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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: brite blue on March 31, 2010, 21:31:33
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rite i know people have prob asked this loads but if i lift a 300tdi disco 2" with springs nd shocks do NEED all the caster orrections or rods n things or will it be fine with some e xt break hoses??
ill be happy for your responses
ta arnie :D
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I think you only need to extend the brake lines if you go to 3in lift
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Ask 5 people, get 5 answers.
I'd say yes, I much prefer how ours handles with castor correction, much prefer it. Castor correction probably means a Cardan jointed propshaft too rather than a wide angle because the UJ angles on the front no longer match causing a pulsing in the drivetrain.
Longer brake hoses are also a good idea at around £70 a set and use towball spacers on the rear anti roll bar to prevent it inverting (flipping over).
I've also got cranked rear arms (Gwenn Lewis) but they aren't as important, the rear geometry won't be perfect with a lift but it's not that bad at all, mostly I notice a bit more rear axle steer (roll steer) and slightly more prop noise.
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I only have a front anti roll bar the rear has been removed already
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Fit the suspension and see, The only thing I had to do with mine when I lifted it 2" was tweak the brackets for the rear flexi hoses slightly.
Apart from that it was fine.
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I fitted +2" springs along with +2" dampers, and drove that way for over a year..... though the rubber donut on the 300tdi complained (terminally, twice).
I have since upgraded the radius arms (fronts and rears at different times), and the props.
I found that the anti-roll-bars got grumpy, and often flicked over (resulting in a strange knocking noise coming from the under-carriage)
I've yet to swap to a longer panhard rod or extended brake-hoses.... and I suspect one should consider a change to the rear A-Frame some tme too
My motor gets a LOT of use, 30,000+ miles a year, and involved in the setup of a dozen off-road event over the year too.
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I've done a couple of mine and had no problems at all with the standard components.
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If you go through rubber doughnuts that quickly it's probably because the rubber support bush inside the prop also wants changing.
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If you go through rubber doughnuts that quickly it's probably because the rubber support bush inside the prop also wants changing.
I cheated: over the new year, I went to a 4-bolt flange (and wide-yoke propshafts) :D
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Ahhhh Tow Ball spacers RRB? thats just solved a problem ive just had cheers :clap: