Lift springs on my 98 disco 1
So I'm having issues... I got my land Rover alittle while back and I'm relatively new to the mechanic life, but I decided to try to get into wheeling in the land Rover. So I ordered this terrafirma 5inch dislocation kithttps://lucky8llc.com/products/terrafirma-5-inch-longer-than-standard-extreme-dislocation-kit-for-d1
and it doesn't come with springs so I need some help... Does the 5inch dislocation set actually lift my Rover 5inches? Can I run stock springs or do I need to buy 5inch lift springs? I'm having a hard time figuring it out so some help would be appreciated! Thanks a bunch.
and it doesn't come with springs so I need some help... Does the 5inch dislocation set actually lift my Rover 5inches? Can I run stock springs or do I need to buy 5inch lift springs? I'm having a hard time figuring it out so some help would be appreciated! Thanks a bunch.
Ok. Yea I was planning on contacting them today to see if they could help me.
You're definitely going to need new springs. 5" is the shock travel, not the lift height. Notice that you're only getting radius arms with 3 degrees of castor correction; that means the expected lift should be around 2" when fitted with complimentary springs. If you go higher than 2", then you'll likely want to go to Terrafirma's 6 degree castor correction radius arms.
As @drivendesign said, just call Lucky8 and they'll point you in the right direction.
Please remember that with such an aggressive kit you're going to need to camel cut the back of your Rover (assuming you have larger tires to go with this kit). You'll also want extended brake lines and maybe a front sway bar spacer if you plan on keeping it on (i'd assume not given this kit).
As @drivendesign said, just call Lucky8 and they'll point you in the right direction.
Please remember that with such an aggressive kit you're going to need to camel cut the back of your Rover (assuming you have larger tires to go with this kit). You'll also want extended brake lines and maybe a front sway bar spacer if you plan on keeping it on (i'd assume not given this kit).
You're definitely going to need new springs. 5" is the shock travel, not the lift height. Notice that you're only getting radius arms with 3 degrees of castor correction; that means the expected lift should be around 2" when fitted with complimentary springs. If you go higher than 2", then you'll likely want to go to Terrafirma's 6 degree castor correction radius arms.
As @drivendesign said, just call Lucky8 and they'll point you in the right direction.
Please remember that with such an aggressive kit you're going to need to camel cut the back of your Rover (assuming you have larger tires to go with this kit). You'll also want extended brake lines and maybe a front sway bar spacer if you plan on keeping it on (i'd assume not given this kit).
As @drivendesign said, just call Lucky8 and they'll point you in the right direction.
Please remember that with such an aggressive kit you're going to need to camel cut the back of your Rover (assuming you have larger tires to go with this kit). You'll also want extended brake lines and maybe a front sway bar spacer if you plan on keeping it on (i'd assume not given this kit).
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