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2" lift
« on: March 31, 2010, 21:31:33 »
rite i know people have prob asked this loads  but if i lift a 300tdi disco                2" with springs nd shocks do NEED all the caster orrections or rods n things   or will it be fine with some e xt break hoses??     

ill be happy for your responses

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Re: 2" lift
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2010, 01:18:26 »

I think you only need to extend the brake lines if you go to 3in lift
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Re: 2" lift
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2010, 01:20:38 »
Ask 5 people, get 5 answers.

I'd say yes, I much prefer how ours handles with castor correction, much prefer it.  Castor correction probably means a Cardan jointed propshaft too rather than a wide angle because the UJ angles on the front no longer match causing a pulsing in the drivetrain.

Longer brake hoses are also a good idea at around £70 a set and use towball spacers on the rear anti roll bar to prevent it inverting (flipping over).

I've also got cranked rear arms (Gwenn Lewis) but they aren't as important, the rear geometry won't be perfect with a lift but it's not that bad at all, mostly I notice a bit more rear axle steer (roll steer) and slightly more prop noise.
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Re: 2" lift
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2010, 11:49:33 »
I only have a front anti roll bar  the rear has been removed already 
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Re: 2" lift
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2010, 14:01:33 »
Fit the suspension and see, The only thing I had to do with mine when I lifted it 2" was tweak the brackets for the rear flexi hoses slightly.

Apart from that it was fine.

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Re: 2" lift
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2010, 14:35:44 »
I fitted +2" springs along with +2" dampers, and drove that way for over a year..... though the rubber donut on the 300tdi complained (terminally, twice).

I have since upgraded the radius arms (fronts and rears at different times), and the props.

I found that the anti-roll-bars got grumpy, and often flicked over (resulting in a strange knocking noise coming from the under-carriage)

I've yet to swap to a longer panhard rod or extended brake-hoses.... and I suspect one should consider a change to the rear A-Frame some tme too

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Re: 2" lift
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2010, 20:13:51 »
I've done a couple of mine and had no problems at all with the standard components.
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Re: 2" lift
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2010, 20:43:46 »
If you go through rubber doughnuts that quickly it's probably because the rubber support bush inside the prop also wants changing.
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Re: 2" lift
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2010, 16:11:18 »
If you go through rubber doughnuts that quickly it's probably because the rubber support bush inside the prop also wants changing.
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Re: 2" lift
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2010, 19:36:35 »
Ahhhh Tow Ball spacers RRB? thats just solved a problem ive just had cheers  :clap:
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