Two men and a 2" lift (warning pic heavy)

I have recently brought a Disco 1, I do enjoy it! love the V8, bit quite and could be a bit more gutsy but I do like it.

now i have been parked next to another Disco 1 and my car looked like it had been rasied abit, I am happy Black Betty gave my a few measurements to go from so i can see where the Disco is sitting.

i am also keen to disconnect the rear (and maybe front sway bar) if i go on an exciting outing, (i am a bit green so anything could be exciting, hehe,).

I was under the impresstion the Shocks were ment to hold the springs in place in the event of over travel, so if the car got its bum stuck on a rock and the rear wheels were not touching the ground the sway bar would have no impact in holding the springs in. Or would it?

I dont mean to sound like i might be correcting you, but you guys KNOW all about our Discos so I am keen to learn, there really only two ways to learn, make a nice mistake or ask a question.

Any help you could give me would be great.

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Originally Posted by Eastern Engineer

I have recently brought a Disco 1, I do enjoy it! love the V8, bit quite and could be a bit more gutsy but I do like it.

now i have been parked next to another Disco 1 and my car looked like it had been rasied abit, I am happy Black Betty gave my a few measurements to go from so i can see where the Disco is sitting.

i am also keen to disconnect the rear (and maybe front sway bar) if i go on an exciting outing, (i am a bit green so anything could be exciting, hehe,).

I was under the impresstion the Shocks were ment to hold the springs in place in the event of over travel, so if the car got its bum stuck on a rock and the rear wheels were not touching the ground the sway bar would have no impact in holding the springs in. Or would it?

I dont mean to sound like i might be correcting you, but you guys KNOW all about our Discos so I am keen to learn, there really only two ways to learn, make a nice mistake or ask a question.

Any help you could give me would be great.

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I'm trying to imagine how you will be stuck with both rear wheels off the ground, I dare say awkwardly :D

your springs shouldn't fall out with a sway bar on......by taking the sway bar off I think you gain something like an extra inch possibly two in travel this allowing in some set ups for the spring to unseat...in my experience though it happened on one side more than the other

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Originally Posted by keithy47

Wow musn't be much left between your roof and the clearance bar in a 2m car park! Then again i can't talk with my roofracks and jerry can holders i won't fit in anything under 2.2m.
Also at full travel on the front you will just touch your front prop on the front sway bar, but all i have noticed is a little rubbing on my prop shaft.
And yes learn from my mistake(s), fit either a spacer or extended bumpstops before any serious offroading to prevent shock failure. You should also need to keep in mind the rear springs will dislocate if you do choose to disconnect the rear sway bar in the future.

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We parked the two Discos back to back after we were done and my Disco was clearly a bit higher, mine still hasn't come to a carpark it couldn't make it into.

Also, I've got pretty much the same suspension setup, yet have never had a spring dislocate let alone shift with the swaybar disconnected.

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Originally Posted by Boxer

We parked the two Discos back to back after we were done and my Disco was clearly a bit higher, mine still hasn't come to a carpark it couldn't make it into.

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Also, I've got pretty much the same suspension setup, yet have never had a spring dislocate let alone shift with the swaybar disconnected

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I guess it depends on how you 4wd.....

Well yeah did happen to me once when i was seeing how much wheel articulation i could get with the rear swaybars disconnected, so needless to say i now have jubee clamps in place just in case, hasn't been a problem since.

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Originally Posted by keithy47

Well yeah did happen to me once when i was seeing how much wheel articulation i could get with the rear swaybars disconnected, so needless to say i now have jubee clamps in place just in case, hasn't been a problem since.

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in my case not that I have the same brand 2" lift I snapped the jubilees on mine twice!

so I went around for I don't know how long with the spring tied in with a baggage strap.....I know have relocation cones in....

not for max articulation but so I know when that spring comes loose I have something to put it back where it belongs.

keithy I tell you what for 99bux I think I paid of Psimpsons they are seriously well made bit of kit and much more reliable than the jubilee clips would highly recommend them..only issues with them is noise reseating the spring

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Originally Posted by dullbird

I guess it depends on how you 4wd.....

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I must drive like a big softie then. Still seem to get up most things :)

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Originally Posted by Boxer

I must drive like a big softie then. Still seem to get up most things :)

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no i didn't mean you drive like a softy.....you may go hard but keithy may of just gone through stuff that articulates the car more that's all...as it happens he purposly articualted the car.

But in my set up the spring popped out often! so would surely suggest that my car would find it easier to articualte then yours.

Wasn't a critisim...just not everyone 4wd's the same and there for have the cars beahve in different manors...

I have had people tell me they get no rubbing on 265/75's yet I can get rubbing on 245/75's so there is another example

Wasn't offended at all. We're all on the same team here :)

Oh, while we're hijacking Black Betty's thread :P

This is with the rear disconnected and the front still hooked up. Seems to flex enough for my liking. Any more flex and there'd be no point having grippy tyres :P

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...09/10/1257.jpg