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Range Rover Blues:
If you want to be able to drive it on the road like it does now then I'd suggest you forget the 2" lift or be prepared to spend as much  again on castor correction, brake hoses, propshafts etc etc as you do on springs and shocks.

I'd suggest a 1" lift with H/D springs and plus 2" dampers.  Any longer on the dampers and you will need longer bump stops.

ian101:
Thanks RRB, that sounds fair enough to me.

wellieboot:

--- Quote from: "Range Rover Blues" ---If you want to be able to drive it on the road like it does now then I'd suggest you forget the 2" lift or be prepared to spend as much  again on castor correction, brake hoses, propshafts etc etc as you do on springs and shocks.

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I would have to agree with Mr Blues on this one.

I would also like to add that some vehicles seem more prone to requiring caster correction than others (although I would not like to comment on how much this is as a consequence of the 'mechanical sympathy' of the driver). The steering of a Disco should self correct (with some gusto, too), the car shouldn't wander at all, and monthly UJ replacement shoudl not be necessary. Check for vibration coming from the front once any lift is fitted too.

If you find any of the above changes, then you will need to undertake corrective measures, and this all costs money. A lot of the shops won't tell you this (becuase you will be put off buying their 'cheap' lift kit. Beleive or not, but I have had one purveyor try and tell me that their lift kit wouldn't affect the handling at all! Oh, how I laughed (before making my excuses and leaving his stand!).

In terms of castor-correction arms - I'm not convinced about any of the fabricated arms (talking about the hockey sitcks only) on the market, and J Fearns aluminium ones are frighteningly expensive (and in my view untested to market standards). Heating and bending the arms is inviting trouble to the party. The corrected swivels are a better way forward but they are a pain to fit. The off-set bushes are an intriging one, but as with a lot of things I would be very uncertain about them. Manufacturers only usually fit offset bushes to provide a quick and dirty solution to problems (i.e. 'a bodge').

Further ramblings - hopefully some of use!

toodles
Boots

Range Rover Blues:
Intersting point of view re the radius arms.  I'm using the QT ones and though they have been fine, I'm keeping an eye on them :wink: .  Fitting corrected swivles (are they 3 degree or 6?) would off course not effect the Propshaft angle and possibly avoid the need for an expensive prop, though it would rumble a little.  Definitely worth thinking about if your swivles look ropey anyway.

One thing I often forget to mention is how badly the front tyres wear out on a lifted car without castor correction.

wellieboot:

--- Quote from: "Range Rover Blues" ---
One thing I often forget to mention is how badly the front tyres wear out on a lifted car without castor correction.
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Good point!

I have the QT arms too, but since I've bought them I have been pondering the wisdom of them (and having seen a few more sets written off by other users).

Toodles
Boots

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