lift
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 12:50 pm
any advice would be good im looking at doing a 4 inch lift on my 95 disco any dramas i need to watch out for,and does anything need changing apart from the usual stuff. thanks
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Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 1:11 pm
Why 4"? Spring or Body? What use is it going to get?
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 4:09 pm
with a 2" spring lift and a 2" body lift you will be able to fit 33's without any suspension mods accept longer travel shocks. but as the question was asked... ...why? also you'll need to select a spring type, heavey duty, which will give a bastard of a ride or standard ride, which will be great on road but wont do well with the heavy load we sometimes carry on trips.
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:02 pm
2 inch body and 2-3 inch spring is all you need . Anything more is just a wank.
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:52 pm
Why? Cause he's not a sheep. 
Best wishes with it. The above is what they all used to say re the Disco2 also - but nobody does them now. BTW, if you have airbags then you wont be doing the 2+2 as suggested.
There are a couple of 4" lifts on here - check out the Disco1's and the Rangie classics as they are about the same underneath.
Best wishes with it. The above is what they all used to say re the Disco2 also - but nobody does them now. BTW, if you have airbags then you wont be doing the 2+2 as suggested.
There are a couple of 4" lifts on here - check out the Disco1's and the Rangie classics as they are about the same underneath.
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:39 am
aww heck!
Your need to correct castor in the front end
Rear drive shaft will need replacing as the rubber coupling wont handle it, change of shaft requires change of rear pinion flange.
As for the drive shaft requirements, it could be anyones guess. I have seen 5" lifted discos with the stadard front drive shaft and no vibrations. In the rear some get away with replacing the rear drivshaft with an early range rover shaft, while others need to go the double cardon route. I had to change both my driveshafts in the latest rangie as both gave me slight vibrations at varying speeds.
Longer brake lines are in order (+4") as you are goin to want to fit some slightly longer shocks along with some extended bump stops.
The rear balljoint should receive a minumin 2" spacer to releive pressure to the mount on the diff and allow the full articulation of the ball.
4" springs with enough cutting (not a pissy little trim) will clear 35s at low speed.
I would gladly run my 37" creepys under a 4" lifted and chopped disco, I know the tyres would rub the inner gards, and any highspeed work is completely out of the question, that doesn't bother me.
Now the above is all well and good BUT, unless your intending on driving over some large boulders and know you need the chassis clearance, all the above may be completely pointless. A simple 2" springs and 33s may be all you require.
Another thing to note is the life of the standard differentials internals will be dramatically shortened when running larger tyres.
Think long and hard about what you want to do, I got flamed when I wanted to run 6" springs with only 33s, but I did it cause I needed the chassis clearance at the time.
As my tyre size increased my spring lift decreased and chassic clearance remained the same.
Just note, everyones opinions and views of 4wdin as a hobby differs. So my above advice could be completely wrong for your intended purpose.
Good luck and happy wheelin!
Your need to correct castor in the front end
Rear drive shaft will need replacing as the rubber coupling wont handle it, change of shaft requires change of rear pinion flange.
As for the drive shaft requirements, it could be anyones guess. I have seen 5" lifted discos with the stadard front drive shaft and no vibrations. In the rear some get away with replacing the rear drivshaft with an early range rover shaft, while others need to go the double cardon route. I had to change both my driveshafts in the latest rangie as both gave me slight vibrations at varying speeds.
Longer brake lines are in order (+4") as you are goin to want to fit some slightly longer shocks along with some extended bump stops.
The rear balljoint should receive a minumin 2" spacer to releive pressure to the mount on the diff and allow the full articulation of the ball.
4" springs with enough cutting (not a pissy little trim) will clear 35s at low speed.
I would gladly run my 37" creepys under a 4" lifted and chopped disco, I know the tyres would rub the inner gards, and any highspeed work is completely out of the question, that doesn't bother me.
Now the above is all well and good BUT, unless your intending on driving over some large boulders and know you need the chassis clearance, all the above may be completely pointless. A simple 2" springs and 33s may be all you require.
Another thing to note is the life of the standard differentials internals will be dramatically shortened when running larger tyres.
Think long and hard about what you want to do, I got flamed when I wanted to run 6" springs with only 33s, but I did it cause I needed the chassis clearance at the time.
As my tyre size increased my spring lift decreased and chassic clearance remained the same.
Just note, everyones opinions and views of 4wdin as a hobby differs. So my above advice could be completely wrong for your intended purpose.
Good luck and happy wheelin!
lift
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:21 am
cheers all ill keep thinking might go with 2 inch spring lift to start and work from there. i do intend doing pretty hard core off roading not to worried about on rd finess it handles like crap standed anyway 
Re: lift
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:24 am
No worries, no matter what you decide to do. For a 4wd vehicle I would look into replacing the rear drivshaft to get rid of the rubber coupling (rotoflex i think they call it) at the pinion end.lazylandy wrote:cheers all ill keep thinking might go with 2 inch spring lift to start and work from there. i do intend doing pretty hard core off roading not to worried about on rd finess it handles like crap standed anyway
As it wears it begins to get small tears and then offroad when you load em up with too much torque, they split completly and your shaft starts doin a dance under the car. Not pretty!
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:16 pm
a quote I here at work all the time is MAKE A DECISION BASED ON FACT WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY. the first part will help anybody, make a decision based on fact... maybe the question should be, WHAT ISSUES WILL I HAVE WHEN I LIFT MY DISCO AT THE SPRINGS TO 2", 4", 6". and what mods will be required when the lift is done. this seems to be a site with a lot of very clever people in the off road world. I would listen to young grimice with the 4" lift as it seems he's lived the lift before.