Thread: Do I need a lift kit?

The new to me D2 is bog stock and I'm riding the bump stops too much and having to travel a lot slower than I did in the Defender on dirt roads.
Causeway's and who whoop de doos where I once didn't slow I now need to brake a lot.

It's called driving to the conditions

Originally Posted by trout1105

It's called driving to the conditions

Naa, driving to the capabilities of the vehicle.

I punished the Deefer, but the suspension could cope. I'm driving the Disco much more, well, slowly !

Originally Posted by rick130

This.

The new to me D2 is bog stock and I'm riding the bump stops too much and having to travel a lot slower than I did in the Defender on dirt roads.
Causeway's and who whoop de doos where I once didn't slow I now need to brake a lot.

The difference in bump travel between 100+mm in the Deefer and probably only 50mm in the Disco.

Sounds very much like your D2 has some very settled springs

Originally Posted by Tombie

Sounds very much like your D2 has some very settled springs

I don't think so Mike, it doesn't look low (like a Defender does when the fronts sag) and it's absolutely stock, unmolested and has only 100,000km on the clock.
I think I've put 3500km on it in the last week.

I haven't bothered checking the bump stop clearance in the Disco, too busy travelling atm, but the Deefer definitely wasn't stock.

Either way - enjoy the journey

I punished the Deefer, but the suspension could cope. I'm driving the Disco much more, well, slowly !

Maybe the ride in your defender was normally that rough compared to the D2 you didn't notice when you hit the stops like you do now in your Discovery
Seriously though I don't have a problem with the suspension on my D2 even when fully loaded with gear on the crappy coastal limestone tracks that are so common around the Midwest of WA.
Like Slunnie said a lift kit will improve the ride But is the added expense justifiable for me personally to improve something that I am already quite happy with ?
All my Mods and upgrades are done on the provision of Do I really need it? or Do I Just Want it?
A 2" lift would be nice But for me it comes under the "I just Want it" category and maybe later on down the track I will fork out the "Shekels" and get a lift fitted But at the moment I see it as being an unnecessary expense.