Mods to Freelander?
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Tim_H
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For accessories for your Freebie, check out www.thatchedroofgarage.com for things such as a roof rack, etc.. He can also probably hook you up with a snorkel
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syoung
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DAP seems to be the bet hookup as far as the most stuff at one place. Bearmach makes a good bit of kit for Freelanders and DAP has it all.
ThatchedRoofGarage.com has the Safety Devices rack that is a popular one for the FL.
ThatchedRoofGarage.com has the Safety Devices rack that is a popular one for the FL.
I have to say, I was looking at that 2" lift on DAP, and the Freelander with the lift, and meaty tires looks pretty good.
I agree the lift fills out the freelander much better but I would be careful, from the pictures I have seen the lift takes the camber and really screws it up. Unless they have corrected the problems with IFS/IRS suspension lifts I would be careful.
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syoung
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It doesn't screw the camber up at all- When you back into a parking spot, it'll sit there looking goofy with positive camber but as soon as you move forward it corrects. There are camber adjustable strut bolts that can bring it all the way back to stock settings OR you can slightly elongate one of the two bottom mounting holes on the strut body. I had mine aligned after the lift and the camber was only off by a tiny bit... It's about .5 degree negative.
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I'm still new to the world of lifts, so bear with me. If you install the DAP lift and throw the camber off, are there any good places to take it to get it adjused properly? I don't know if I would trust myself with an adjustment like that. I mean is it something that you should suck up and let the dealer fix or can just about any place handle it? I'm getting very serious about picking up a Freelander as a daily driver, and I would like to get it's off-road capability as close to a stock Disco as possible so that my girlfriend could use it off-road while I drive the Disco. Although I may put a small lift on my Disco in the future.
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syoung
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I have a set of camber adjusting bolts that I need to try on mine- just haven't had time. If they work as designed, it would be cake to correct the camber at home without a problem. On a truck, camber being off a bit doesn't really even matter a whole lot as long as it is close.
There are literally hundreds of Freelanders running the DAP/Bearmach lift without camber correction. I think I've been running it the longest in the USA, but there's some running around the UK since before we could even get Freelanders here.
With the lift and some nice rubber, my Freelander is more capable than my D1 for everything except traversing big rocks. The Freelander has better clearance underneath and no pumpkins hanging down, but isn't geared low enough to lay down power to climb rocks at slow speed. In mud and snow, the Freelander is so far superior to my D1 it's no contest. My DII is a beast though- but there are still times the Freelander can fit places the Disco can't or take lines the Disco can't.
I need to move the installation article from FreelanderLiving.com over to MuddyOval.com but haven't had time lately. I'll try to get that stuff moved this weekend.
There are literally hundreds of Freelanders running the DAP/Bearmach lift without camber correction. I think I've been running it the longest in the USA, but there's some running around the UK since before we could even get Freelanders here.
With the lift and some nice rubber, my Freelander is more capable than my D1 for everything except traversing big rocks. The Freelander has better clearance underneath and no pumpkins hanging down, but isn't geared low enough to lay down power to climb rocks at slow speed. In mud and snow, the Freelander is so far superior to my D1 it's no contest. My DII is a beast though- but there are still times the Freelander can fit places the Disco can't or take lines the Disco can't.
I need to move the installation article from FreelanderLiving.com over to MuddyOval.com but haven't had time lately. I'll try to get that stuff moved this weekend.