Can't advise on bearmach springs, but have just fitted britpart yellow standard height HD springs to my disco. I can't really report on how they drive as I only finished changing the springs this evening, and haven't tested them yet, but in terms of ride height, the disco certainly appears to...

Hired a 1 ton engine hoist in the end to lift the front of the disco up, and then rested the chassis onto some wheel ramps I had. About half the weight on the ramps, and half on the hoist. Had both of the front two to do today, and started the job at about 1pm, and finished about 8pm. All in...

So I began tackling the job this afternoon, and used axle stands, and a stack of wood blocks to hold the disco up, and a bottle jack to lower the axle down. The back two springs & dampers went on with little bother so I set about the first of the front pair. I was doing the job on the road...

PS the springs are britpart yellow and there are two in each box. Two front, two back, However they aren't individually labelled so not sure whether there is a left and right, and if so, which is which? (I will get back to you on the quality, and whether the disco ends up level, as I've heard...

The nuts on my ARB look pretty rusted, so I'm thinking it might be worth getting a spring compressor from screwfix and doing it your way discool. If I understand you correctly, I wouldn't need to place the disco on axle stands first? I could just jack her up, whip the wheel off, and compress...

So I went ahead and bought a set of HD springs, and terrafirma shocks, but now just a case of going about fitting them. I have axle stands but don't have a trolly jack, or a spring compressor. Will I need these?

Hi all, I've searched this to death, but still confused. Police spec RRC springs seem to be quite popular but I'm not entirely sure what effect they have on a disco? From what I gather, they are like heavy duty springs, so more resistance to heavy load. The thing is, I have also read...

Didn't want to start a fresh thread about this so posted here... I'm looking at getting a 90 roof rack and fitting it to a disco. The one I'm looking at is the standard galvanized box section type roof rack, BUT, it has the contour for the defenders roof, and although my disco doesn't have...

I was unsure about what to go for and weighed everything up about 2 months ago: Expensive mantec or safari style - £200 upwards = Too pricey Homemade one - £50ish quid (Allowing for bracketry, pipework, connectors etc. = Expensive and time consuming, especially if it turns out badly Cheaper...

Hi all, I've got 7.50r16 tyres on the disco and it has had the rear seats removed and a storage platform built with heavy boxes of tools and Jerry cans permanently in there. The suspension is 18 years old now anyway, so a fresh set of springs should just raise her back up a bit and allow for my...

Hi all, I've been after a roof rack for my disco and I'm aware that 90/ series roof racks fit a disco by simply bending the legs outward a slightly by about 50mm so that it fits the discos slightly wider roof gutter. However I've seen that these racks come in two types, the type which has a...

Thanks buddy, that looks like just the part/s I'm after. I'm currently fashioning myself one out of some tin, but if that doesn't work satisfactorily, then I'll order one of those tonight. Cheers pal.

Hi all, My nearside front electric window has never worked, and when I had the door card off the other day I saw that the old mechanism was completely shagged, and the window was jammed up with a length of wood. I ordered a new mechanism, and fitted it this afternoon only to find that there...

Hi all, I've seen a picture of a 110 or 130 carrying a trail bike on the back. I'm looking to get myself a trail/ enduro bike, and it would be great to be able to take it places with me, without a trailer etc. So d'ya reckon it would be possible to fabricate a system to carry the weight of a...

Thanks v much. I made a storage platform similar to this for just the boot of the disco a few years back, and wasn't happy with it from the outset so took it out after a few weeks and it was eventually used as scrap wood. This one I'm quite happy with, and there's a few bits and peices I need...

You may have already seen it, but theres a few pics of it on my latest thread where I took it to N Wales. http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f16/trip-snowdonia-my-disco-camper-253317.html

I was surprised how secure the storage thing in the back was to be honest. I did some very upy-downy dune driving, and going across heavily waterlogged grass which hid plenty of potholes, the disco did jump around quite a bit. If anything, the platform actually prevented stuff going everywhere...

So with my sleeping platform finally finished, and a couple of days off work, I thought I'd go and try it out on a quick trip to N Wales. I got back a few hours ago from Snowdonia. Did a short trip there and back in about 28hours, but packed in a night at shell island campsite, and a trip to the...

I had this problem on my last disco. I never did manage to unseize the difflock. I tried alot of lube, and everything from hitting with a hammer, to a rope around the gear stick and pulling. Not sure if it's a good idea, but you could try to winch it across with a hi-lift if you had a suitable...

Hi all, After owning one or two expedition type roofracks, and finding they're just not practical for occasional use, I've opted for some roof bars for my disco. Much lighter, easy to remove when needed, and MUCH cheaper than a full rack. However, they do make it slightly harder to use...