day:  when you take the old springs off, it's much easier if you jack the axle up so the spring is compressed, then fit the spring compressor, and then let the axle down, with the chassis supported.  This is much easier than fitting the compressor when the spring's extended and compressing it manually.  You can do the reverse when you fit the new ones.

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