RR 4.6 HSE REAL off road equipment?

[pato castro]

My boss has just bought a 1998 RR 4.6 very very cheap in excellent condition and he was thinking of lifting it a bit, enough to run some 285/75r16 tires, but i can't find lift kits (just coil conversions to get rid of the airbags) or other kind of accesories, can anybody help me in that?
I couldn't find even a picture of one lifted anywhere
Thanks!

[ChrisC]

Hi there, new to the board, so this is my first reply, but for suspension, have a look here -

http://www.rangerovers.net/rrupgrades/s ... ylift.html

http://www.rangerovers.net/rrupgrades/s ... conv4.html

http://www.rangerovers.net/rrupgrades/airlifts.html

Some good points here on what to do with the P38, BTW, the white P38 is mine

Chris.

[pato castro]

Hey, thanks for the Reply, lots of useful info, and nice rig you have!

[daddylonglegs]

Off Road enthusiasts have never really taken to the later Rangeys like they did to the Classics. I think the older vehicles rear suspension, with ''A'' frame,coils, steel radius rods, fully floating axles etc was much easier to modify for hard core use than the later vehicles panhard rod, air bag and composite carbon fibre radius rods.
Also due to relative simplicity, the older vehicles were more dependable, with less to go wrong in remote area's.

Bill.

[Hardy]

Touche, Bill
I once stated the 'classic' was a better vehicle off road on another forum and got caned by another HSE owner.
I said this because for heavy duty work, it's easy and cheap to modify a classic that will poop all over a std HSE.
But for driving the kids around town, letting the wife do the shopping THEN hitting the rocks on the weekend and 'surving' in ergonomic comfort - the HSE sure is a pretty impressive all rounder. Especially once it's been tweaked a little...and therein lies the challange!

Pato - you will not fit anything bigger than 265/75 without mods.

285/75 will not fit unless you:
a) definately remove mudflaps, cut inner and maybe outer fenders
b) install spring lift and adjust bumpstops if keeping EAS. You want the wheels to still turn if EAS ever loses all air pressure - not have tyres stuck inside guards and unable to roll.
c) install bodylift - a few people are thinking about this incl me...

In addition, 265/75 (32") is as big as you'd go without changing diff ratios.
285/75 (33") will really bog it down on road, plus make low range seem rather high.

But hey, things are progressing for this fine vehicle. If you or yer boss go ahead please let us all know the outcome. It's a great car and good to see it being put to good use...


Hardy