I Fell Out Of My Disco

**d2dave** · 10th March 2014, 04:19 PM

Not quite but nearly. Yesterday I put in a two inch lift kit, the rear having SLS.

For those that don't know, the bags only fill with air when the engine is running. So I have lowered it off my hoist and hoped in. Started engine and reversed out.

What I didn't know was that I had put the sensor links in the wrong hole and for some reason the extended height option had been activated.

So instead of being 50mm higher at the rear it was 140 mm higher. Not being aware that this had happened, when I went to get out of the vehicle the ground was not where I expected it to be and I almost fell out of it.

**joel0407** · 10th March 2014, 08:32 PM

So did you install the lifting blocks that go under the bags and the extenders for the sensor arms.

Then what did you do in the front? Lifting blocks or higher springs and shocks?

I have the lifting blocks under the bags and springs in the front with Bilstien 7100 shocks all round. I used nanocom to set my height at 515mm hub centre to wheel arch.

Happy Days.

**dadsDisco1** · 10th March 2014, 08:38 PM

It's all good...just tell everyone you'd been drinking ok. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!

**d2dave** · 10th March 2014, 10:38 PM

Originally Posted by joel0407

So did you install the lifting blocks that go under the bags and the extenders for the sensor arms.

Then what did you do in the front? Lifting blocks or higher springs and shocks?

I have the lifting blocks under the bags and springs in the front with Bilstien 7100 shocks all round. I used nanocom to set my height at 515mm hub centre to wheel arch.

Happy Days.

Blocks in the rear with sensor extensions, new springs up front and 4 by Bilstein's. Did you use longer brake hoses? I have concerns with the rear ones being a bit tight at full drop.

Tombie · 10th March 2014, 11:17 PM

You can lower the brake line.
What kit did you use?

**d2dave** · 10th March 2014, 11:51 PM

Originally Posted by Tombie

You can lower the brake line.
What kit did you use?

Purchased from Les Richmond in Thomastown
Had thought of modifying the bracket that attaches the hoses.

**Keithy P38** · 11th March 2014, 02:52 AM

It's amazing that there's a kit off-the-shelf for a D2 with airbag rear yet nowhere on this planet can you buy a lift kit for a P38! Had to do it myself!

Watch your abs sensor in the rear too (if it's like a P38 it'll be on the same bracket as the brake line and you lower them both at the same time).

Cheers
Keithy

**crash** · 11th March 2014, 07:05 AM

I'll have to come around and check it out one of these nights.

**Redback** · 11th March 2014, 09:01 AM

Originally Posted by Keithy P38

It's amazing that there's a kit off-the-shelf for a D2 with airbag rear yet nowhere on this planet can you buy a lift kit for a P38! Had to do it myself!

Watch your abs sensor in the rear too (if it's like a P38 it'll be on the same bracket as the brake line and you lower them both at the same time).

Cheers
Keithy

Didn't Hard Range do an air lift kit for the P38??

Dave I pulled down the brake lines in my D2, then used an extended braket for the rear to keep them from rubbing on things.

Put a sticky note on the steering wheel "Watch your step"

Baz.

**d2dave** · 11th March 2014, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by Keithy P38

It's amazing that there's a kit off-the-shelf for a D2 with airbag rear yet nowhere on this planet can you buy a lift kit for a P38! Had to do it myself!

Cheers
Keithy

My son just bought a P38. He just pushes a button on the dash and it is as high as my disco.

Probably why no one has mad a kit, not really needed.

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