Well, getting ready for the 245/75/16's on the D1 and I raised her up 2". To get the front springs in I had to remove the swaybar to get the right side to droop enough due to the front drive shaft hitting the sway bar. It's all back together but I checked full droop of the suspension and the drive shaft contacts the swaybar at full shock travel.... . Do I need to lower the sway bar mounts? Not a big job, but I never saw mention of it on any other posts or write-ups on line.

 

No, not normal. How's the brake lines, they long enough?

It say's for a defender, but works on disco's also:
http://www.toddcosuspensions.com/swaybardropkit1.html

 

Brake lines are taught at full droop but not over stressed. The old springs are black and have a blue stripe on them. By ride height I would think they were stock...

 

I made my own drop brackets out of 2"x2" square tubing about 8" long. Yeah my DS rubbed once i lifted it

 

Thanks. I see you have a 4" lift... I only went 2"..... I had similar thoughts of using a 6" piece and boxing the ends.

 

Replace those warn out brake lines before they do fail, cause they will.

 

Thanks... I've seen ones that looked like new on the outside collapse on the inside locking the caliper. I just had a steel line go on my K2500 last month. It failed at one of the clips on the frame rail. Luckily it did it in a parking lot so I had my wife grab my bender and flare tool. The ones on the Disco are recent (~3 mos). Do they make longer softies for the Disco or do I need to bend some steel lines and move the junction to get more slack?

 

Lucky8 has longer brake hoses in stock and atlantic british sells them also. I can tell you the ones lucky8 have are about 6"s longer than stock so theres plenty of room for travel. You can also move the hard line to give you more slack if needed.