Thread: suspension and tyres for '00 disco

ok so i'm the new owner of a 2000 TD5 disco, the old man got a new toy so i could pick it up at a good price.

mods to come

chip
exhaust
suspension
tyres
front bar

at this atge all i want to do is get a couple of inches under it to make it look a little more respectible, and she needs some new rubber. it won't be used as a play rig, just a tourer and the missus runabout (finally get to sell the dam barina for a car i can fit in!!)

so my q's are

1. looking for a good suspension set up - 40-50mm lift, doesn't have to be super long travel, gotta be polite on road and last, it's still running original factory coils/shocks, etc

2. she needs some rubber i was thinking probably thinking some 235/85's or 265/75's on factory 16" alloys.

the rest will come down the track, next will be chip and don't know between steinbauer, bruce davis or ....?

help would be appreciated, it's a different kettle of fish to my 90.

Originally Posted by John W

I have upgraded My D2. Standard are 235/70-16. I bet any more than 245/75-16 and you will need more than a chip to run them. You will be cutting your guards and looking for new diff ratios.

King springs have been good for me, about 35mm lift in the front. I have air suspension in the back. I am not sure if I should send it to the shop for a computer lift to the back of get some of those spacers for the air bags and sensors so I can still get the full use of the suspension. Any thoughts?

There are heaps of D2's getting around happily with 265/75-16 with a 2" lift and bullbar and no other mods. I think the manuals feel the changes more than the autos, but they still seem to be ok. You shouldn't need to touch the guards until you get over about 33" tyres (eg 255/85-16 or 285/75-16) although radial 33's really need a bit more than 2" lift. 33" Simex fit on a 2" lift with no cut... a heap of people run that size also and love it.

For gears, when you get to 33's, you will be about 15% out in the gearing, and a conversion to 4.11 diff ratios will correct your gearing back to standard, but on manuals you will lose the use of the cruise control unless you correct the speedo.

For your rear suspension you wont really get a modification done to the SLABS computer to make it sit at the raised height. The normal procedure is to space the ride height sensors that drop down to the radius arms to trick the computer into producing the ride height that you want. For the springs, to maintain the same spring action from the airbags, you well need to run spacers for the SLS