Thread: Disco 1 suspension

My series I disco has an ARB 50mm lift using the heaviest springs they make (at their suggestion) I'm happy with the front as I have a heap of crap hanging off of it, bull bar winch etc, but the back is a different story if I was to do it again I would go for a mid range strength and polly air bags. when the car is full of my kids and their friends to is great but just to heavy when unloaded. I haven't really notice much drop but this could be because it is the heaviest rated springs they sell for Discos.

My shockies are OME and while they are OK I will go for Bilstein or Koni next time around as I have had them on a RR and are much superior. Iteresting comments about the ranchos as I was thinking about them as well because of the incar adjusting kit that can be bought for them.

I also now use plain black rubber bushes as the rest are to hard and can cause damage to other bits.

cheers

very interesting all the different combinations, as someone said, opinions are like @#$^% , everyone has one. Rightly so!! Articulation is important to me, along with a comfortable ride. Lifting the car into the heavons does compromise stability to a degree and for me, ground clearance or ramp over is not an issue. Standard ride height is more than adequate for my needs. After 102K's in a '97 300tdi auto that does a LOT of outback touring I have found that standard springs with Bilstein shocks and steering damper are excellent. Even with a full load in the back and towing my off road trailer with 800 litres of diesal on board the old girl sits flat and performs very well on very bad outback roads. Unloaded, the suspension performance is excellent and the originla springs have not sagged despite bullbar, and storage system permanently placed in the back. Hope this gives you another insight as to what people have fitted and the results achieved.