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Hi.
I put the 2'' lift kit on my RRC with Pro Comp shocks & Brit Part springs. Its good off road especially if your running 33 inch plus tyres but on road theres a definate diffenrence in stability! not for the faint hearted if ur used to high cruising speeds on the motorway.. 2'' should be more that high enough but look into travel ie: dislocation cones, cranked radius & trailing arms etc.. key is traction (keeping wheels on the gorund).
I put the 2'' lift kit on my RRC with Pro Comp shocks & Brit Part springs. Its good off road especially if your running 33 inch plus tyres but on road theres a definate diffenrence in stability! not for the faint hearted if ur used to high cruising speeds on the motorway.. 2'' should be more that high enough but look into travel ie: dislocation cones, cranked radius & trailing arms etc.. key is traction (keeping wheels on the gorund).
Edited by sandy choda on Wednesday 25th March 14:00
The main benefit is that you can get larger tyres on which increases the clearance under your diffs. You will also get more articulation which lets you keep 4 wheels on the ground for longer = more grip.
To be honest, if you're just starting out I wouldn't bother - a bog standard machine on AT tyres will teach you more. As you get better, start looking at mods...
Hope this is of some use...
To be honest, if you're just starting out I wouldn't bother - a bog standard machine on AT tyres will teach you more. As you get better, start looking at mods...
Hope this is of some use...
Droptheclutch said:
300bhp/ton said:
This however is probably not the ideal website for asking advice on though, well not for off roading... 
Which one is? There seem to be many (too many?)...Landrovernet.com, UK based. Quite good, but maybe a little tame if you plan for more off road than on road.
Pirate 4x4, US based and very extreme if its your kind of thing.
Discoweb, another US based one. A bit childish but lots of very good advise and in many ways much more experience than many of the UK based guys.
Failing all that, give David @ Llama 4x4 a ring, he's very helpful and very honest and won't try and sell you stuff, he may even advise to buy stuff from else where (he's that honest!). You can find him via Google.
300bhp/ton said:
Droptheclutch said:
300bhp/ton said:
This however is probably not the ideal website for asking advice on though, well not for off roading...
Which one is? There seem to be many (too many?)...Landrovernet.com, UK based. Quite good, but maybe a little tame if you plan for more off road than on road.
Pirate 4x4, US based and very extreme if its your kind of thing.
Discoweb, another US based one. A bit childish but lots of very good advise and in many ways much more experience than many of the UK based guys.
Failing all that, give David @ Llama 4x4 a ring, he's very helpful and very honest and won't try and sell you stuff, he may even advise to buy stuff from else where (he's that honest!). You can find him via Google.
With regard to the OP, I'll be going for bigger rubber as opposed to a lift kit now. I don't think I'll be doing anything extreme enough for a proper lift.
Droptheclutch said:
300bhp/ton said:
Droptheclutch said:
300bhp/ton said:
This however is probably not the ideal website for asking advice on though, well not for off roading...
Which one is? There seem to be many (too many?)...Landrovernet.com, UK based. Quite good, but maybe a little tame if you plan for more off road than on road.
Pirate 4x4, US based and very extreme if its your kind of thing.
Discoweb, another US based one. A bit childish but lots of very good advise and in many ways much more experience than many of the UK based guys.
Failing all that, give David @ Llama 4x4 a ring, he's very helpful and very honest and won't try and sell you stuff, he may even advise to buy stuff from else where (he's that honest!). You can find him via Google.
With regard to the OP, I'll be going for bigger rubber as opposed to a lift kit now. I don't think I'll be doing anything extreme enough for a proper lift.
300bhp/ton said:
Droptheclutch said:
300bhp/ton said:
This however is probably not the ideal website for asking advice on though, well not for off roading...
Which one is? There seem to be many (too many?)...Landrovernet.com, UK based. Quite good, but maybe a little tame if you plan for more off road than on road.
Pirate 4x4, US based and very extreme if its your kind of thing.
Discoweb, another US based one. A bit childish but lots of very good advise and in many ways much more experience than many of the UK based guys.
Failing all that, give David @ Llama 4x4 a ring, he's very helpful and very honest and won't try and sell you stuff, he may even advise to buy stuff from else where (he's that honest!). You can find him via Google.
4x4's have a higher centre of gravity obviously, so lift kits will increase road driving roll, the higher you go the more roll. think why your're lifting it. is it tyres or looks, arch cutting will help with bigger tyres, so will a lift kit. the lift kit also lifts your engine and doors higher out of water!!!
its a compromise really, want to lift the maverick, water dosn't come in the doors, but alternator sometimes gets a little wet lol, plus i want bigger wheels, without to much arch cutting.
figure out your priorities into why you want to lift it. if its just looks then forget it, lift kits don't provide extra ground clearence. thats what bigger wheels are for.
its a compromise really, want to lift the maverick, water dosn't come in the doors, but alternator sometimes gets a little wet lol, plus i want bigger wheels, without to much arch cutting.
figure out your priorities into why you want to lift it. if its just looks then forget it, lift kits don't provide extra ground clearence. thats what bigger wheels are for.
61JASON61 said:
4x4's have a higher centre of gravity obviously, so lift kits will increase road driving roll, the higher you go the more roll. think why your're lifting it. is it tyres or looks, arch cutting will help with bigger tyres, so will a lift kit. the lift kit also lifts your engine and doors higher out of water!!!
its a compromise really, want to lift the maverick, water dosn't come in the doors, but alternator sometimes gets a little wet lol, plus i want bigger wheels, without to much arch cutting.
figure out your priorities into why you want to lift it. if its just looks then forget it, lift kits don't provide extra ground clearence. thats what bigger wheels are for.
I will go along with all of that and not forgeting that with bigger wheels, you will raise your gearing and make a sluggish diesel slowwww!its a compromise really, want to lift the maverick, water dosn't come in the doors, but alternator sometimes gets a little wet lol, plus i want bigger wheels, without to much arch cutting.
figure out your priorities into why you want to lift it. if its just looks then forget it, lift kits don't provide extra ground clearence. thats what bigger wheels are for.
I fitted a defender transfer box to solve that problem.
P.
practicality 5% fun 95%, used and abused the way it should be 
mainly competitions - winch challenges and the like
you will find a lot of these advertisied on places like Challenge South west, Devon4x4, lr4x4, innovate4x4,
some of them are run by a friend of mine at 4x4adventures.co.uk
they are great fun as long as you don't mind the occasional dent- they are NOT for shineys!
you will find a lot of these advertisied on places like Challenge South west, Devon4x4, lr4x4, innovate4x4,
some of them are run by a friend of mine at 4x4adventures.co.uk
they are great fun as long as you don't mind the occasional dent- they are NOT for shineys!
TVR Moneypit said:
SystemParanoia said:
guys with extreme offroaders... where do you go to use them to their fullest extent?
just green laning or are you restricted to quarry type pay and play days ?
I'm a firm believer that if a green lane is going to offer any real challange to either the car, or the driver, then you shouldn't be on, (usually because the lane is in such bad condition that it shouldn't be used).just green laning or are you restricted to quarry type pay and play days ?
Edited by TVR Moneypit on Monday 20th April 14:01
green laning is for seeing the country and treading les trodden paths, not for testing your vehicle.
admittedly "lane from hell" is fun!
TVR Moneypit said:
300bhp/ton, Guardian front bumper? Same as mine.
TVR Moneypit said:
How unstable does it make motorway driving in crossswinds once the rear anti-roll bar is removed?
Some Disco's never had ARB's as stock, so didn't even have the brackets.I've not found it to be an issue, but I did grow up driving Series Landy's and tractors, so kind of have an idea what to expect.
Over the last 10 days I've been to N Wales and back plus a lot of miles there including a bit of off roading and then down to Cornwall and back. Not sure exactly but well over 1000 miles in total.
I've not noticed a problem on the Motorway, it'll run at the legal limit no problem and was IMO perfectly stable. It was also a lot of fun in the bends on the winding country lanes, I admit not the quickest, but still a hoot.
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