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Lifting suspension

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SnakeLogic:
I'll think it over.  I suppose I could just have the anti-sway bars removed and then put them back on if its too much trouble to drive.

Suggs, I got the pics, thanks.  I guess my reply didn't get through.    Sorry about that :(  .

I'm in the process of 1) Supporting my wife in her last 3 weeks of pregnancy with our first kid, 2) Getting my residency paperwork in order so that I can take a loan to 3) buy land in Japan to 4) build a house on.  So, needless to say, lifting my Disco is about #27 on my priority list.  However, with any luck at all, I may be able to have a go at SOME of it by summer.

As always, thanks for all the help.

suggs:
thats cool mate, it may have come through as spam and got deleted.

H

Range Rover Blues:
Snakelogic, leave the sway bars in place, the RTI scores for a standard Rangie (thereofore Disco ) are the same with or without them.  All you need to do is space the rear bar down by the same amount as you lift it and the front one down by at least an imch so it clears the prop.  Be spacing the rear down it also  moves foreward a fraction, the problem at the back is that the axle swings forewards and the sway bar swings back, so the links can flip over on extreme articluation.  I've spaced mine 2" on the back and don't have a problem, oh and I do drive it like I stole it :D

SnakeLogic:
The spacers I need are just blocks (with holes for the bolts) that I could have somebody fabricate for me?

Range Rover Blues:
Yes exactly.  In the UK we bolt our towballs to a fishplate on the tow bracket.  By happy coincidence the spacing of those holes is exactly the same although the diameter is bigger, so pop to a caravn shop and buy a pair of 2" ali spacers, get some long M10 bolts and you are there.

Some spacers have inconvenient holes though, so I use a thin sheet of steel too (or a lighting socket plate cut down).

Otherwise a 2" ali billet with 2 11mm holes will suffice, or some 2"x2"(or wider) steel box.

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