Have you lifted your Discovery?

[BrianH]

With regard to the suspension lift mods that people have been fitting to their Discoverys, does this modification compromise the normal driving experience of the vehicle or any other aspect of the vehicle's performance? With this in mind, would you fit a suspension lift kit to your main vehicle?

What sort of lift would be the best compromise between on-road and off-road ability?

Thanks guys (and girls?)

Brian

[laalmarra]

Brian
I thought that this was worth a thread of its own rather than buried in the other thread

[si_guru]

I've lifted mine 2 inches on the springs and 1.5 on the tyres...

....she seems to wander a bit now. But I think that is beacuase the rear radius arm bushes are shot.

[piggysims]

I've fitted a 3" lift to the front and 2" to the rear of my 2003 Disco and i use it all day every day with no problems;) all parts are OME parts.

[graham]

Don't know the in's and outs of it saw a post regarding fitting lifts some insurance company's won't insure the vehicle, might be worth checking ;)

[BrianH]

@laalmarra:

Fine, got no problems with that at all. Be great if you could send me a PM if you shuffle posts around though - took me a few minutes to find where it had gone ;)

@everyone:

Ok thanks for the advice. I'm considering lifting my Discovery and, if the normal driving performance of the vehicle does remain good as you lot say, then I'm going to look into it further. Might give a couple of suspension suppliers a call and see what they say.

One other question though. I notice a couple of you have lifted the front end of the vehicle a different height to the back. Why would you do this, and wouldn't it make the vehicle sit at an angle?

Brian

[BrianH]

By the way, the main reason I'm considering lifting my Discovery is because I've experienced a couple of ground clearance problems when off-roading on local green-lanes. The kind of off-roading I do is mild, but on one occasion I found myself following tracks which became too deep for my Discovery to live with, and if you check out my Avatar, even though there doesn't seem to be much of an incline in that particular photo, the drop as I went further down that hill became quite steep and I only just cleared the underneath of the vehicle.

My side steps don't help matters either.

Brian

[NewBloke]

Your Disco looks a bit low in the water, are your fitted springs worn?

Mine sits noticeably (sp?) lower at the back and seems to have a whole lot less clearance than the Defenders I've compared it to at Tescos. ;)

What's a rough price for a lift?

[BrianH]

Nah it's not sitting low, it just looks that way because it's just about beginning a steep decent in that picture.

[PabloM]

Sitting low also, but future plans are:

OME 1.5 front and rear and 255-60-R18 That would be only 1" taller in the tyres but I think I want to keep the tyre close to stock so no ring and pinion replacement would be needed.

[alankemp]

I am lifting mine next week using old man Emu bit and pieces from Disco Parts. They seem to be twice the price for that particular make over others seen in differend adverts. Anyone used them?

I will let you know if it handles differently.

I am fitting a diff lock to, anyone else done this?

[discodj]

are you after more groung clearence or suspention DROOP. ? if clearence is a problem where is it under the axle or side sills if it is axles then to lift it higher you need bigger tyres if its body/sills then its springs you need longer ones let me Know at lrsoffroad

[oRGie]

whats lrsoffroad ? he might need the suspension lift to make room in the wheel arches to fit larger tyres to get more clearance under the diff's :rolleyes: :D

[BrianH]

Orgie: You've got it in one. I'd like to fit bigger tyres but then they rub in the arches which is no good at all. I actually tried a set of 8-spoke steels I've got in the garage which already have larger tyres fitted but they completely filled out the arches and therefore didn't allow for any real axle movement.

So as Orgie says, I need a suspension lift in order that I can fit larger wheels/tyres to get a bigger ground clearance :D

Brian