any time you lift any vehicle you are taking away center of gravity. the only way to gain that back is to widen the wheelbase.

 

To be precise, you have to widen AND lengthen the thing to get back the CoG characteristics.
Ever wonder why a semi is relatively stable despite of being so tall? Or a Bus? The answer is in the long wheel base.

 

very true. and if someone plans on lengthening the wheelbase of their Disco its a waste of money for sure. so wheel spacers or lengthening those axles is the only way to get back on track. neither of which i will attempt or care to attempt

 

but I don't know the details. I will not lengthen and will not widen the wheelbase. Here is a little background. I live on an island in Alaska. Everything I buy online has to be shipped either USPS priority or Second Day Air or on the barge(extreme slow-boat) from Seattle(671 miles away). I cannot get Ground shipping here. I also am limited to only ONE tire shop on the island. They are extremely UNhelpful. To buy the cheapest tires they carry in a 245/70R16, it will cost me $986. The other tire(they only have 2 available for the Disco) is over $1400. If I order tires online, it will cost me $300-400 in shipping to get them here. I can't afford trial and error. I am seeking the info that you people already have of what works and what doesn't. I will be lifting the Disco 1 or 2 inches. Probably just one to keep the wife happy(she didn't like the full-size jeep with 6inches of lift). I can only drive on logging roads here. There are no 'real' trails.

 

Logging roads can sometimes be worse than jeep trails.

Are you buying winter tires? I am assuming yes as you are coming into the 7 months of winter up there.

 

We get 13 feet of precipitation each year. Only about 5-12 inches of snow each year. Winter temp is in the high 30's, and summer temps in the high 60's.
I need some good M/Ts, but may have to settle for A/Ts.

 

if you go with the terrafirma +2 inch from Lucky 8 or Underground Rovers than you can fit a 265/75/16 tire. I'm about to order from treadwright.com they have a special on the tire i like.

 

I wish I had mud and logging roads, here in ILLINOIS there are not even gravel roads anymore and even though we get plenty of snow, they are crazy with the salt. I use the low gear only to drive the car up the ramps to change the oil, just to keep it from rusting. Keeping my LR is prof of true love.

 

Wow, what would it cost you to drive it to Seattle? That's horrible shipping costs.

 

You can easily run a 245-70-16 with a 2" lift without any problem rubbing or hitting anything. But you do have to do a little bumper trimming(at least the lower valance)

here is a pic of mine a long time ago with 2" and 245-75-16 mud terrains if that helps


And yes it was a daily driver then and I had no issues as far as drivability, but it did handle a little different at highway speeds but I think it was mostly the aggresive tires