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37s on a disco is it next big thing to have
Richie_EB4:
Agree...........looks cool but dont think you wouldget much articulation off road.
beatmasterdave:
wow! well, im after a lift and fat ol' tyres. are you sure about 38s?
ive been in dream land too and looking at 33's, check my thread out
http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=40339
even thats a lot of work. ok, i'd love it to be kinda good offroad, but it would look awsome! 38's are nuts. try http://www.rdseng.co.uk/Products1.htm see what they say, as they do it day in day out. goodluck, and if you go for it, chuck your pics up on here!!! :D :D :D
Disco-Ron:
Dave, even 33's can be a pain... i recently put 285 75's on mine, and broke two diffs within a month, i now swap over to my old wheels with 235 85's for off roading, and only put the big ones on for road use, it's a right flippin pain....!!
Budgie:
Steve,
As Chugga says, "not trying to p*** on your chips" but just pointing out some areas that may need a little more thought as we don't want you wasting your money on something that's not going to work. :wink:
What are the 4.7 diffs from? If they're Series diffs then they won't take the loading. They will need to be alot stronger than standard, maybe a 4 pin that's been pegged and £35 for a diff says they're used Series, 10 spline diffs. :wink:
The 30 degree propshafts may also cause you problems as, although they go to 30 degrees, they will vibrate like hell on the road if you ask them to opperate at that angle all the time. You should be looking at the likes of a double cardon jointed propshaft if you want any sort of reliability from the U/Js and a lack of vibrations.
I may have read this wrong but, why do you need 6 degree caster corrected radus arms with caster corrected bushes fitted? What height of suspension lift are you putting on? I see you have a +2" on there now and I've also seen your thread about a 3" body lift but the 6 degree corrected radius arms with normal bushes should do upto a +4" lift.
To keep the ARB's at the right level then you only have to drop the chassis mounts by the same amount as you've raised the suspension, although you may find that this will reduce the departure angle at the rear. I removed mine and got springs rated so that ARBs weren't required.
Something else to think about is what your insurance will have to say!!
You must inform your insurance company about every modification to the vehicle because they could well turn round and refuse a claim leaving you liable for everything and open to a charge of driving without insurance!
At the very least they may want you to get an engineers report on the modifications before they will insure you, at worst they won't insure you. Some refuse to insure modified vehicles completely. :roll:
Unfortuately there's not a cheap way to do what you're looking at. Some of the engineering will require some thought to get it work as it has to be strong & safe enough to put on the road.
My best advice is to have the idea of where you want to be with the vehicle and then do it bit-by-bit until you get there. :wink:
mentalmoshio sophs V8i:
4;11 diffs was the other one or portal axle to raise the diff out the way by 5 inchs than normal
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