Thread: Body Lift

Originally Posted by salty

Hi i just picked up a wreck 91 Disco 2 door to fix my broken diff only cost me $800 and i have also taken of brand new rims and tyres , rock sliders and long range fuel tank. Question is it has a 2 inch body lift and i am wondering if there is a guide to fitting .

Check out this thread, it has details on my body lift

Shorty's Disco (Tassie)

Hi Salty,
My D1 has a two inch body lift it had been done before I bought the vehicle, I'm finding lots of little things that maybe you don't always thing about. One was the tranny cooler which is attached to the body work and the pipes go under the chassis rail. The person who fitted the body lift just bent the pipes to suit, I had one fracture, I've now lowered the cooler on the body work so the pipes remain at normal height. Brake lines from the axles, when you jack the vehicle up some of them go as tight a piano wire, the answer I had found was just to undo all the fixing points where the flex attaches to the axle and let the pipe swing free. I'm going to fit longer flexes to eliminate the problem.
4wd gear knob needs an extension. The exhaust system flex at the front is now at quite an angle which I'm sure won't enhance the life. Turbo pipes angle changes, oil cooler pipes to the rad need consideration, mine looked to be rubbing I've now fitted sheaths to protect them from running. Some of the hoses that run from the engine to the bodywork become "tighter" and angles change. Oh and changing the rear bumper mounts so the back door didn't look odd took a bit of figuring out, still doesn't look pretty.
I'm sure if you get a proper fitting kit al these issues will be addressed and if you treat the mod as a bit of a learning curve and a project you'll be in the right frame of mind. There will be ongoing issues but you'll work through them.
For all the pain the 2 inch body lift makes a lot of difference off road and is well worth it if thats what you are doing it for.
Onward and forward.......... it is all fun.

Hey Salty I see your in Thirlmere

So am I

your D1 isnt silver by any chance? or a dark green V8

Hi Salty, unless you're prepared to get it engineered I wouldn't do it. I've just gone through the process of evaluating putting a body lift on my D1 and its a legal nightmare.

I have spoken to the RTA, engineers, mechanics and the police. They are all now actively targeting modified vehicles - this includes body lifts.

One mechanic I spoke to wont even pink slip a vehicle with a body lift unless it has been engineered.

If your D1 has SRS airbags, forget it. You cant get that engineered at all in NSW.

Hope this helps somewhat.

Dullbird
Yes mine is a green 2 door manual V8 , will have to catch up some time.

Shamat
No Airbags for me , i will speak to my engineer and see where to go from there

Originally Posted by salty

Dullbird

Yes mine is a green 2 door manual V8 , will have to catch up some time.

Shamat
No Airbags for me , i will speak to my engineer and see where to go from there

Yoou will just have to come off road sometime...

we have the Green 110 Puma, the Green tdi Disco and the blue defender 90 oh and a hilux with pink lights on the back hahahahah

No problems when i visit the out laws at Balmoral Village i take the offroad route much to the disgust of thee missus