Thread: big lifts for defender 130

Coming from Rockhampton I can say that YES there are radically lifted rigs around but I have seen more elsewhere in Qld and interstate. It comes down to luck really. If the law take a dislike to you you will most certainly be sent to the pits for a transport inspection of your mods. If they dont you're sweet until you have a prang and then insurance wipes you and you're really in the @#it. Keep it legal or get it engineered approved and you're sweet.

I have a 2 inch lift and 285 BFG muddies. Never been stopped yet on anything I would consider drivable.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

Awww, its time for a great big forum group hug!

Thats bloody hippy talk

Originally Posted by Slunnie

I've uploaded it to my website.
www.slunnie.com/Files/D2Mog.pdf

well thats a bit over the top, look at that last pic, how short is the spring?! looks like its been cut down too,, funny how the article has no flex shots!

Originally Posted by cal415

well thats a bit over the top, look at that last pic, how short is the spring?! looks like its been cut down too,, funny how the article has no flex shots!

Springs are 3 inch lift. Probably would have very little upward travel as it would rip the guards to shreds. Downward travel would be pretty normal though I'd i've thought mind you with tryes that big you probabably wouldn't need that much flex just run over the top of everything.

Originally Posted by dhard

I know what you meant, but don't know who'd take the **** of professionally engineered and road legal d2 that has unimog 404 axles and runs 40 inch tyres. If had half a clue about computers i might have been able to post a link to the article or a picture but alas i can barely even type. It appararently doesn't work out that much more expensive than giving landrover axles the full treatment to get them as strong as they can be. The unimogs with portals and built in lockers would still be much stronger than these. Just ask those who've done the upgrades it cost's thousands to run axles with lockers that would put up with the load even 35's put on let alone 37's.

There are vehicles that are built for go.
There are vehicles that are built for show.

It's the vehicles built for show that cause the public to be not so accepting of the vehicles that're built for go.

I would really like some portals or Mog diffs on a Fender, but it would just be for the bush as I wouldn't want to take the risk of ruining someone else life in a road accident because I selfishly didn't obey the laws which are written for a reason..so we can all travel in relative peace.
Keep ya huge tyres fellas but save em for the bush....the **** factor kicks in when 37"s are in the local mall car park and the suspension is as clean as the day it was manufactured.

Originally Posted by DirtyDawg

Keep ya huge tyres fellas but save em for the bush....the **** factor kicks in when 37"s are in the local mall car park and the suspension is as clean as the day it was manufactured.

So if I keep my rangie clean and my spunky little missus is driveing it to do the shopping, its **** factor??

Originally Posted by rovercare

So if I keep my rangie clean and my spunky little missus is driveing it to do the shopping, its **** factor??

Your truck and clean are 2 things that dont go together.