2" Inch Lift Failure HELP!

Good afternoon folks. I wonder if you can offer me some advice.

I recently bought, second hand Heavy duty springs for a D2.
I was assured that the yellow set were heavy duty Fronts and the silvers were heavy duty rears. I know I probably should have got a matching set but £30 for 6 springs seemed a great deal as they're practically brand new.(recieved another set of silvers but with one less loop in the spring (8 coils)

All springs used in my lift are the same Height
the four i used have 9 coils.

The garage who fitted them kindly gave me back my old springs and i discovered that one set was about 2 inches shorter than the other ( assume the front set) in addition, despite my car sitting on a very gently downsloping drive, the car is sitting level which means the disco is sitting nose high!! I imagine the rear silver springs are terrafirma and the front ones being yellow are Britpart.

Is it likely i have fitted rear springs to the front or perhaps just bought a set of fronts only? There is no degradation to performance. I'm good at 70MPH (tested) I normally drive only up to 60mph. I'm worried about the following: Too top heavy, possibly not enough extension available on the shocks, slight reduction in economy catching the wind.
What are peoples thoughts? Should I replace one of the sets. Honestly it looks gash and is annoying me.

Cheers in advance.
All the best

I think people should do the research first and understand the bits they are putting on their vehicle. Their purpose and what results may occur in changing them.

You are probably better off going back to stock. Until you are at a point where you can modify the suspension to achieve a desired result. Using parts that you know what they are for and what they will do.

Not trying to be harsh with you. Just honest.

Go back to stock asap so you can investigate origins of your new springs safely. Or better still invest in a complete brand new lift kit so you KNOW what you've got underneath you

Welcome to the forum

Cheers folks and thanks Hippo

In my defence, I did ask the garage to make sure everything seemed ok and they just fitted them and said everything's ok. Ah well. Best do the job myself.

Raptor8 said:

In my defence, I did ask the garage to make sure everything seemed ok and they just fitted them and said everything's ok. Ah well. Best do the job myself.

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To be fair to the garage. They fit. Being appropriate or what you expected is probably not for them to say. As it’s a modification away from manufacturers standard spec.

Tbh fitting things yourself or with the help of some mates will be best when doing stuff like this. Especially when it’s trial and error in fitting bits that you don’t know what they are exactly.

If it was a complete lift kit bought and being fitted. Then it’s different as you’d have a more reasonable expectation of what to expect.

Changing springs is pretty easy. You’ll ideally need a couple of jacks. And some jack stands. And maybe spring compressors plus some basic hand tools.

All you need to do is raise the chassis far enough while allowing the axle to drop to give room to pull the springs out and put the new ones in.

Have you informed your insurance company?

Thanks again for the tips. Yep i have all the tools. Just didn't have time to do it myself hence asking the Land Rover garage. But will have a go at this myself. I know it'spretty straght forward; at least it is now since the old nuts have been freed. The insurance company does know; really important and thanks for mentioning. It already had a lift and as i was replacing the shocks I thought I'd do the springs at the same time as they seemed a bit ancient. I'll start with the front ones and go from there. Now I know what I'm looking at, I'm stunned I did'nt notice before the spring sizes on front and back. Some good lessons learnt. I did perhaps rush into this a bit.
Cheers folks.