Freelander Lift Kit

doobreydog said:

Always do after being on a jack even without lift... try driving it a couple of miles and look again when suspension settles

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well it's been off road and down to the town which is a 28 mile round trip and still looks very bow legged it also has 235/70/16 tyres on if that makes any difference i'll take some pics so you can see oh and by the way sorry to high jack this topic but it is relevant

here it is

I can only go by experience and as said above always found it settled ... normally does look bowed out (pos +) for a while .... but always found mine settled

if needed should be -0° 15' ± 0° 45' (-0.25° ± 0.75°) which to naked eye or piece of string is near enough verticle

doobreydog said:

I can only go by experience and as said above always found it settled ... normally does look bowed out (pos +) for a while .... but always found mine settled

if needed should be -0° 15' ± 0° 45' (-0.25° ± 0.75°) which to naked eye or piece of string is near enough verticle

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cheers bud just want to get it right the thing that worries me is this vehicle has had a ride out on road and off road so really should have settled by now so I don't think a set of camber pins could do any harm

straightshooter said:

so I don't think a set of camber pins could do any harm

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dont know of anyone who hasnt had problems with them

do know plenty of lads who have lifts and never fitted them never had excessive tyre wear or problems

obviously up to you but i would personnally leave it for a while

enjoy

straightshoot what tyres u got on

doobreydog said:

dont know of anyone who hasnt had problems with them

do know plenty of lads who have lifts and never fitted them never had excessive tyre wear or problems

obviously up to you but i would personnally leave it for a while

enjoy

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What kind of problems have people had Ian, I can see that it increases the angle of the CV joints but my manual has had them fitted since 40,000 miles & it has now done 65,000 without problems, my Auto was lifted at 70,000 miles with camber pins fitted & the front right driveshaft CV joint failed after 1,000 miles. Don't know if this was solely because of the lift kit / camber pins or if it was just because the drive shaft was old & worn anyway, don't think the Synergy 2 module helped, it certainly put a tad more load on the old joints. Before I got my camber adjusted the understeer was horrendous, it just wanted to go straight on at corners & the tyres would squeel like I had just stolen it

If it helps i'll certainly be adding camber correction pins to mine when i get round to fitting my lift kit.

I'll be trying to aim for negative camber as my girl can be driven quite hard on the roads at times.

There's certainly a knack to setting up the pins.

freebiker said:

If it helps i'll certainly be adding camber correction pins to mine when i get round to fitting my lift kit.

I'll be trying to aim for negative camber as my girl can be driven quite hard on the roads at times.

There's certainly a knack to setting up the pins.

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If you fit the 2" kit & Monroe camber correction bolts you will probably still be right on the +0.75 deg limit which is the best I could manage,

matacaibo said:

If you fit the 2" kit & Monroe camber correction bolts you will probably still be right on the +0.75 deg limit which is the best I could manage,

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Looks like i'll be getting my drill out then and making some block washers.

well went ahead and fitted the camber pins and I must say it's improved things not a lot but it has improved things but what I will say is the adjustment available is not massive but as you can see from earlier pics the angle was quite bad anyway total cost of lift now stands me in at the grand total of £50 here's to DIY I made the plates myself used 50 mm stud extentions and the whole job took my less than 3 hours well worth while it now stands tall and proud and the difference in ground clearance has lived up to my expectations

Some photos of it lifted would be nice mate

Does anyone please know where to go in the North of England or (preferably in/near Newcastle), or who I could contact to pay someone to actually fit a lift kit?

No Land Rover garage will do the job as it's not a recommended part obviously. It's a specialist job and most mechanics unless they work on Freelander's I'm sure wouldn't want to risk the work.

Thank you for any ideas.

TD4_4x4 said:

Does anyone please know where to go in the North of England or (preferably in/near Newcastle), or who I could contact to pay someone to actually fit a lift kit?

No Land Rover garage will do the job as it's not a recommended part obviously. It's a specialist job and most mechanics unless they work on Freelander's I'm sure wouldn't want to risk the work.

Thank you for any ideas.

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Have you tried Durham 4X4, I think they would do it,
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local scrap yard grab will be upto 30ft, plus they pay you-bargain

Moron!

OldDiscoMan said:

Moron!

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who the **** are you, **** off you snotty nosed heap of parrot ****

TD4_4x4 said:

Does anyone please know where to go in the North of England or (preferably in/near Newcastle), or who I could contact to pay someone to actually fit a lift kit?

No Land Rover garage will do the job as it's not a recommended part obviously. It's a specialist job and most mechanics unless they work on Freelander's I'm sure wouldn't want to risk the work.

Thank you for any ideas.

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Not that hard to do ... fitted mine in middle of a field

speak to g30rge on here....hes up your way and can probably advise

Thanks matacaibo & doobreydog for your help and ideas it's very kind of you and now I have some more ideas, once funds allow. Cheers.
P.S Quite how you fit a suspension upgrade in a field and not a workshop I don't know, that's well... crazy, or maybe not if you know how.

Found this CNC machined liftkit at Toddco in America.

£210, then add the cost of shipping and import duty so probably not worth it.