Coil sprung D3 lift options.

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Originally Posted by shamirj

having owned both D3's one lifted one std susp, mad not to do the lift, coils in std susp have very little clearance for a 4wd. love the raised height and underbody clearance. my std coiler came with 18 inch wheels still fell short of clearance my lifted coiler with 17 inch wheels has much more clearance as a comparison.

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Just to clarify what seems to be a cause of common confusion:

- Wheel diameter has no bearing on clearance.

- Only overall tyre diameter does.

You should be able to legally fit 265 x 70 x 17 or 265 x 65 x 18 on a lifted coiler.

I am running 265/70 R17 tyres from when I got my 2005 D3. No problems with clearance.

I have subsequently had the King Springs 50mm lift and would never go back.

Best Wishes,
Peter

I wasn't aware D3 came with coils I thought they were all airbags.

That explains the absolutely ridiculous looking D3 I saw this afternoon on Port Hacking Rd. Woman driving with kids in car, the D3 was dropped on its arse, I thought maybe had extra extra low access height but couldn't understand why it looked so bouncy, it looked like a pogo stick when she turned the cnr. (I think her husband works at Phat Pizza :o )

Must of had some heavy duty springs as it was exaggeratedly low, I was dumb founded and couldn't understand how anyone could drive like that and couldn't comprehend WHY?

Cadbury Allsorts ha ha ha :)

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Its much more likely that she had an air suspension problem with her Disco.

Yep,sounds like it was on the bump stops.
Andrew