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D1 or D2....Which is better?

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thermidorthelobster:
Chipping is around £400-500.  I put the lift on because I felt like it, more than because it's needed!  (Also I wanted Old Man Emu shocks, and if you're going to do that, you may as well lift it too :) )  But if you want to modify a Disco II there are plenty of things you can do to it.

A few months back I was parked on a very boggy bit of ground at the bottom of a hill with another Disco TD5 and four Defenders of various shapes and sizes.  The Defenders were first to leave and ploughed up the hill with mud flying everywhere, deep ruts etc (this was private land by the way);  two of them had to be pushed.  I drove up without any problems, followed by the other Disco TD5, which was a stock vehicle on road tyres;  no wheelspin, no sliding, no mud, no ruts.  That was down to good driving and a capable vehicle.

So you don't need a lift, no.

Bush Tucker Man:
Personally speaking, I prefer the aesthetics of the Series 1 varients.
The D2 looks slightly ungainly with the extra overhang. Yes, I know it was neccessary in order to fit in the forward-facing seats.....
But it still doesn't do anything for me.

thermidorthelobster:

--- Quote from: "Bush Tucker Man" ---Personally speaking, I prefer the aesthetics of the Series 1 varients.
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Personally I prefer the SII - I think it looks more purposeful and chunky.  The SI looks a bit 80s to me now.  But each to his own.

Also I definitely think a lift looks better on a SII than a SI - somehow my old SI looked a bit odd with the suspension lift, as if it were hitching its skirts up because it had seen a mouse.

muddyweb:

--- Quote from: "toger" ---But then I thought, which is better.
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Depends what your definition of "better" is really.

I've had both, and as has been discussed, they have their pros and cons.

toger:

--- Quote from: "muddyweb" ---
Depends what your definition of "better" is really.

I've had both, and as has been discussed, they have their pros and cons.
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Didn't know you'd had Disco's too Tim.

                                 -xx-
Am I right in thinking that the Disco 2 axle width is wider than the D1 or is it just the body shell that is wider?

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