Hi people, thank you for the warm welcome into the community, safe to say I am loving owning a Land Rover so far. I have recently brought my self a d2 td5 from a local guy and I’d like to build it into an overland with decent off road capability too.

I have been tinkering with cars for a long time but never trucks so I’m lacking knowledge in all honesty,chassis wise. I’d like to fit a 2” lift kit, what are my options? I’ve been thinking about terrafirma shocks and springs, what other parts are going to need changing, upgrading in order to achieve a decent quality build? The truck has already had some parts changed out, new clutch, transfer box, it’s had a few poly bushes fitted on various arms ect other than that it’s a bone stock td5 on 160k. Any help is greatly appreciated, I would just order parts I think I need but I’d prefer to gain some knowledge first before spending the money.

thanks in advance and look forward to hearing from some of you.

 

With a 2" lift You should be OK just with shocks, springs and maybe longer brake and ABS lines. Adjustable panhard for the front to alight the front axle correctly sideways would be a good thing also.

If You want to go a bit more like I did with 3" lift, new propshafts allowing wider angles, towing and trailing arms to correct the axle angles and maybe update watts links. Taller bump stops. and something else I had in mind but can't get it out of my head right now.

Not necessary, but if the front shock turrets are on their way out, get better Terrafirma or other ones to replace them.

 

Thank you for that. I’ll get some bits ordered then

 

A 2” lift should be plenty sufficient. What you’ll want to focus on will be spring rates, depending on your load. Heavy duty springs are always a good option in that case.

In terms of what else you’ll need, I didn’t do anything else (no steering geometry adjustments, no driveshafts, no brake lines, no WSS lines) for such a small lift- and I had ACE too, which allows for dramatically greater axle articulation.

I’m also a huge fan of airbags in the rear as they auto level, but that depends on the option set your D2 came with. They do a great job of keeping things level and I did some pretty healthy loads. ACE also is absolutely wonderful for the purposes of keeping things under control with loads up high, but again that depends on your option set.

 

very nice! a Rover in its natural habitat. the fueling station.









in all seriousness, that's a nice looking set up and good looking Discovery.

 

Well said.

I miss that one dearly as I embedded my soul into it. I tried to find it again, but I think it is probably passed where I’d want it again and it was an absurd amount of work to get it to the place I had it. I’ve started to really like my latest ‘04 and definitely notice the additional power of the 4.6.

The pics above were from one of the trips to Death Valley and aside from economy, the biggest issue was power. I had a hard time keeping freeway speed at times (often times in general) and coming out of Daylight Pass I was stuck in 2nd gear for 10+ miles going 30 mph or so. In contrast, the exact same load and conditions in my Jeep, I could carry 60-70 mph without breaking a sweat going up Daylight Pass and barely downshifted.

I’m not certain I’ll use the latest D2 for the same purposes, but we’ll see once I get the lift, tires, and rack on it.

 

I always thought this was a disco in it's natural habitat. Not running, hood up and a wild beast perched on top.


How big do you want to go on tires? I love the 3 inch lift on 33s personally but there is something nice about 2 inches of lift and what some consider to be pizza cutters.

We don't have rocks in my area just deep mud so I like wide and tall tires. If we had rocks and mountains to climb I'd want her low with lots of articulation. Thanks to private developers and the forestry service our built rigs are mostly mall crawlers now unless you want to drive several hours.