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Vehicle & Technical => Range Rover => Topic started by: ed209 on September 08, 2006, 18:41:55
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I have recently bought a 1986 Rangey Classic, she's mainly standard except for a 6 pot Nissan diesel that runs sweet.
I would like to lift the vehicle a minimum of 2".
What will i need to do this and what are the good and bad points of going higher than 2" say 3 or 4?
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For a 2 lift you jusy need 2''+ spring's & shock's, but I would advise putting 2''= extended brake hoses as well,
If you go the 4'' route you will have to modify your prop's & radius arm's (lots of money)
Hope that help's
John.
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What reason(s) are you doing the lift for?
2" lift is about the economic limit, beyond this and the costs can start to spiral if you want to do the job properly.
If your after fitting bigger tyres then one option to consider is to lift the suspension 2" and then lift the body if needed.
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A standard +2" lift kit may not be enough for you. You'll need to look at the weight of the Nissan engine compared to the standard LR fitment as you may need higher rated front springs to stop it drooping!
The higher you go on the suspension then more it throws out the caster angle on the steering. This makes the vehicle wonder, following any lines in the road you have to keep correcting the steering wheel to keep it in a straight line.
It also changes the angle of the propshaft U/Js and can set up a vibration in the front propshaft.
You may also find that after the lift you will quickly go through propshaft U/Js, suspension bushes and steering balljoints as the lift changes the angles that these parts are used to operating at.
If you're looking at larger tyres then above about 32" dia the gearing starts to suffer and you will be changing down on hills that you happly go up in top at the moment. At lower speeds, 30 or 40 mph, you find your in a lower gear than you are now.
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I have to echo that, to get Blue running and driving properly I recon that springs and shocks are about half the cost of the job. Having driven before and after, castor correction just makes it so much better on the road. I now have to do RRR for my sister as that is also a pig, especialy with the 'van on the back, absolutely no feeling in the steering and only just self-centres. When I fix the steering box and/or put any new parts in it I expect that to stop altogether, blue did and it was terrible then.
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If your after fitting bigger tyres then one option to consider is to lift the suspension 2" and then lift the body if needed.
Thats what im doing with my project RRC
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we have a 'L' reg disco and a 'J' reg rrc. simon took the springs shockers tyres off the disco and put them on the rrc. the rangie drives perfect on them
but the disco drove very different not for the better. with the tyres it lifted the rrc by about 4'' (my mum has a caravan step to get in and now shes put a piece of string on it so she can pull it up ) bless her!!
on the disco it changed the speddo by a lot but on the rangie it has not altered at all!