Thread: what to do when your lift is a little higher

Coils are cheap I would buy another pair to suit what you want.

Save a lot of mucking around resetting coils, leaves are easy coils are a fair bit different.

Cheers

Resetting spring height does not change the stiffness. Its the length of the wire and its diameter.
Are you sure you put the springs in the right ends ? (front rear)
With that much lift it will change the front caster, which will need addressing.

Originally Posted by ROVERNIT

G'day all

needs some help after installing my suspension on my Disco 2 I now have 5 inch lift on the front and 4 on the rear

two options are

option 1 is to place 1 inch spacer on the rear to bring the rear up

or

Option 2 is to pull the front springs out have them reset

problem with option 1 is that Im pritty certian that the front ACE is going to bind up to over come this maybe I can install some Disconct sway bar links

Problem with option 2 is if Dobinson reset my spring then the coils will be tighter and give bugger all arc

what to do

Well, you are planning on putting in a winch so it will even out the lift when you do no doubt, for now, get some coil spacers or a spacer plate to go under spring seat for the rear just to even it out and get longer ACE rods made up, thats probobly the easiest and cheapest way, chances are if you get sshorter front springs you will end up replacing them after sag with the heavier front end when the winch comes along.

the hight it self is OK it drives well other then my shocks being a bit to soft

it doesnt pull at all but bouncy the steering wheel sits to the left a bit to which is another issue that needs to be looked at

I know that when in low gear the ACE deactivates giving the best Arc it can but even so with the diff moving up and down wouldnt the hydrolic arm have its limitations

Originally Posted by Zute

Are you sure you put the springs in the right ends ? (front rear)

heheh thats what i was thinking when i saw pics of it!

Originally Posted by ROVERNIT

I know that when in low gear the ACE deactivates giving the best Arc it can but even so with the diff moving up and down wouldnt the hydrolic arm have its limitations

no doubt it has its limitations but only one way to find out if your setup is reaching them, find a ramp or something to flex it up on, get it flexed up as far as it goes then chock up the wheels and get under and have a good look at whats limiting the travel, if the ACE bars are holding it back then disconnect them to see how much more travel it has if it needs it extend the rods from the ram to the diffs, if its the shocks at there limit then thats all good

The D2 front springs wont go into the rear. All springs have ground ends except for the front bottoms which are cut and dog legged.

Originally Posted by Zute

Resetting spring height does not change the stiffness. Its the length of the wire and its diameter.
Are you sure you put the springs in the right ends ? (front rear)
With that much lift it will change the front caster, which will need addressing.

what does the caster do, does it adjust the diff angle or the steering geometry as it doesnt pull at all

As for reseting thats the problem if the its reset then the coil gap is made smaller which will result in less flex

the right ends are put in as the rear and front have different ends rear are flat top and bottom the front are flat top and kink in the bottom so that ok to