extra lift on back springs

[stretchy]

after a lot of towing offroading and carrying heavy loads and full lenghth roof rack my arse end is sagging a bit. it already has 2'' lift kit.  what I want to do is get another set of the disc plate things the rear springs sit on turn them upside down and put them under the existing ones with some longer bolts. will this efect anything els?? I have seen this done lots of times but wasant sure If they uprated anything els ? my shocks are standard 2'' lift kit shocks that dont alow anything to dislocate.

stretchy

[Devon-Rover]

A few of the usual suppliers do supply +2 inch spring spacers. These go between the spring seat and the axle mount. I have Terrafirma + 2" spacers and they help to combat the sag i get from the rear bumper and gas tank.

[Range Rover Blues]

EEEk :-o  who has been putting the spring seat on upside down :doh:  what is left to locate the spring on the seat other than good luck?

If you don't want to fit new springs then fit spacers, but be careful you don't risk them becoming coil-bound on extreme articulation.

[stretchy]

the bottem of the spring will still sit in the seat the corect way. I just want to use another seat to go underneth this one to act as a spacer. will probly lift it 1 inch
will this be ok.?????

[wizard]

Dont fit the seat upside down. very bad
Have a look in my ebay shop for a pair of 1 inch spacers.
You also get a 10% discount cos of MC.

wizard

[stretchy]

just had a look on your site wizard... top gear mate,  unfortunatly like all of us this time of year im skint. the job is realy not that big of deal for me to actualy spend any mony doing this it was just a litle tinker I was thinking of doing to keep me busy and maybe get a bit of extra lift in the prosess

[stretchy]

I done this today. fairly straight forward... jacked up the body and compresed the spring and just slid the extra plate in and got some longer bolts.
mite get the plates spot welded around the outside just to be on the safe side but evrything seems secure and tight. its given me an extra 2inch rufly

[trecfive]

Bodges like this remind me of a yellow 110 in the news recently.

[Frankie-Boy]

I got mine a bit higher on the back by fitting police spec rear springs, they worked surprisingly well and the ride isn't as bumpy as I'd expected, I quite like the difference to be honest - the car seems more stable when cornering now too.

[landroverkeith]

I got mine a bit higher on the back by fitting police spec rear springs, they worked surprisingly well and the ride isn't as bumpy as I'd expected, I quite like the difference to be honest - the car seems more stable when cornering now too.

And u do corner at speed quite a bit  ;)

[boss]

hd OEM springs are something like £9 each!

and are you saying your going to weld the spring? dont get heat anywhere near it as it could harden it and take away its elasticity!

[stretchy]

the 2 seats will be welded together today. there is no need to weld the spring as there is no change in the set up at all. the clamp holding the spring down is still there. the only difrence being the upside down seat underneth acting as a spacer.

[les baty]

Bodges like this remind me of a yellow 110 in the news recently.

yes, enough said!

[discosteveo]

hi my disco is the same as the photos no probs, mot man happy.
 i think it is stronger than before the plates were together, the origional
plates were bent when i took them off the new ones are still straight (all 4)

bits of alli put under spring seat dont make it stronger as far as i can see.

i have achieved just over 3 inches and got 265 75 16 special tracks with modular rims on 30mm spacers

[Range Rover Blues]

Bodges like this remind me of a yellow 110 in the news recently.

yes, enough said!

Unfortunately some people can't be told.  It still looks like a bodge.  For one thing the spring clamp bolts no longer tighten the spring down onto a solid platform, instead the clamping force goes into crushing the void between the 2 spring seats.

[THONG BOY]

i thought of doing this then decided against it as the void ma crush and becom unstable see wizard and get a set of spaces
after all 20 quid is not mutch especilaly when it comes to the safe handling of your  landrover and pasengers


james

[auf_wiedersehen_pet]

Bodges like this remind me of a yellow 110 in the news recently.

yes, enough said!

Unfortunately some people can't be told.  It still looks like a bodge.  For one thing the spring clamp bolts no longer tighten the spring down onto a solid platform, instead the clamping force goes into crushing the void between the 2 spring seats.

I'm in agreement with all three.

It's not worth the risk.

[stretchy]

I have now got some aloy spacers on there. my mot guy said it was fine as i was going to get him to weld the 2 plates together but I then came acros a deal of some spacers for £5. granted the disk lift is not the corect way of doing this but I still think it was safe as houses