Thread: 6inch lift kit avail for D5! 35's Anyone?

ANY lift on ANY 4WD will raise the centre of gravity and even if the vehicle has been "engineered" it gives the manufacturers and insurance companies an "Out" in case of an accident or a warranty claim.
The lift on this D5 does look good and it allows for bigger/better rubber to be fitted But isn't the D5 supposed to be the best Discovery ever made.
IF this is the case then there is No need to Mod a D5

Originally Posted by trout1105

ANY lift on ANY 4WD will raise the centre of gravity and even if the vehicle has been "engineered" it gives the manufacturers and insurance companies an "Out" in case of an accident or a warranty claim.
The lift on this D5 does look good and it allows for bigger/better rubber to be fitted But isn't the D5 supposed to be the best Discovery ever made.
IF this is the case then there is No need to Mod a D5

Engineering is a legal procedure in Australia, it proves legally that you have ensured all the mods don't compromise the vehicle safety.

The insurance company would have to prove the engineer wrong. As long as you haven't used a dodgy engineer, its highly unlikely.

For manufacturers, yes they could try to decline, however they realise the potential social media negative publicity these days from declining warranty claims for ridiculous reasons like you put a bullbar on or you put a 2 inch lift in or 2 inch bigger tyres, so your engine failure was your fault.

Imo if it went to court or fair trading for a warranty claim, manufacturer would have to prove mod you have installed caused the failure on item. For example prove lift caused engine failure.

As for D5, yeah I agree they are probably the best factory ALL terrain terrain 4x4 all things considered at the moment. But who doesn't want 33s or 35s to make it even better and look even tougher with stock susp . Obviously you would want to go 50mm wider track too.

So far no one has any LR warranty or Roadside refused because of mods specifically. Anyone?

Mate this thread might be read by less than 1% of those LR owners out there who have modded their vehicle so if you don't get any takers it won't mean much I'm afraid.

Cheers

So he has sold two.....he’d be lucky to sell another two, I doubt he will get a return on his investment.

I assuming to keep all the OEM running gear the frames I can see also accommodate dropping diffs......?

So what’s the net clearance increase under the car....??

If ya want to go bash and crashing on weekends than there is benefits...

For touring around Aus or overlanding around the world it would be a wasted investment.

Oh pretty sure he mentioned 33” tyres.....

Originally Posted by ozscott

Mate this thread might be read by less than 1% of those LR owners out there who have modded their vehicle so if you don't get any takers it won't mean much I'm afraid.

Cheers

Yeah I was thinking we should make a new thread on the subject of claims being denied.

However I'm sure if it happened people would post it up on this forum and we would remember it.

Yep these is probably truth in that too. Having said that my experience is that most people don't mod their 4wds in terms of lifts and chips etc while in warranty as they know how manufacturers treat or may treat such things. It happens more these days than it used to (more with utes) but I can't recall seeing Even d2s modded as new or near new vehicles. Defenders the same and I have yet to see a modified d5. All stock as a rock so far from what I have seen at least.

Cheers

Originally Posted by ozscott

Yep these is probably truth in that too. Having said that my experience is that most people don't mod their 4wds in terms of lifts and chips etc while in warranty as they know how manufacturers treat or may treat such things. It happens more these days than it used to (more with utes) but I can't recall seeing Even d2s modded as new or near new vehicles. Defenders the same and I have yet to see a modified d5. All stock as a rock so far from what I have seen at least.

Cheers

Agreed in the past, now dealer modded cars is a huge industry, look at any ARB facebook page, that's their bread and butter. dealers drop them at ARB,opo,tjm etc and owner picks up with 25-50k mods all under finance. Not a bad way to do it. Seen many a new fender done this way. Basically if mods are avail from main players at time of purchase people will do..agree with chips though, asking for trouble under warranty, although some would disagree.
Hopefully mod companys go faster with New Defender than they have done with discos.

Few modded D5s on here under warranty, with tyres, wheels, bars.

Here a members nice example with off-road tyre/wheels. I'm guessing some kind of air susp electronic mod?

I wouldn't fit fat tyres like the ones in the photos in the original post, I'd fit skinny light truck tyres. And then maybe a smaller lift would be all that was necessary.

[Edit: clarified which photos]