freeagent Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 right, i think i'm going to do a mild body lift on the disco... after talking to my MOT man this morning, who happens to lift Disco's at their workshop, it appears that if you keep it sensible, there are little, if any other mods required. They do 30mm body lifts without any major mods to steering or any other components.. so.. I've decided to play it safe, and make up some 25mm spacers, and buy 25mm longer bolts.. has anyone made their own spacers? if so, what diameter bar did you use? is 50mm too big, or about right? does anyone know what length and size the original body mounting bolts are? I seam to remember that they aren't metric... I reckon 25mm will allow me to run 245/75 R16 tyres quite happily, without messing with the springs... any other tips will be most appreciated.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 I need to to the same to a RRC LSE so I'm keen to hear from anyone who has made there own and see pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 I need to to the same to a RRC LSE so I'm keen to hear from anyone who has made there own and see pics Snake racing do spacers for discoverys and range rovers They do 20mm and 30 mm Here is the web site snake racing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orgasmic Farmer Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Those snake ones look like spring lifters. The lifts i have seen were about 50mm bar. If you measure the diametre of the rubber bush and use this size I dont think you will go far wrong. Only real trouble with a lift is the gap between rad and bumper will look a bit silly. Can get round that by new brackets to raise the bumper. I am running 265/70 17 tyres with a 40mm spring lift. I have a camel cut (which you will also need I suspect) and have trimmed the inside edge of the rear arches too. No rubbing issues at all now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bush65 Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 50mm is a good diametre for the 10 body lift blocks. You also need blocks on top of the chassis for the floor, and on the brackets for the rear floor supports. For discos the bolts are M10, but I would have to go out and measure the length of the originals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Those snake ones look like spring lifters. The lifts i have seen were about 50mm bar. If you measure the diametre of the rubber bush and use this size I dont think you will go far wrong. Only real trouble with a lift is the gap between rad and bumper will look a bit silly. Can get round that by new brackets to raise the bumper. I am running 265/70 17 tyres with a 40mm spring lift. I have a camel cut (which you will also need I suspect) and have trimmed the inside edge of the rear arches too. No rubbing issues at all now. woops shoud have read it , did not read that you were talking body lift . thought you were talking general lift Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeagent Posted January 28, 2007 Author Share Posted January 28, 2007 OK, if i go for it, i'll pick up some 50mm bar.. I know about the gap above the bumpers, and reckon i can live with that.. ..however after having a good look at the truck today i'm not sure what to do about the radiator, as its mounted to the body, and has a rubber sealing strip along the top of gthe rad frame...? anyone done this on a 300Tdi disco? what did you do about the rad...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOA 93 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 OK, if i go for it, i'll pick up some 50mm bar..I know about the gap above the bumpers, and reckon i can live with that.. ..however after having a good look at the truck today i'm not sure what to do about the radiator, as its mounted to the body, and has a rubber sealing strip along the top of gthe rad frame...? anyone done this on a 300Tdi disco? what did you do about the rad...? I had these made a while back, still unfitted they are made from 1.5" ally bar and give a 1.5" lift, I had the recess tuned into one end so that they locate over the standard mounts, I figured it would be a pain in A@%$ to keep them from moving when trying to locate the body back on. If you've still got your viscous fan then you need to keep the rad in position with the chassis and blank off the gap at the top, if electric then you make some spacer tubes for underneath your rad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Ok there are companys that do kits for this. You get a 1" lift up to 4" body lift kits. Most common is the 2" lift kit They are range rovers and Seris 1 and 2 disco only really no defender stuff Here are some webb site for details Coopers body lift kit 4x4 inteligence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Looking at the Bearmach kit, sod making all those bits I just buy the kit for 300 or what ever its up for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeagent Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 you certainly get a lot of bits in that graham cooper kit.. it works out about £250... but as you say, sod making that lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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