Thread: You can't have more than a 2" lift !!!

5cm is a good lift,..
I hate seeing sky scrapers on the road, mosty because it usualy isnt needed, and can make a truck more likely to roll ask yourself what the lift is for...
No matter how high your springs are, the object your going though still needs to clear your diff,.. This is why I like Bigger wheels,
they can cut down on your steering scrubbing on full lock, and you can have troubles fitting them under your gaurds,.
but on the plus side, the lift from bigger wheels wont put extra strain on your tail shaft, and will give you more tread to flatten out on the sand,.

Deck out your boot full of camping gear, and get a full tank of gass, with a full load it is easy for 3-4 inch lift to go back to 1-2 inches..

so my advice, 3inch spring and shocks lift, if you have leafys go Leaf over axle, run some good road tires for around town, this will make it easy to steer, and keep the speedo on the money,. then when your going off road, or on a trip, put your big wheels on,.. wich will allways have nice tread as they are not getting waisted on the roady, and since you are loaded up, you will be at a good hight, with lots of diff clearence,

save money just use spring spacers if your springs are in good shape,
or if you have leafys and you still want more after going leaf over, you can get extended shackles, you see the army ones for sale from time to time,.. or Climax, they will give u more travel...

Im not a fan of body blocks, in defenders, they are needed on some nissans or toyos or even discos,.. but a defender has few issues with wheel clearence, and even less that cant be solved with a angle grinder

A 'Maverick' passed on Sunday, wish I was quicker with the camera. I could see its bright yellow front coil springs, about 40 cms of them,
this thing was coming down a long hill, fast, wobbling like a jelly and heading towards me, very scary.

GQ

Why do you suggest a spring over conversion on leaf sprung vehicles? That results in about 6+ inches of lift from my experiences. Unfortunately I don't think you can get lowered springs for this setup to bring the ride height back down.

I wan't going for the big truck look.
I just wanted a bit more back end clearence and as my springs are buggered anyway I thought, get a lift.

I was going to get a 2" spring lift and some bigger tyres but it seems the bigger tyres are not much or an option from what I have read recently about the law & having not more than a 10mm difference.

anyhow like I said it's just info do with it what you like but according to what I have read you can get a maximum lift, however you achieve it of no more than 50mm.

I better keep an eye oin my next tyres if I get a 2"spring lift

Hi Steve
I have a stalled Series 3 project in my shed due to them wallies,they told me I could do what I liked as long as it was safe and an engineer signed off on it.I did all the work,took my beast to the engineer and he was very impressed.Problem was the wallies didnt mention that you can go +2" in the suspension and +2" in the body and the engineers report is ok.I have +2" suspension,which could be argued out as I basically changed it to military specs,and +4" body lift.To rego it I have to do the lane change test.
My work is too hard to undo,the lane change test is too hard,and it wont pass,as its too stringent(the engineers words)Any body interested in the Chassis????,Im starting to think about putting all my goodies onto a 2a '88 chassis :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
Andrew

Damn I feel sorry for you.
I couldn’t image putting all that time, effort and money into your new toy then being told you can’t play!

I hear tell all the rules are changing soon? But I have heard that for a while now. I think maybe it’s an urban myth
Maybe you should hang on to it and see what they come up with.

Leaf over is an easy way to get lots more lift, and it may be 4 to 6 inches. but you can flatten it out a little with weight,
the main prob I used to have with the s3 shorty is the leafs would ram right into the rutts b4 the wheels would, somthing you dont have to worry about with coil springs
going leaf over gives you that little bit of clearance b4 the wheel starts.