Thread: Classic Range Rover Suspension lift options

wot sort of rangie are you looking at? classic P38 etc

Originally Posted by ade

wot sort of rangie are you looking at? classic P38 etc

This thread is in the Classic section.......

2 + 2 lifts are common. Body lifts can be done on the cheap with blocks & there's plenty of spring suppliers around.

What sort of driving will you be doing?

Originally Posted by oversite

Hi All,

I have been a hilux man for about 10 years and Im now looking for something a little more comfortable and Iv decided on a range rover.

You might be disappointed- 'little' will not come into it!

The standard classic Rangie is very capable without any suspension lift. 2" longer springs will give a bit more body clearance but won't improve articulation. Body lift is only necessary if you have wheels that foul the guards.

Have you driven it off-road as yet ? - Did you neeeeeeed body-lift? - and why?

Thanks guys,

I would like to run 33" tires normally and 35" tires on special occasions (4wd parks ect), my understanding was that to run 35"s I would need 4 inchs of lift and the 2+2 does seem like a common process.

I need the rangie to be a tow vehicle (nothing special), camper, and long range driver. I get a carolla for work and the rangie is just a toy.

Its a classic, I have driven it and Im a little worried about it getting to top heavy with the lift???

Also price is an importnat factor, I hear from another forum that you can use standard 80 series land cruiser springs to give you close to a 3inch lift? Has anybody heard anything about this?

Originally Posted by oversite

I hear from another forum that you can use standard 80 series land cruiser springs to give you close to a 3inch lift? Has anybody heard anything about this?

I heard 2inch and have the 80 series spring will be trying it out in a week or 2

Hope so really wanna lift the front a little

Originally Posted by oversite

Thanks guys,

I would like to run 33" tires normally and 35" tires on special occasions (4wd parks ect), my understanding was that to run 35"s I would need 4 inchs of lift and the 2+2 does seem like a common process.

I need the rangie to be a tow vehicle (nothing special), camper, and long range driver. I get a carolla for work and the rangie is just a toy.

Its a classic, I have driven it and Im a little worried about it getting to top heavy with the lift???

Also price is an importnat factor, I hear from another forum that you can use standard 80 series land cruiser springs to give you close to a 3inch lift? Has anybody heard anything about this?

80 series coils will make it ride higher. But you'll lose comfort, articulation, steering feel (negative caster) and you'll have little suspension extension left. At bottomout your clearance will be exactly the same as it was, but you will have the possible issue of spring binding to contend with. Springs that bind (close up all the gaps and go solid before the bump-stops have worked) can rip spring mounts off.

I'm thinking right now that you're trying to do toyota mods to a rangerover. A stock classic rangerover doesn't need 33 or 35" tyres to go places that a toyota does. The suspension articulation and ride comfort relies on soft coil springs with lots of downwards travel. Putting stiff springs under it to increase the ride height ruins both of those.