Spring Lift - with spacers

[Ralf the RR]

Been thinking , and that's not good.

What about a suspension lift by using spring spacers?
That way, the original soft ride will be retained, but with more clearance.

Is it dangerous?
Is it expensive?
Is it feasable?

[defender kev]

No it's not dangerous and yes its feasible but its a waste of time.All you gain is clearance no extra wheel travel and you will still need to replace the shocks with something longer.Last time i checked 1" spacers were about $80 a pair another $100 and you've got yourself a pair of longer springs at any rating you like.

Cheers Kev

["CANADA"]

that is going to only change your ride hight,...what is your reason to do this? your going to have to space everything if you d that...your shox will limit faster...

[Ralf the RR]

OK, it was just a thought. I should stop doing that!

Thanks for your comments.

[malibu9]

I put 1 and a half inch spacers under my Rangie for more ground clearance. I got my spacers made from 4inch aliminium solid tube just like the ones you can buy after market and had 2inch holes drilled in the front 2 for the shocks. With the front shocks dont bother with tyring to squeeze the shock through the hole just make a braket for the top of the spacer and you have just gained all of your travel back. With the rears I modified the rear shock mounts 3inches so I have more travel and the ground clearance. I lowered all of my brake lines by modifying brakets not getting longer hoses. All of this was done at a very small budget and the results are outstanding. I have a few pics check the link.
http://community.webshots.com/user/malibu90
And the end result is

This is the sortof travel I am getting with some old Lovells springs and Koni shocks. I am very happy with the result.The shocks are working to their capacity and not bottoming or topping out as I have made spring retainers for the rear springs.

[Ralf the RR]

Well there you go, my thoughts have already been put into practice.

Malibu9, I don't quite understand your comments about front shocks, holes and brackets.
Can you describe this more, or have you any more pics (1000 words etc).

I thought of putting spacers at the top of the springs, would this still work?

And the lower rear shock mount looks like RHS. Is that all that is required?

[Davidh]

I've got Procomp's 30mm spring spacers in my Disco. The only down side to having them is loss of shock travel.
The downtravel restriction in the rear doesn't bother me as much, as the rear springs were dislocating anyway, now they won't!

I think they were about $40 each.