Thread: suspention lift on D3 S

I also have the King Springs fitted with the OEM struts. They lift the D3 to about off-road height for the air-sprung D3s.

I'm very pleased with them and haven't noticed any difficulties with the oem struts.

Best Wishes,
Peter

Originally Posted by dkotze

Have you guys got any photos of the 3D S with the lift in and woul you be able to put coil spacers in with the lift to get more hight. It is to low and is draging its ass in the sand, I need to get it higher.

You can, but you'd have to be aware of the angles your (8) CV joints would then be operating at - no sudden power application, full lock in reverse etc. At your own risk ..... Your wheels would also be seriously out of alignment and need re-setting. Have you considered larger tyres - say 265/70R17?

Cheers,

Gordon

Hi I have had the Dobinson struts and coils fitted after originally having Pedders springs (40mm Lift) on my D3 S TDV6. the Dobinsons added another 25-30mm and have been fantastic to tour with. My exhausts are nearly completely crushed from before but don't hit anymore. The ride is a little firmer but still great. I also upsized to 245/70/17 Cooper ST and that added a further 14mm. Can't speak highly enough of the performance when touring.

TallTales

Originally Posted by gghaggis

Your wheels would also be seriously out of alignment and need re-setting.

Good point, on the Dobinsons kit you are then on the limit of available adjustment for front Camber. So any further lift (spacers or coils) will need further suspension modifications, not just adjustments.

265/70/17 tyres would be the next step.
As far as I know that does mean accepting some rubbing and the need to flatten out a seam or 2, as well as accepting the taller gearing and negative impact on fuel consumption.

As far as I know they only rub in on road height so that should not affect a lifted coiler.

There may be some rubbing on front left inner guard liner at on road height however you can zip tie the guard liner back approx 25 mm to the chassis & there should be no problem.

There was some talk of cars with rear air rubbing in the rear wheel wells however again I do not think this will affect a coiler.

The speedo will be out approx 3km/h at 100km/h according to GPS, this is because there is usually some factory calibration toward indicating higher speed than actually travelling.

Regards

Chuck

Thanks for all the info that everybody gave . This makes the decicions less stresfull and the money easear to spend.