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Ladies And gents- My suggested set up, comments or advice?

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clbarclay:
Whether you need dislocation cones or not depends on a number of factors, mainly the free length of the spring and the how much further the axle can drop.

Most of the common lift springs are "HD" so not actually any longer than standard springs despite raising the ride height. Obviously shorter springs will be more likely to dislocate than longer springs.
Its better to fit cones and not need them than to have a dislocated spring.


From your previous post welding is not a problem, so making your own dislocation cones will be no trouble for you. All you need is 4 or 6 short lengths of steel (nominally 6 to 8mm diameter) welded to the lower spring seat making a pyramid shape. The all you need to do is make a clamp for the top of the spring, 2 identical lengths of flat with a couple of bolts holding them together, one on top of the spring seat the other below the first coil of the spring. Thats how I made mine and they work very well, in fact much better than some commercially avalible dislocation cones.

davidlandy:
dont go for 1" springs , go for 2"

i say this becuse after you'll be bitten by the bug and end up with 2" at some point in the future anyway so it will save you buying 2 sets of springs!

Horness:
My Disco is not only my off-road work horse for shooting and deer stalking, but also the taxi for survival courses run on the Brecons, the weekend B&Q saviour, and the family day-to-day, shop'n'school run vehicle.

I only have 1 vehicle, and this is it.

Originally all I added was A/T tyres and protection, to make sure I could still get to work after I'd been out for the day.  BFG A/T's, Diff and steering guards, jate rings, recently a fuel tank guard, and sill guards.  The bumpers started to look tatty and dented, so I replaced them with HD one's.
After all that, the stock suspension dropped quite a bit, so I opted for a +2" HD lift to overcome the extra weight.

For the lanes, woodland and off-road driving I do, a stock Disco with A/T tyres is very capable.  My only reason for modding was to protect my investment, and then to overcome the downside of adding protection (the weight).

Finally, with the added weight, +2" lift, my Disco ran like a milk float, so I've now visited Andrew at Allisport and had a bigger rad and intercooler fitted to get some of the speed back!

That's my story anyway. ;-)

My advice - throw some A/T's on it, and see how it fares.  You will be surprised.

Chris Putt:
I have a set of A/Ts on at the moment and have been pleasantly surprised how well it does compared to the 90s we use for tuition at work, i would say it goes (in dry/damp rather than sodden conditions) everywhere the 90s do, and makes a lot less fuss over it.....The advantages of New a/ts over worn muds and a TDI over an NA diesel.......

Chris

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