A little lift

[GSM]

Evening all,

I am new to this forum but have had my FL1 TD4 for about 13 months now.

Being a member of the Scottish Land Rover Owners Club I do some off roading and I am considering lifting it by 2" to allow me to go where my mates with their Deafeners and Discos go but I'm unsure which route to go. I have been looking on eblag and found what look like home-made 2" spacers (which would probably do) for £65 or there is a full blown kit on 4x4parts.co.uk for about £170. The kit has the spacers,bolts and brake hoses (braided by the looks of the picture) and is made by Bearmach. I think it make more sense to buy the kit but I'm unsure of Bearmachs quality.

Has anyone on here lifted theirs? What parts did you buy? Do you have any pics and how difficult was it?

Cheers,

Gordon

[DrRob]

Here you go:

http://forum.lro.com/viewtopic.php?f=78&t=77821

[parkersdigdig]

I had mine lifted with the bearmach kit you need to have the camber pins aswell then get the tracking done have a look at the profile pic I also had 235 65 17 insa turbo dakar with 35mm spacers fitted so made it 4" higher over standard had the freebie for 3 yes and not a problem

[Tanuki]

Remember that any suspension-lift will raise your centre-of-gravity which might somewhat improve ability on rutted tracks but makes following-the-contours round hills a lot more risky.

I'd much prefer to risk bottoming-out on a rutted track rather than rolling sideways off a hillside. You usually get a second-go on a failed rutted-track; you generally don't get a second go if you fail a contour-follow. Trust me - whatever Land-Rover product you're driving, a barrel-roll down a few hundred feet of hillside is not fun.

And if you're ever towing a significant load on-road, suspension-lifts will convert a 'bit of a snake' into a needing-all-three-lanes-of-the-motorway-to-recover 'event'.

[sas pinkie]

Buy my mantec fuel tank guard (the same that is used on the camel trophy) and get a proper mantec sump guard and you wont need to lift it.

My genuine camel trophy freelander is not lifted and I havent had any problems.

See the for sale section for my offered mantec guard.

[DrRob]

Have replied to your for sale post about guard......

[GSM]

Remember that any suspension-lift will raise your centre-of-gravity which might somewhat improve ability on rutted tracks but makes following-the-contours round hills a lot more risky.

I'd much prefer to risk bottoming-out on a rutted track rather than rolling sideways off a hillside. You usually get a second-go on a failed rutted-track; you generally don't get a second go if you fail a contour-follow. Trust me - whatever Land-Rover product you're driving, a barrel-roll down a few hundred feet of hillside is not fun.

And if you're ever towing a significant load on-road, suspension-lifts will convert a 'bit of a snake' into a needing-all-three-lanes-of-the-motorway-to-recover 'event'.

Tanuki,

Interesting what you say about snaking when towing a significant load as I tow a caravan. How did you come to learn about the increased snaking effect? Have you had personal experience of this?