anyoone done a d2 body lift ?

http://www.rovertym.com/

I'm sure there are others.

You might care to refer here with these sorts of queries (pun intended...:flipoff2:)

http://www.discoweb.org/

I know this will get all of the tightwads, and haters going again, but since you asked...

I am having one prototyped right now. In the end, it's looking like a good bit over a grand. U.S. dollars, not pounds sterling. It seems that it's never been done before. Which is the only reason I am doing it. Not needed, and not advised by any of the off-road parts manufacturers. No one on the boards advises it either. I just like having what others don't. :flipoff2:

not a hater, it's just a stupid idea, so good luck finding one...I also dislike your logic of "just because no one else has one"...just fucking stupid

Getting my popcorn....

Pepsi or Diet Keith? :flipoff2: [let's try to keep it PG-13 on the drinks!]

A thousand dollar body lift? WTF?

very few of us drive around without seatbelts too....

so go for it, really fast with no one else on the road...

anyoone done a d2 body lift ?

I seriously am starting to think youre building a big gay show truck

I just like having what others don't. :flipoff2:

Sounds like you're in the market for one of these then.
https://secure.klyster.com/bstock/bstool.jpg

Getting my popcorn....

Just make sure it's not butter flavored popcorn!

Sounds like you're in the market for one of these then.
https://secure.klyster.com/bstock/bstool.jpg

that is very disturbing:flipoff2:

Sounds like you're in the market for one of these then.
https://secure.klyster.com/bstock/bstool.jpg

that fact that you have or found that picture is disturbing.

at least he cleaned it before he took a pic.

Spy pics of the $1000 body lift:

http://www.joncooper.plus.com/body.jpg

I know this will get all of the tightwads, and haters going again, but since you asked...

I am having one prototyped right now. In the end, it's looking like a good bit over a grand. U.S. dollars, not pounds sterling. It seems that it's never been done before. Which is the only reason I am doing it. Not needed, and not advised by any of the off-road parts manufacturers. No one on the boards advises it either. I just like having what others don't. :flipoff2:

That has to be one of the studipest things I have read on this board. First of all your logic for getting a body lift is retarded. Secondly why on earth would you spend a grand for a body lift?:shaking:

But come on, it will make him feel SPECIAL:shaking:. I think a grand for something as stupid as a bodylift is the perfect price to pay for something that serves no purpose other than "no one else has one"...:homer:

For somebody who's gone thru the pains of a axle swap, why would you need a bodylift? You would hope that in the build that tire fitment was a consideration. I'm fitting 37's with very little trimming, at 2" over stock ride height...but you did keep a watts linkage in rear, so I have to question the logic...

And Dan you beat me to the anal probe...couldn't find a picture last night

And Dan you beat me to the anal probe...couldn't find a picture last night

You should see the one James Gall has. He claims to have found it in his attic, but I know better. Damn thing takes 3 or 4 D batteries. Looks like a stainless steel mag light with a throttle control. He likes to get it out when he's drunk......weird guy that James.

you guys ain't right...where's our boy, I'm still waiting for info on why you'd need a bodylift after a axle swap...

Spy pics of the $1000 body lift:

http://www.joncooper.plus.com/body.jpg

Where did you get that picture of my backlot?

That's my secret weapon to take down Islam:flipoff2:

The secret "DISCO MISSLE"

The secret "DISCO MISSLE"


Shh!

that's an awfully shallow launch angle.

paul wasn't that a spy pic from your back yard?


:flipoff2:

Hi there,

It´s mentioned that we all should do the same sane thing and do suspension lift (in this case). Which is sane just for the reason that the vast majority is doing it. ´Think that´s close to the definition of being "normal".
These are said to do all the same (Sure you have the same story about them like we have):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tunturisopuli_Lemmus_Lemmus.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmus

Generally speaking.

:p :) :)

lemmings dive off cliffs because the lemmings ahead of them are running full tilt off the cliff.

we don't like body lifts because i will venture to guess most of us have already put one on a vehicle at some point in time and realized it was gay and sucked balls for a lot of reasons.

we in the "generally speaking" world refer to that as wisdom and experience. kind of like the reason i tell my son it is a bad idea to have unprotected sex in thailand.

but hey, you go ahead and break the mold for us....and enjoy ghonoherpeasiphilaids.

aha, hmmmm.

BTW: I shouldn´t be misunderstood in the way I judge body lifts. Think I said nothing against nor for them. To be honest I recently thought about doing a little body lift with my RRC when I removed the engine a few months ago. That was because I had a bad time reaching the 4 top bellhousing bolts, with badly cut hands. With little time passing by I omitted that plan because that sure enough is no reason to do a lift, been just kidding. It will make sense to replace all the rubber bushes the body rests on, that will restore it to propably sitting 1/2" higher than now, but that´s off topic.
On the other hand I think indeed that lifts as much as 3" or 4" spell enough side effects to driveshaft angles, steering geometry, bump steer, stress for the damper mounting points, center of gravity, bush wear, tow ball height (legal limits) all of which can be dealt with - but a combination of suspension and bodylift appears to be worth thinking of when going to extremes. Even though I´ll stick with OEM body height.

What made me bother to type a few words was a) that an argument of "just because no body else has done" is, as you may agree, a great motivation for people you wouldn´t blame, would you?. Some have sent the first rocket into space or made first steps onto the moon, others crossed the ocean, etc.; and b) that I had no other thread to be occupied with ;)

Well, all of the now following with a slight inclination to pose arguments "simply in a mood to take opposition" and to make you smile rather than reply in anger:

Prove me wrong: I say the lemmings dive of the cliff not because the first are leading, but rather because those at the back push them :)

And, take the community who travels to Thailand to visit certain places (not to include the ENTITY that travels to T.) could be that unprotected sex is common and "normal" for them. No comment necessary.

And, reading between the lines: sending someone to Thailand TO HAVE protected sex, would that be better ?

That was because I had a bad time reaching the 4 top bellhousing bolts, with badly cut hands. ?

Learn to do it the easy way.

(you mean - pay someone for it ?)

I´m better prepared now. I have a fair set of handtools. But missed some more extensions and these:

http://www.proxxon.com/de/images/produkte/23136.jpg

No. A 3' extention. 1/2" on the drive side and 3/8" on the socket side. Then, use a wobble socket and air gun. Come in over the top of the transmission. Takes 10-minutes to get them all.

Easier than that, pull the t-case mounts and allow the t-case/transmission to fall. The bolts are super easy then.

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=1777&group_ID=355&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog

still waiting to hear from our boy across the pond on why...

Secondly why on earth would you spend a grand for a body lift?:shaking:

But its for a Land Rover...

the car is lifted right up now , the spring lift is just short 0f 5 inch, the portals are on, but there is only a few inches between the wheels and the body work. i dont realy want to cut it to much , so a body lift seemed like a good idea. ive had all the lift blocks made now (5 inch blocks) but there is alot more to doing a d2 than just the blocks,

5" body lift?

5" body lift?

i thought maybe i misread that too. if not it's the dumbest thing i've heard in quite awhile.

if you already have a couple of inches to spare, what are you cutting or lifting anything for?

Wow, this get's better everyday...so let me get this straight. 5 inch spring lift, with the portals and 35 inch tires, and you only have a couple of inches to spare, so you want to add 5 inches of body lift. If you're worried about rubbing, trim the wheelwells, or put in a hydro bumpstop and limit up travel. I'm running a 3 inch spring and have plenty of room for my 37"s with minor trimming. But I did move the axles...

5" lift blocks...When your done with that, why don't you put a super charger in so you can smoke the tires at the mall. Could be the dumbest idea ever....

Wow, this get's better everyday...so let me get this straight. 5 inch spring lift, with the portals and 35 inch tires, and you only have a couple of inches to spare, so you want to add 5 inches of body lift. If you're worried about rubbing, trim the wheelwells, or put in a hydro bumpstop and limit up travel. I'm running a 3 inch spring and have plenty of room for my 37"s with minor trimming. But I did move the axles...

5" lift blocks...When your done with that, why don't you put a super charger in so you can smoke the tires at the mall. Could be the dumbest idea ever....

keep ur small 37s pal im running 40's, when i said minor trimming im runing 4 inch defender arches, 4.6 and a blower sounds good to me , ill smoke my tires on your roof:flipoff2:. the dumbest thing i heard today was you with your 37's tryin to bitch me , get some real rubber or go to dweb

keep ur small 37s pal im running 40's, when i said minor trimming im runing 4 inch defender arches, 4.6 and a blower sounds good to me , ill smoke my tires on your roof:flipoff2:. the dumbest thing i heard today was you with your 37's tryin to bitch me , get some real rubber or go to dweb

That's the spirit ! Get some !!
go man go

keep ur small 37s pal im running 40's, when i said minor trimming im runing 4 inch defender arches, 4.6 and a blower sounds good to me , ill smoke my tires on your roof:flipoff2:. the dumbest thing i heard today was you with your 37's tryin to bitch me , get some real rubber or go to dweb

You have a watts linkage! Your truck is nothing more than a big gay show truck, you have me convinced. Since youre in england and Ford/Dodge/Chevy 1-ton fullsize pickups are not a dime a dozen, you've chosen a disco.

You have axles to give you lift instead of a big spring lift, then you have big fender flares, 40" cheapo tires, and now you want a body lift. If you were posting this build on any forum other than the LR ones you'd be run off of pirate. You have a front ARB bumper, some ugly as sin rear anchor of a bumper, you are still running stock swaybars without disconnects, some sweet headlight guards, and a fully stock based steering and suspension setup. Guys on here are being nice because the idea of mog axles under a D2 is pretty cool. But to be honest, i dont think you have a fucking clue what youre doing, you come across like every moron wannabe hardass in this country who drives something like this below. Look familiar? I see big tires, lots of lift, and some lame ass fender kit. Yet its lacking any parts that would make it a capable truck offroad.

I honestly encourage you to prove me wrong.

http://socaltrucks.com/forsale/images/brad_geuke1.jpg

keep ur small 37s pal im running 40's, when i said minor trimming im runing 4 inch defender arches, 4.6 and a blower sounds good to me , ill smoke my tires on your roof:flipoff2:. the dumbest thing i heard today was you with your 37's tryin to bitch me , get some real rubber or go to dweb

You're a dumbass

RIK; Why are you planning on 5" on the body lift? I don't want to jump on the A-hole bandwagon, but even I can't understand that big of a number. And I'm the only one that agrees with you on a body lift. My mechanic has Mog Portals on his RRC, and is running 39.5 Boggers. He has a 3" body lift, that he wants to take OFF, because he needs to lower his COG after the portal swap. Is this truck for a trialer? For Ladoga? What is its intended use. To me , it sounds like you want a British " Bigfoot ". I'm confused man. I want 2", and I'll be happy with that. But 5???

Your mechanic??? I thought you were ASE Cert?

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ok...I'll go back to dweb...or better yet,I'll build a truck that will actually go off road and perform.:flipoff2: Your such a dumb ass I can't even begin. A axle swap using stock radius arms:confused: Build something real will you. How about losing the watts linkage and putting in a 3 or 4 link that will actually flex off road...

whatever, please put your 5 inch body lift, and try and drive it...i can't wait to se the pictures of the asshat from england that rolled his truck turning out of his driveway on the way to the mall...:homer:

his website says: "The home of the United Kingdoms Biggest Td5 Discovery"

maybe "The home of the United Kingdoms Biggest Douchebag and his POS Discovery" would work better

his website says: "The home of the United Kingdoms Biggest Td5 Discovery"

maybe "The home of the United Kingdoms Biggest Douchebag and his POS Discovery" would work better

fuck you cunt ,

well.

that was disappointing

i guess i wasted a whole box of popcorn

that's all? :(

oh, come on...where's that british wit, or are you just a twit...Stand up, be a man and explain the need for a 5" body lift...fucking dumbass

Somebody mentioned his homepage. A quick browsing revealed this:

http://www.rikslandys.co.uk/oldrovers.html

"Below is a picture of my td4 Freelander towing my 101 on a 16 “ Ifor Williams.":eek:

Quite comical all around...

fuck you cunt ,

Your sound system sucks a hard one

Your mechanic??? I thought you were ASE Cert?

Post 16 http://discoweb.org/forums/showthread.php?t=36438&highlight=k%26n

He's too busy owning race car teams to wrench his own stuff.

i missed that one...more popcorn may be needed

I think this 5" body lift should be on display at SEMA.

Oh for the love of god... I was waiting for rikslandys to post a picture of the truck all muddy or come back with something decent to say... but now I'm afraid on behalf of my fellow countrymen, we must disown him.

I believe it was the late, great, Peter Cook who said:
"You fucking cunt, who are you to say to him that he was a fucking cunt?"

The good thing about a 5" body lift on a LR is the lift blocks are big enough to put stickers on.

Your mechanic??? I thought you were ASE Cert?

Post 16 http://discoweb.org/forums/showthread.php?t=36438&highlight=k%26n

Yes, my mechanic. The guys I pay to work on the truck, while I'm busy running a multi-million dollar factory, for a multi-million dollar company. Sorry, Dan, but I don't have a job that only gets busy if there's a big car accident that week.
It's kind of hard to use a 13 year old suspension and steering certification without an alignment rack, a brake lathe, or a tire machine. Or the desire to ever get greasy again, lol. Working on cars got me through college. But I don't enjoy daily sessions with go-jo and shop rags.
Besides, the Ground up series project has me dirty enough, and busy enough to not even want to look at Tonka right now. Honestly; I don't even want to work on the series right now. I don't want to work on customer's boats right now.
I am so busy at work, I don't have time for my business, or any of my projects. It's called life. But since you still don't have one, I'm sure you wouldn't understand. Go embalm something, preferably yourself.

But to be honest, i dont think you have a fucking clue what youre doing, you come across like every moron wannabe hardass in this country who drives something like this below. Look familiar?

Thassa phat ride yo

The good thing about a 5" body lift on a LR is the lift blocks are big enough to put stickers on.

:laughing::laughing::laughing:

Yes, my mechanic. The guys I pay to work on the truck, while I'm busy running a multi-million dollar factory, for a multi-million dollar company. Sorry, Dan, but I don't have a job that only gets busy if there's a big car accident that week.
It's kind of hard to use a 13 year old suspension and steering certification without an alignment rack, a brake lathe, or a tire machine. Or the desire to ever get greasy again, lol. Working on cars got me through college. But I don't enjoy daily sessions with go-jo and shop rags.
Besides, the Ground up series project has me dirty enough, and busy enough to not even want to look at Tonka right now. Honestly; I don't even want to work on the series right now. I don't want to work on customer's boats right now.
I am so busy at work, I don't have time for my business, or any of my projects. It's called life. But since you still don't have one, I'm sure you wouldn't understand. Go embalm something, preferably yourself.

Huh. Guess you showed me.

You've got enough money to pay people to work on your car.
You run a multi million dollar business
You've had a busted transmission for 6-months in your D2

All I want to know is, where are the pics of the Series rebuild? And, where are the pics of the D2 BL project? I mean, both have been going on for months now, surly you've made some progress somewhere, right?

Oh for the love of god... I was waiting for rikslandys to post a picture of the truck all muddy or come back with something decent to say... but now I'm afraid on behalf of my fellow countrymen, we must disown him.

I believe it was the late, great, Peter Cook who said:
"You fucking cunt, who are you to say to him that he was a fucking cunt?"
fuckin' priceless...disowned...

x-man or who ever you , pic's please of any of the what you been spouting off about...

I think this 5" body lift should be on display at SEMA.


Based on the cost... 2"= $1000? a $2500 dollar body lift should do nicely! But after being at SEMA once (and considering going this year for the fun part) It seems to me that the body lift should be at least Anodized a cool color if not, chrome with some laser lights bouncing off to create an amazing show..
All this to drive a disco over a Mini?

I'm sticking with smiley face diff covers...

Go embalm something, preferably yourself.
I dont care whos fighting who.. that was pretty damn funny right there.

there will be photos of the car muddy as soon as its finished.there were when it was on 35s do you not get lro over there?

I dont care whos fighting who.. that was pretty damn funny right there.

Funny when you know what Chapman does for a living... I'm afraid others just won't get it though. :confused:

Edit: but I guess now they will! :flipoff2:

You can ship your DII to me to fix. I'll do the dirty work for the busy business man. You can even browbeat me about how the repair should be effected. Since you used to be in the biz. As long as you pay well and do not haggle over my time spent.

Better then being embalmed before my time.

JP

Hell send me the series truck too. We'll get some photochop action going and I'll make it look like your "gettin it done" Maybe this will please the hoard.


Yes, my mechanic. The guys I pay to work on the truck, while I'm busy running a multi-million dollar factory, for a multi-million dollar company. Sorry, Dan, but I don't have a job that only gets busy if there's a big car accident that week.
It's kind of hard to use a 13 year old suspension and steering certification without an alignment rack, a brake lathe, or a tire machine. Or the desire to ever get greasy again, lol. Working on cars got me through college. But I don't enjoy daily sessions with go-jo and shop rags.
Besides, the Ground up series project has me dirty enough, and busy enough to not even want to look at Tonka right now. Honestly; I don't even want to work on the series right now. I don't want to work on customer's boats right now.
I am so busy at work, I don't have time for my business, or any of my projects. It's called life. But since you still don't have one, I'm sure you wouldn't understand. Go embalm something, preferably yourself.

I still want info on the damned tone rings!:mad3:

I still want info on the damned tone rings!:mad3:


That may be hard to do since the haters ruffled his feathers Greg.

JP

Since a few have asked, I'll post up a link to the photobucket album with the photos on the Series build. Warning; it's been an UNbuild to this point. LMAO! A collection of parts, and piles of boxes from eBayUK. But I have been documenting it. More to remember how it looked when I first got it, then for anything technical. A monkey could dissassemble a series. Since they were designed to come apart in kit form anyways. LOL!. But I'll start a new thread for it, since poor Rik has been hijacked enough already.

not hating it, just questioning the logic of a 5" bodylift and a watts linkage. I'm sure there's a reason, just want to hear it...

I still want info on the damned tone rings!:mad3:

i dont have a copy of the drawing pdf back at the moment when i have it ill pm it to you

Thanks, that would be great.:bounce2: