discovery mods

theres a bloke in chesterfield who breaks land rovers very good with prices and advice if you want his number pm me as for the tyres i've goot a decent set of general grabber ats i wouldnt mind swapping for a decent set of road tyres

I did Bordon P&P in a bog std disco and did pretty well on std road tyres (until I drowned it) Actually did a better job of some of the obstacles, than a lifted and kitted out 90 did. I did The lakes and Strata florida in std disco. I've never felt the need to fit bigger than 235/70's on em..

However I've recently invested in 265/70/16 BFG's and will be fitting HD springs to give me a bit more space in the arches for me noo tyres..

pm sent and im not planning on going much bigger for the time being. i have never been off roading so i dont really know what to expect

A note on tyres.
It is true to say that good tyres will improve a disco's offroad ability.

It is also true that tyres fitted as standard to all but the earliest discos reduce their ability.
ie, it's as much about fitting tyres the vehicle SHOULD have been fitted with as standard as fitting upgrade tyres...

Don't believe me? look at what the last of the line TD5s were fitted with in contrast to what the early G***WUD and G***WAC 3 dr discoveries were fitted with.

What's my point? well despite the fact that the vast majority of standard discos having comically inappropriate tyres fitted they are still astonishingly capable offroad. You need to try it as standard and get to the point where you are regularly getting stuck BEFORE you do any modifications so that you have a benchmark to work from.

It is very easy to want to go for the most capable offroad tyre you can afford but remember that everything is a compromise,yes INSA ST are incredibly capable offroad, but they're ****e onroad when compared to an AT tyre, fine if you're building an offroad challenge vehicle, but bloody annoying if you want to use the disco as the talented multi purpose vehicle it is. (because they're noisy and reduce onroad grip) What else can follow a defender into the wilderness in the day yet take 5 adults and 2 kids to a fancy restaurant in comfort in the evening?

Also bear in mind that lifting a vehicle is usually done for 3 reasons and imo in order of importance :-

To allow the fitment of larger tyres ( gives more clearance under the diff)

To allow greater axle articulation ( with suitable extended dampers, brake lines etc)

To look good

You're only up the road from me (hucknall) so you're welcome to pop over to my workshop and ill show you what I've done to mine and why I've done it...

redhand said:

I did Bordon P&P in a bog std disco and did pretty well on std road tyres (until I drowned it) Actually did a better job of some of the obstacles, than a lifted and kitted out 90 did. I did The lakes and Strata florida in std disco. I've never felt the need to fit bigger than 235/70's on em..

However I've recently invested in 265/70/16 BFG's and will be fitting HD springs to give me a bit more space in the arches for me noo tyres..

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anything less than 35" is for gurls:behindsofa:

wiltshire landyman said:

anything less than 35" is for gurls:behindsofa:

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I wish I'd bodylifted mine first job and then built sliders and bumpers around it to suit.

I was young and without knowledge back then, and I'm not about to start taking it apart now it's all done.

Hey ho, you learns from your experiences!

Mr Noisy said:

I wish I'd bodylifted mine first job and then built sliders and bumpers around it to suit.

I was young and without knowledge back then, and I'm not about to start taking it apart now it's all done.

Hey ho, you learns from your experiences!

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The first job I did was lift the body, quickly followed by built in rock sliders. Does that make me the genius ur ur does it......

GreenHornet said:

The first job I did was lift the body, quickly followed by built in rock sliders. Does that make me the genius ur ur does it......

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I dunno Ian, seems like good planning, not pure genius juice...

Mr Noisy said:

I dunno Ian, seems like good planning, not pure genius juice...

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I give up.........

how much does a lift kit cost roughly? i had a look on ebay you can get cheap ones which i can imagine being tack what sort of money should i be looking at setting aside for a lift kit?
guy locals got rock sliders for £50 theyve got to be worth that aint they¿

GreenHornet said:

I give up.........

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Ahhh don't be like that!

Does genius juice taste nice?

It tastes like winning

matty_daak said:

It tastes like winning

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Exactly!