300 Disco Tdi Lift Kits

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Originally Posted by mark5397

G'Day All,
thanks for all your suggestions and advice. I've decided to forgo the body lift and just do the suspension, all your feedback has been very helpful. Trev, thanks for the pic of your Disco, that's exactly the effect I'm looking for.
Cheers
Mark

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Consider 'iron man' kits for 30-40% cheaper than others. I got 2-2.5" kit for about $650. Had it on for 6 months and loving the results.
I will have 16x7 black powdercoated rims (VGC) coming up for sale soon, but they are cheap to pick up s/h on ebay if you keep eyes out. You will need something with a bit of offset so avoid rubbing the control arms.
I can run 35's with this lift (offset rims), but I took off the front flares and replaces with rubber stripping.

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Originally Posted by JohnM

I think the setup is fantastic, not rough at all(Depends on you definition of rough I guess). Vast improvement from standard, although when I changed the springs & shocks, all the shocks were shot anyway. I currently have an ARB winch bar, (winch to go in shortly) which has been on the car since we bought new in 98 so I guess I don't know any better. When I spoke with GCooper, I just told him what I plan to be putting on the car (winch, dual batts, camping gear fridge etc) and he picked the springs that he thought would be best suited, and I honestly think he made the right choice. With none of the camping gear etc it may be a touch harsher than original, (hardly noticeable though IMHO) but with the accessories, and camper trailer which I now have, I coudn't ask for anything more for the money.(Funny it always comes to the money question.) I'd take a couple of pics of how it now sits for you, but that will have to wait until I get our camera fixed.

Hope it helps
Cheers

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Thanks John u dont by any chance remember the free height of the 220 psi springs you got so I can get an idea of what my springs (15.5 inch) will do? Would you be able to measure the distance from centre of hub to gaurd (vertical) to give me an idea. Thanks mate

Sorry don't remember the free height but you could ring Graeme Cooper and ask I guess.

Anyway sitting in the driveway on a slight slope, the fronts are about 20 inches (51cm), and the rears are 21 inches (53.5cm) from the hub centre to the bottom of the guard. Hope this helps. (This is with the car unladen and only the ARB winch bar (no winch fitted currently) on the front).

Cheers

thanks again John much appreciated. 510mm is about what I want but with my winch it might be more like 500-505? but thats still 20mm more than what Ive got. My rears are about the same as yours. Do you do much off roading? How is the off road ride? In any case I might just try them and see how they feel..cheers

Eddo, I'll let you know the difference with the winch (XD9000) in. Hope to put it in, at the end of the week when the wife and kids return from Foster, depending on work.

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Originally Posted by JohnM

Eddo, I'll let you know the difference with the winch (XD9000) in. Hope to put it in, at the end of the week when the wife and kids return from Foster, depending on work.

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excellent