Budget lift for my Disco II

BMWJNKY

Member
Over the last couple weeks I had pieced together a lift for my Disco with parts from the junk yard. Yesterday I got a chance to install it. Currently the height numbers are, front 36 5/8" and the rear is 35" measured from the ground to the bottom of the fender flare with BFG A/T 265/75/16 tires. For the front lift I used stock D2 purple stripe rear springs and for the back I did D1 lower spring perches with an extra spring pad on the rear perch. It's about 95% how I wanted it, I'd like to get the rear just a little higher but I like the more level look vs. the stock look with a lot of rake to the front. It drives nice other than getting the rear a little higher I'm happy with the results. I'll probably get a 1" spring spacer for the rear then pull out the extra spring pad and this should get the rear where I want it to be. I'm sure some of the Land Rover purest will look down on this type of lift but it will work for what I'm doing and this whole project cost me less than one pair of OME springs. This lift netted a gain of just under 3" in the front and just under 2" in the back from stock. Drive train seem quiet the few times I've had it on the freeway yesterday evening and this morning going to work.

Now for pictures.

1/2 tank of gas and about 45 pounds of my work tools in the back.
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Rear spring vs. stock front spring.
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D2 vs D1 rear spring seat.
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Keanan

Observer
Looks pretty level. I have used a stock rear spring in the front and OME HD front springs in the rear.

What is your measurement from center of hub/wheel to bottom of wheel arch?
 

Howski

Well-known member
I have factory D1 springs in the front and D1 spring seats in the rear with similar results. Don't think mine sits quite as high in the front but I plan to fit spring isolators soon to level it out. How's the ride with the heavier rate springs up front? Would be curious what the wheel centerline to fender measurement is
 

BMWJNKY

Member
I can get center of wheel to fender measurements by Monday. If you are going to add the rear style spring spacers to the front you have to trim some of the rubber off the inside edge or it won't fully seat, I can take a picture of what I did to mine because I have a couple I didn't end up using. You will also have to do the same trimming to add it to the lower rear spring perch as well. It's easy to do with a utility knife though and only took a min or per spacer. I also took measurements of the hight difference between the D2 vs D1 spring seat I can post as well but the measurements are on my desk at work.

I'm happy with the ride, firm but not as stiff as my 80 series Land Cruiser was with HD springs. It will ride better once I replace my shocks, they feel soft and have just over 100K on them. I'll probably go Bilstein since I didn't like the 2 different kinds of OME shocks I've used on my Land Cruiser.
 

BMWJNKY

Member
So here are the center of axle to fender flare numbers for those interested, front: 21 3/4", rear: 20 1/4". Also the stock D2 rear spring perch measures 1 1/4" from seat to mounting flange, the D1 rear seat measures 5/8". This works out to a gain of 5/8" by using the D1 rear lower spring perch. Looking in the RAVE they list stock front height as 19.7" +/- .6" and the rear is 19" +/- .6". So using that info I'm 2" higher in the front and just over 1" higher in the back than stock.

Today I also ditched the stock plastic bumper cover and installed some square LED driving lights. The LED bar is disconnected for now but I got a factory aux light switch I'll be using with a PIAA wire harness. Hoping to get that done the first or second week of July so it's usable on my week long work camping trip the 3rd week of July.
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