On my last Disco I did springs and shocks in the front and rear spacers with appropriate length shocks. The ONLY reason I did spacers in the rear was because I wanted to retain the air bags.

If you don’t have bags and are on regular coils, I’d advise against spacers. They are a stupid cheap solution people use on Jeeps (yes I have a Jeep as well) and invariably end up not being a good idea. Now the suspension design from a Jeep JK and a D2 are dramatically different, but simple bracket extensions or spacers just seem like a bad idea- especially if you are going to use the machine for towing or off road or any form of harder work.

In my opinion, $450 for springs and shocks is a pretty smokin deal. I ran TF shocks on my last D2 and they were just fine. On my Jeep I have close to $2k in suspension and I’m still on the OEM control arms.

 

Those are to extend the length of your shocks so they wont clunk when they are extended all the way - they can only travel so far before they cant go any further.

 

Thanks for everyone's input. Guess I'll go with the TF 2" lift kit from lucky8.

 

There's nothing wrong with being thrifty and nothing stupid about spacers. Depending on application, they are just fine. There is no reason they would cause issues towing/hauling that you did not have before installing spacers, or issues that +2 springs would not also cause.

Under $500 for springs and shocks is a screaming deal compared to almost any other vehicle I've put a lift kit on, but if spacers are adequate a person's usage case then there is no reason not to use them.