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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: Loki on April 21, 2004, 17:54:10
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I am about to purchase a series II disco with ACE EBD ETC and ABS with all this stuff I would like if I can to still put on a 3" lift kit. By doing this am I going to wreck anything ie ACE is to control body roll if I go higher will the ACE have to work harder putting more load on it thjus detsroying my power steering pump.
Would like to know things like that before I do it any way.
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I may be wrong, but I think you will be hard pushed to put a lift on a Disco with ACE and the active rear suspension. There are height sensors on the back which are used in the slef-levelling system, as well as the actuators for the roll-control.
I would suggest that this is not a job for the faint hearted.
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Hi Loki
Mark Casey at DiscoParts (http://www.discoparts.com) does a kit for the SLS disco which will give you (IIRC) 2 inches of lift at the rear. Lift Kit Detail (http://www.discoparts.com/Products/Suspension/Air_Spring_Spacers/air_spring_spacers.html)
So it is possible, and it's fairly easy...
This is only the rear - the front's pretty standard coils though, so you should be able to get standard upgrade springs for that.
Drop Mark a line via his site - he's usually more than happy to talk anyone through his products.
Cheers
Ben
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Disco web may be a good place to look
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I've read about lifted Disco IIs with SLS - it's relatively easy to put spacers in the SLS sensors, and also the airbags. Not sure about ACE but I can guarantee an American has already tried it.
In fact, there's an article on Disco2.com which explains it in some detail.
http://www.disco2.com/faq/faq-answer.phtml?uid=78
And an article on ExpeditionExchange by somebody who has done it (and very good it looks too).
http://www.expeditionexchange.com/disco2frontcoils/
David