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out door paul

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snorkle or a 2" lift ?

not really got a clue about the lifts

2" doesent really seem alot.

but i am going off roading this weekend and i think i want one.

anyone give me some info on them

will it just lift it another 2 inches

price ect...

ile fit the springs meself like..

also nothing has gone right for me today. come home from work early to do an oil change and to get the springs for the lift and i got in my disco and the stater was stuck , just only got it goin now.

arrgggg

do i need a new starter ?

tar very much :p
 
if your going off roading you will need mud tyres a new set of side steps as you will rip them off and may be a new plastic a bar just in case you hit some thing you will also need a rope a good one some good stronge towing points for when you get stuck if i was you i would spend more time on the basics you need
 
if i woz you i would do as helpme has suggested,its not just a case of fitting the springs if you want to go up 2" you will need to get the castor set with new link arms ect,that car seem very shiney do you realy want to get it dirty and scratched?borrow some one elses car:)
 
i would take off your a bar side steps then looking at you pics then tres dont look up to much you dont need a 2"lift to go off road all i can really say get a panel beating kit that will be money well spent and a good metal bullbar that will be of use to you
 
"snorkle or a 2" lift ?"
Surely that depends on whether you need better wading capabilities or greater ground clearance (or both)?
Well, which do you need? It's easier to answer that question yourself?
 
Greenlaning = lift
Off roading = everything

Me = 3" lift
uprated springs
lowered shock mounts front and rear
pro-comp es9000 shocks
castor corrected radius arms
corrected leading arms
extended bump stops
adjustable panhard rod (rose jointed)
Lower sopring retension plates
Extended hoses
Front dislocation cones
rear dislocation cones
Polybush kit
Double carden front prop
"eased" rear prop
265/75/16 Cooper ST Discoverer tyres on modular rims
Front winch bumper with lifting and recovery points
High-lift jack

Still to be done
Winch
Snorkle
Breather kit
front removable tow hitch (for launching my boat)
front steering protection
Diff guards
tank guard with removable tow hitch
Tree/rock sliders (I'll make my own to include high lift Jacking points)
Rear recovery points
and possibly a roll cage (internal)

When that lot is completed, then I'll be ready to Off-road properly. But I will also need:
Recovery straps
snatch block
Winch "sail"
heavy duty gloves
Tirfor winch for rear self recovery
Pullys
Shackles

The bank manager hates me, but not as much as the wife when she gets her monthly credit card bill!
 
if you are fitting a snorkel you also need a wading kit. there is more to it than fitting a snorkel then driving into a lake. if you go wading you will fill your carpets with the water you are wading in, also without a wading kit all the breathers on your disco will fill up with water. you have a long way to go before you go mud plugging ;)
 
I have a 2 inch lift on my disco, only done this because the tyres are 285 50 16, looks awsome parked next to a normal disco.
 
Probably cheaper (and to keep the disco looking good) to go buy a cheap defender 90 V8 (more capable off-road stock standard) and mod as budget/required. You'll be a lot less worried about rocks and trees and save a fortune in the long run.
 
Is this guy for real?! Hope I never meet him on an off-road site. There's more to off-roading/greenlaning than fitting lots of accessories to your vehicle and burying your foot on the go pedal. I can see lots of getting stuck, and probably accidents! I'm not professing to be an off-road expert, but I'm not an idiot either! If you act like an idiot you just add to the anti-campaign which ruins it for the rest of us.

Get the basics first - good tyres, recovery points and rope. You won't need more than that unless you are going for extreme stuff, and quite honestly given the way you are talking your skills are not up to that just yet!

Matt.
 
Jonathan - Are you going to Sodbury in April? I want some decent recovery rope, but not sure what's the best to look for. Any tips? and when you get the 90 back let me know when you're next off to Sailsbury, I need to give the new tyres a good run out :)

All the gear, no idea?
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Bit like me when I'm sailing! LOL

Matt.
 
mmaddock said:
Jonathan - Are you going to Sodbury in April? I want some decent recovery rope, but not sure what's the best to look for. Any tips? and when you get the 90 back let me know when you're next off to Sailsbury, I need to give the new tyres a good run out :)
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Oh yes indeedy, I shall mainly be rolling out of bed in a fortnight and taking fat wallet out for a jolly good emptying:D

For yonks I've had an 8m x 24mm 3 strand 8 Tonne polypropylene rope, 2x3/4" bow shackles, a 2m bridle/tree strop and two smaller bow shackles. The bridle can be used to spread the load at the front of the car, and the rope can be halved to tow on the road if necessary. All the kit came from Lifting and Crane in Gloucester.

Plus a pair of waffles - £70 from Challenger 4x4 and a folding trenching shovel from Anchor supplies completes the basic kit

As always the rope should be the weakest link.

mmaddock said:
Bit like me when I'm sailing! LOL
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I'm sure you look good in yellow though?!!
 
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