Hello.

Full-time lurker, part-time poster.

I have a stock 2004 Disco with heavily neglected stock 255/55/18 tires that are about to blow.

I have plans for several off-road upgrades even though I dont do any recreational off-roading, though that could become a hobby in the future. This truck was purchased for the purpose of going on deep-country camping trips and to get me and my family out of harms way should the need arise.

I would like to go as high as possible without creating reliability issues, looking ridiculous and making entry and exit difficult for wee ones and wifey types. The 3" Rovertym lift seems to be the consensus as far as springs go and I would like to go with 33" tires and 16x7 Gulf Coast Rover Black Nugget rims or the Atlantic British 3030 rims.

After doing much reading on the subject there seems to be no consensus on whether there would be any issues with driveshafts, axles, shocks, brake lines, ring and pinion gears, etc with the added spring height, tire height and rim offset. Some people say there are issues and some say there are none. Id like to hear from those that have done the Rovertym 3" inch springs, 33 inch tires and added offset ONLY on an otherwise stock suspension. In other words people with actual experience with the setup Im describing, not hearsay.

If this setup will assure problems without other upgrades then what problems would there be with 32" tires, added offset from said rims and a 3" Rovertym spring setup? Im not against going with 3" Rovertym springs on 32s but I have only found one picture of a Disco with such a setup and it was a Disco I. So Im not sure if 32s would look too small on RTE 3" springs.

I may, in the future, upgrade to heavy duty axles, driveshafts and 4.11 gears but I dont want to make a tire, rim and spring purchase and be forced immediately to spend money on other items not related to replacing my stock rubber and rims. Like I said I dont do any recreational off-roading and I can hold off on any off-road camping trips until then. I dont want to make a purchase decision and have to upgrade later or try to sell my new stuff on the used market. My main concern right now is just getting the old rubber off the road and future proofing.

Thanks,
Kyle C.

 

tinfoil hat detected

 

I knew that was coming. I actually deleted that line and then decided to put it back in.

I guess when 80% of your city is submerged in 5-15 feet of water for 4 weeks and you lose everything you have ever owned, worked for, your neighborhood you grew up in, all the stores, bars, restaurants, the city you love, your job, your whole life is turned upside down and everybody in your extended family, friends and everybody you have ever known went through the same thing...it kind of gives you a different perspective on life. Dont ya think?

 

It makes me think I need an RV, not a lifted "bug out to the deep wilderness" vehicle.

 

I could have used an RV.
Seriously. I want a vehicle that never puts me in a situation where I have to make concessions on which direction to take. In other words...I want to run over chit.

 

Then do a 3" lift and do it right. Done.

 

Yes, that was my point.


If the "chit" you want to run over is the result of an incident like what you described, the only type of vehicle you won't reasonably need to "make concessions on which direction to take" is a tracked vehicle.

Since it doesn't look like you've ever had the truck off road, how about getting someone to teach you how to drive it properly and see what it does the way it came from the factory? I think your expectations of what a lift will do are probably quite unrealistic, and your expectations of what the truck can do at stock height are incorrectly low to non-existant.

 

Maybe you should look at a three inch lift and these
150 Series - MATTRACKS rubber track conversions systems for 4x4 vehicles

But seriously, at stock height, your vehicle is very capable.

 

I appreciate the help fellas. Thanks. That is all.

 

If you go on youtube and search for stock land rover discovery or search Land Rover Discovery Traction control you will find that the capabilities of your vehicle in stock form will beat any other stock vehicle. Only the Jeep wrangler rubicon with the diff locks will really ba able to do what your Discovery does in stock form. Believe me I know, because when I was a roughneck working on drilling rigs, there was a time that my stock Discovery II with high performance street summer tires (worst thing you can have for off roading) was the only vehicle that could make it off of location. These guys had jacked up pickups with mud tires, but were all getting hung up spinning one front tire and one rear tire. You don't have to worry about that problem with your Disco. Upgrade your tires, maybe go one size bigger and you will be fine unless you plan on doing some serious offroading or rock crawling. You couldn't have picked a more capable SUV.