Thread: 300 Disco Tdi Lift Kits

mate, where's your location ?????

that would help us and you out :wink: :wink:

Sorry,... I'm located in Albury/Wodonga on the Vic/NSW border
Cheers
Mark

2" lift is damn easy. off the shelf.
OME, Koni, King Springs, EFS list goes on and on.....

for about $1k fit it yourself you will get a half decent 2" lift. starts going up when you think of quality gear like Koni, Bilstein ect......

Unless you do some serious off road work, and want to put big tyres underneatht the vehicle, a body lift is a pain in the rear end, there are kits available, LRH knows where he got one for his rangie conversion (same chassis), but you will need to extend the steering column, brake lines and you will most probably need to do the castor bushes to modify the angle etc etc. A two inch suspension lift is as easy as pie, a days work will see it in, and its easy to install on your own.

I used king springs and OME shocks in mine and the set up works quite well.

Dont get me wrong, if you want to go for the body lift, then go for it, but its more complicated than lifting it up whacking in some spacers and lowering it back down, thats why i decided to stick with the suspsension lift only. Start with the spring lift, see how you go off road, and if its not high enough then look into the body lift. Matt

I'm with Ace. I just installed an OME 2" lift, $1000, installed at home in 4 hours. Unless you wanted really big tyres, then a body lift would, in my opinion be pointless (standard size tyres look lost in those wheel arches with the suspension lift). Go the springs first.

Originally posted by Ace+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Ace)</div><div class='quotemain'>you will most probably need to do the castor bushes to modify the angle etc etc...................[/b]

For a body lift???

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Dont get me wrong, if you want to go for the body lift, then go for it, but its more complicated than lifting it up whacking in some spacers and lowering it back down,[/quote]

Not sure about for a Disco. I don't plan to do one on it when I get mine. But for my Rodeo it was just a matter of undoing the nuts, lifting up the body, put the spacers in, put longer bolts in and putting the nuts back on......................then removing the body to chassis brackets (will make new ones of these to suit), slipping the steering column spline thing up a little, lowering the radiator, make a new clutch line bracket, extending low range shifter (I prefer the shorter gear shifter).

I think that was it. The most painful thng was lifting the style side tray as the front bolts needed welds ground away. Yes they weld the bolt head the tray and it is very hard to access. I used a Dremel rotary tool.

Having said all that it could have been done in one day. But it took me about 2 weeks of doing a bit of work here and there.

This was a 40mm lift but friends have done 50mm with no more work required.

The best part is when you think you are finished and then you find something else that needs lengthening

My 25 mm body lift was from Graeme Coopers - he also does a 50mm lift. Les Richmond does a VERY nice 2.5" lift kit

The 25mm is easy to do, as there is enough thread in most of the bolts in the seat belts etc. I's also suggest using a Rangie steering column as thise have plent of spline to make your adjustments. My Rangie was already lifted by 2" spring lift.

The main reason for my lift was due to installing the Tdi motor - doesnt fit well unless lifted.

All depends on what you want to use the vehicle for.

LRH

Forgot to say that it only cost me about $145 for my bodylift.

$45 for 14 aluminium spacers 40x60mm. Friend drilled the holes in a lathe but machine shop would do it for $4/hole.

$45 for 14 new bolts.

$55 for the Qld Dept Transport inspection.

Kits seem to cost big dollars. Best quote I got for a 40mm aluminium spacer was $23ea 8O