Thread: Do you even lift?

They're a ***** to fit on a D2, and if you don't have a spring compressor, not a simple job.

i was quoted $1075 for supply and around $1500 for supply and fit incl. wheel alignment, all from 4x4 and more in osborne park here in perth.... prices elsewhere seem comparable, but these guys have a good rep from what i've heard.

i've discovered another issue that might put the skids on the whole lift idea...

the clearance between my the garage door on my garage and the roof bars on the disco is only about 70mm. add a 50mm lift and this gets a bit close for comfort... add 265 rubber and i'm looking at a scrapey surprise. ouch.

not sure how i can get around this other than raising my whole house, carving a hole in the floor for my car or letting down my tyres every time i come back to the house.
or i could just, you know... park outside...

Is the house on piers or a slab?

The front is more of the problem here. The other issue with a lower spacer is when the axle articulates it will push the front springs harder into the side of the chassis, something which is problematic for some from the factory. The shock length is also suited the the standard springs free (open) length, if you add a 50mm spacer to the spring you increase the effective free length which doesn't allow the spring to unload enough before the shock runs out of travel which will lead to clunking and then eventually it's breaking. You can run slightly longer shocks but then the cost of spring spacers and shocks is more than just springs.

You're much better fitting lift springs which will have the right spring rate to support your weight, control future sagging (beyond settling), and they'll have a similar free length to standard so won't damage other components - note that 2" lift springs a normally not much longer than standard due to the increase in spring rate.

Originally Posted by accident94

i was quoted $1075 for supply and around $1500 for supply and fit incl. wheel alignment, all from 4x4 and more in osborne park here in perth.... prices elsewhere seem comparable, but these guys have a good rep from what i've heard.

i've discovered another issue that might put the skids on the whole lift idea...

the clearance between my the garage door on my garage and the roof bars on the disco is only about 70mm. add a 50mm lift and this gets a bit close for comfort... add 265 rubber and i'm looking at a scrapey surprise. ouch.

not sure how i can get around this other than raising my whole house, carving a hole in the floor for my car or letting down my tyres every time i come back to the house.
or i could just, you know... park outside...

Lol, when I built my house it was designed to fit my blue Discovery which runs up to 35" tyres, 4" lift and a roof rack + clearance.

I was able to get the garage door adjusted 50 mm higher opening - might be a possiblity, especially if you have electric auto opening

Originally Posted by gavinwibrow

I was able to get the garage door adjusted 50 mm higher opening - might be a possiblity, especially if you have electric auto opening

I've just got a kit to drop the back of mine for the garage too (SLS).

As you're not changing your tyre size drastically why not just get harder springs. That will firm everything up and stop the sag.

If you're doing it yourself you are welcome to borrow my spring clamps.

Originally Posted by FenianEel

They're a ***** to fit on a D2, and if you don't have a spring compressor, not a simple job.

Rubbish!!!

4" lift fitted with no spring compressors...

2 hours and done!