How hard is adding ACE?
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How hard is adding ACE?
Hi all. I'm a car enthusiast who has been looking for an '04 Discovery for a while now. I'm finding that getting an SE7 or an HSE7 with low miles and all the options I want is a bit of a trick. I've found a beautiful HSE7 that has everything I want but ACE. I've been looking for resources about installing ACE on a non-ACE vehicle but haven't gotten a straight answer. So, here's the question:
Is adding ACE a bolt-on system? Do I need to drill the frame or weld on mounts to install ACE? If I can just gather up the parts, bolt them on, put in the hydraulic lines, wire up the sensors, and enable ACE in the SLABS unit, then I'll probably pull the trigger on this car, but I want to be sure first.
Thanks for the help
Eamon
Is adding ACE a bolt-on system? Do I need to drill the frame or weld on mounts to install ACE? If I can just gather up the parts, bolt them on, put in the hydraulic lines, wire up the sensors, and enable ACE in the SLABS unit, then I'll probably pull the trigger on this car, but I want to be sure first.
Thanks for the help
Eamon
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Plus adding certain parts you might be just a small bit off, and the factory program would not adapt to it, such as you deciding where to exactly mount one of the accelerometers, etc. Lots of things for inputs, which are then calculated for the outputs that drive the hydraulics. Just buy a truck with it.
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I wanted to add the ACE to my 04 Disco to! But dont have the $$$$ nor the resources to perform the job sighhhh but Im glad to see someone else who thinks as far out of the box as I do! Love my Disco but the lack of ACE and SLS makes me want something else.... like a LR3!
Good luck friend and if your hell bent on having the ACE system, save your pennies until you find a rare 2004 ACE equipped Disco! Good luck and good hunting.
PS: and remember that the best way to determine if a Disco has the ACE is to look under the hood at the power steering reservoir. If the reservoir has 2 black caps on top then its ACE equipped, if only 1 cap then no ACE. Also beware of owners who may have disabled the ACE on their trucks! They do crap like that all the time, like they do with the SLS. Strip the Disco of its integrity..... sighhh
Good luck friend and if your hell bent on having the ACE system, save your pennies until you find a rare 2004 ACE equipped Disco! Good luck and good hunting.
PS: and remember that the best way to determine if a Disco has the ACE is to look under the hood at the power steering reservoir. If the reservoir has 2 black caps on top then its ACE equipped, if only 1 cap then no ACE. Also beware of owners who may have disabled the ACE on their trucks! They do crap like that all the time, like they do with the SLS. Strip the Disco of its integrity..... sighhh
Last edited by TRIARII; 02-23-2013 at 11:16 AM.
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