Thread: How strong is the D2 chassis?

Originally Posted by that_kid

i think a cranked watts is a bit of an overkill at the moment as mine runs the same suspension setup without sway bars n there is still a few mm of travel there it doesnt bind surprisingly.

as for dif conversions, if you put a LR centre next to a GQ patrol centre the rover one is dwarfed. Plus the cost and availablity of replacement parts for the patrol difs is much better and they are overall much stronger. I would love to chuck some GU difs under my disco!

good to hear the car drives straight!

Thats because the Lovell shocks are the limiting factor in your flex and preventing the watts link from binding up. Going by the pics you posted up in another thread, it doesn't seam like you are getting any more flex with the sway bars out in the rear that what I get with sway bars. In the front it has made a big difference, I'm definatly getting those disconnects from the US.

Originally Posted by Hendrik

Thats because the Lovell shocks are the limiting factor in your flex and preventing the watts link from binding up. Going by the pics you posted up in another thread, it doesn't seam like you are getting any more flex with the sway bars out in the rear that what I get with sway bars. In the front it has made a big difference, I'm definatly getting those disconnects from the US.

It's true, you don't get anymore rear travel in the rear with the swaybars removed, in the front you will, because of the shear size of the front swaybar, it's also true about the Lovells, they bind before full travel.

I have re-installed my rear swaybar and will re-install the front once I get the disconnects.

Join the D2au site and ask the guys on there, a lot of good info about D2s from guys that have been there and done that, Slunnie is on there too, along with Tombie and many other D2 owners from here.

Baz.

im not to keen on the disconnects so much as they only allow one side to disconnect and not fold the sway bar up out of the way completely,

you are right about the lovells, i am somewhat dissapointed about it BUT you live and learn,

bilstein 7100's will soon replace them

Originally Posted by that_kid

i think a cranked watts is a bit of an overkill at the moment as mine runs the same suspension setup without sway bars n there is still a few mm of travel there it doesnt bind surprisingly.

as for dif conversions, if you put a LR centre next to a GQ patrol centre the rover one is dwarfed. Plus the cost and availablity of replacement parts for the patrol difs is much better and they are overall much stronger. I would love to chuck some GU difs under my disco!

good to hear the car drives straight!

I agree with the size difference however a Patrol with 33 inch tyres has the same clearance as a disco with 31's. making the standard stronger will help more in giving more clearance.