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gordon sitts (Gsitts)
| | Posted on Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 06:27 pm: | 
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I just got my 1996 d1 and will use it as I have the last 5 4x4s... lots of highway but I use it off road in my business, and when I do I need it.
I want to raise it about 1" or so I guess (a good compromise between the highway use and the road use) I have read lots of charts from suppliers but would like some input from people who have done it with info like handling on and off road, comfort and what you actually used and where you got it..
Thanks
Gordon |
Andy Nix (Andy)
| | Posted on Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 06:32 pm: |
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Get the landrover genuine heavy duty springs. they won't lift it much, however will make the ride alot better....i might have a set hangin' out if you want me to check... |
Matt La Frenz (Doc175)
| | Posted on Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 06:36 pm: |
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Look at Safari Gard. They have three very good options. I have a Stage 2 with all the trimmings and I love it. I use my D1 like you do. |
Phillip Perkinson (R0ver4x4)
| | Posted on Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 06:39 pm: |
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Old Man Emu HD
Spacers? |
Andy Nix (Andy)
| | Posted on Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 06:43 pm: |
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OME HD lifted my truck 3", not 1".......which is what he's looking for... |
Ron
| | Posted on Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 07:02 pm: |
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Used RRC rears and some sort of genuine HD rear or OME MD rear.
Ron |
max garcia
| | Posted on Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 07:26 pm: |
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Hi Gordon
I have the Rover tyme 2in lift with rear links. I put gr mtr 235/85. It does great off road and good on the highway. Tire pressure makes a big differance. I ran hard at 55psi and liked it, at 35psi the truck feels lite.
97 Disco Max |
Steve
| | Posted on Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 08:25 pm: |
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Gordon,
My truck gets used on road mostly with construction sites making up most of its off road use. I just installed a set of OME heavy duty passenger side springs all around with a set of Bilsteens. I got them from John at EE. They gave about 2" of lift and work very well. I'll be swaping to 245/75 tires soon so the extra lift is to accommodate the larger tires. Just my humble opinion as to an option.
Steve |
gordon sitts (Gsitts)
| | Posted on Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 09:14 pm: |
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I appreciate all the answers... I'll take some good notes from the posts and contact the various people to see what they can offer.
Thanks to all
Gordon |
jed
| | Posted on Friday, November 22, 2002 - 05:57 am: |
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you could lay out 4 similar sized patagonian toothfish and park so each wheel is on top of one.if you choose the correct size fish you should be able to obtain approx 1 inch. |
Marc Ingham (Marcingham)
| | Posted on Friday, November 22, 2002 - 08:40 am: |
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gordon,
did you see this chart: http://www.discoweb.org/lift.htm ? |
michael burt (Mikeyb)
| | Posted on Friday, November 22, 2002 - 12:09 pm: |
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if you want a simple lift, greg davis makes spacers for DII's. i am not sure if he makes any DI stuff, but i installed some one inch spacers from him on my DII and i am very happy with them. they were a great price...
mike |
Greg Davis (Gregdavis)
| | Posted on Friday, November 22, 2002 - 12:46 pm: |
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Mike, thanks for the plug, but my spacers will only fit the rear of a DI. |
gordon sitts (Gsitts)
| | Posted on Friday, November 22, 2002 - 05:23 pm: |
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Yeh I saw the chart, it helped some but I really want to talk to a human about it, find out how successful it was etc.
Thanks
G |
muskyman
| | Posted on Friday, November 22, 2002 - 05:53 pm: |
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Gordon,
this is called the CB or cheap bastard lift here on Dweb you can search and find as much on this as on winch debates
move your current rear springs to the front
replace your rear ones with LR heavy duty springs
it will give you about 1 1/2 " and will improve and stiffen the ride and will not have bad effects on the driveline
I did this with my D1 and I like it better then the LR HD's all around
combine this with new bilstein schocks and you will be very happy with the results for not much cash both on and offroad
there are some variants of this with different rear springs and such...a keyword search will cover all you ever want to know
enjoy |
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