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Which Lift Kit and are you happy with it?

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Range Rover Blues:
SteveG, fascinating ;)

I have a question, you turned the spring seats upside down.  What stops the spring sliding off the spring seat? is it a part of the X-Eng system?

Mutz:
SteveG, thats awesome and very interesting the sort of item i was hoping for; hopefully this thread will continue and be a good point of reference for others as well.
Perhaps i should have had the heading "What setup do you have and why?"

V8MP, ok ok, i am jealous but i cant justify spending all that as well as rebuilding, and running 2 Pajeros as well; especially as Wifes Paj has a rear air locker anyway.
But she wont let me have her's for off roading :'(

SteveG:

--- Quote from: Range Rover Blues on January 18, 2008, 16:55:24 ---SteveG, fascinating ;)

I have a question, you turned the spring seats upside down.  What stops the spring sliding off the spring seat? is it a part of the X-Eng system?


--- End quote ---
Sorry for delay, I've been away from Friday lunchtime onwards.

The spring retainer supplied with the X-Springs bolts down and holds everything in place.

Cheers

Steve

drmike:
I'm with one or two others here and run standard LR springs but with +2" shocks just to get extra droop and rarely feel the need of more. I mainly compete in trials and I don't usually find those with lift kits get any further than I do. I did choose to fit the green stripe springs at the rear as they are a little softer I think and possibly +1" but I'm not sure. I actually took some terrible lift kit off the 90 when I bought it and once I got the standard springs on with the +2" pro comps it worked very well indeed and continues to do so.

Then again I'm obviously a muppet as I took a snorkel off (I should want a wet bum?) and bought a Tirfor winch!

Keep your money in your pocket!

Mike

Rasbo:
I bought a 3 inch lift kit off of  M&M 4x4, but requested slightly softer springs, don't know the part numbers off hand (think bearmach tho) but they flex really well.  With it came +3inch ProComps and so far the dampings been spot on.  Lengthened and cranked the rear arms myself (tape measure and pythagoros works well). Dropped the rear shock mounts by 1 inch. Fabricated some rear dislocation cones with some steel rod and 5mm plate.  Havent bothered much with the front for the same reason as stated earlier (limited by castor arms).  In my opinion its not bad for the money spent (no more than £350) and if i did decide to change any thing it would prob be for a 3link or x-eng spring.  Oh and my neighbors had 2 Scorpion coils snap on him while just driving along so i'd stay away from them.

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