| Author | Message | ||
     chris tolley (Rover4982) New Member Username: Rover4982 Post Number: 7 Registered: 08-2003 |
hey guys, im about to put a 3" or more lift on the rover..prob. 4" and i was wondering what kind of extra things i should go ahead and buy while i have it torn apart putting a lift on. do i need new drive shafts for 3" or higher?? i know about the brake lines, im just kinda in the dark as to what else to get. any help is appreciated. regards, chris | ||
| Brian Dickens (Bri) Senior Member Username: Bri Post Number: 729 Registered: 08-2002 |
What vehicle? Just off the top of my head from some experience and what I know about 3" or more lift. - Springs - Long travel shocks or shock extensions or drop kit - Front DC drive shaft - Rear non roto drive shaft - Offset front radius arms - Offset rear trailing links - Some people say TT front diff will help wandering issues due to loss of caster. This fixes symptom, not caster problem. or you could have swivel balls caster corrected. D2 handles loss of caster better than D1 (or so I have heard). To name a few. Drop me an email if you are interested in some used 3" RTE springs for D1. | ||
| chris tolley (Rover4982) New Member Username: Rover4982 Post Number: 9 Registered: 08-2003 |
sorry guys its a 99 disco 2. brian i will be emailing you about the springs, a few tech ???'s about em i appreciate your info, are the new driveshafts helpfull when lifting, or will the stock ones just not hold up? thanks man, chris | ||
| Brian Dickens (Bri) Senior Member Username: Bri Post Number: 731 Registered: 08-2002 |
No prob! Since you have a D2, life is a bit better. They deal with lift a bit better than D1 or so I have heard. What this means is that they do not vibe as much with lift and they do not have as much problems due to loss of caster. Judging by some of the results of driving lifted vehicles for any length of time, you will be much better off with beefy drive shafts front and rear. When the front one goes, if you are at highway speeds, you will tear up your vehicle, possibly anything it hits will be toast including transmission (very costly repair). Typically they also help with vibes if you get them. On my D1, I did rear DS since I was tearing up the rotoflex, this does not apply to the D2 since they do not have the rear rotoflex, but D2 *could* still get vibes on the rear DS. I did the front DS due to vibes and the reasons above, that also applies to the D2 (IMHO). There are quite a few people out there with D2 and 3"+ lifts, hopefully some will chime in. This topic is also pretty common so do a bit of searching and look in the tech section and gallery. This is one of my favorie looking D2 and he has a great list of gear too. See some of his threads in the general area to see pics with 35's. http://www.discoweb.org/gregdavis/index.htm This is by far my favorite D1 http://www.discoweb.org/kentpollack/index.htm I'll look for the email. Cheers, Brian | ||
| michael burt (Mikeyb) Senior Member Username: Mikeyb Post Number: 553 Registered: 03-2002 |
some DII's have rotoflex rear shafts...bill at great basins set me up with one of his replacement units that i have on my DII right now... | ||
| Dave_lucas (Dave_lucas) Senior Member Username: Dave_lucas Post Number: 417 Registered: 02-2002 |
Chris, FWIW here are a few things I ran into when adding a 3" Rovertym lift with Rancho shocks to my 2001 DII. 1. The front drive shaft will contact the cross member that sits under the cats. 2. You will need longer brake lines 3. Your ABS lines will need to be extended I did not experience any vibrations with the stock roto flex. | ||
| James (Jimmyg) Senior Member Username: Jimmyg Post Number: 400 Registered: 10-2002 |
I've had RTE 2,3,4,5 inch lift. Never touched a cross member with my FR DC Driveshaft. Did get vibes in the rear with a Roto. | ||
| Nadim Samara (Discodino) Member Username: Discodino Post Number: 107 Registered: 02-2003 |
5"?!?!? Sheesh...what tires? | ||
| Dave_lucas (Dave_lucas) Senior Member Username: Dave_lucas Post Number: 418 Registered: 02-2002 |
James, You have 1995 Discovery right? We are talking about a DII here 1999 - 2003 Discovery series II's have an additional/different cross member than the older Discoveries. Heck even OME lift kit offers a spacer to drop the cross member on a DII and the OME lift is only @ 2" of lift. | ||
| chris tolley (Rover4982) New Member Username: Rover4982 Post Number: 10 Registered: 08-2003 |
can you eliminate the cross member or would adding spacers to it be totally useless?? | ||
| Greg Davis (Gregdavis) Senior Member Username: Gregdavis Post Number: 1031 Registered: 08-2002 |
I've had mine off for two years now.  | ||
| michael burt (Mikeyb) Senior Member Username: Mikeyb Post Number: 555 Registered: 03-2002 |
yeah greg... but you are a little crazy. ;) | ||
| Dave_lucas (Dave_lucas) Senior Member Username: Dave_lucas Post Number: 419 Registered: 02-2002 |
"can you eliminate the cross member" I would not remove it, but others have. "would adding spacers to it be totally useless?" I added spacers, the drive shaft clears the cross member and sits higher than the axles so it is not the lowest point on the DII. Additionally if you send Rovertym your cross member they will relocate it for you for a fee. |
