Ground clearance

What do i need to do, to give my discovery the same ground clearance as a defender ?
As always my Discovery is running like a dream and we have tolled up a few byways together with lots of fun . But i would love to give it the same tyre and ride height as its brother the Defender .

Cheers to you all .

L

Leonberger said:

What do i need to do, to give my discovery the same ground clearance as a defender ?
As always my Discovery is running like a dream and we have tolled up a few byways together with lots of fun . But i would love to give it the same tyre and ride height as its brother the Defender .

Cheers to you all .

L

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Dont bother, the Discovery is more tha capable in standerd spec with good tyres As soon as you start messing with lift kit's you are going to inherit prop shaft problems,castor arms etc.........not to mention reduction in on road handling

Best bet is a higher set of off road tyres.

I may well have got this wrong - but I just changed from 205/16 to 7.5-16 tyres on my series and having measured the circumference (not rolling dia) the circumference has increase from 2.23M to 3.0Metres - that gives me 2" extra lift and a top speed (woohoo) increase at the same revs from 45 to 60.5MPH! - that is if i can pull it, of course.

somone has done the math lol . bet you cant wait to get horses to pull the ole lady . will be fun . cheers to all comments.

L

Leonberger said:

What do i need to do, to give my discovery the same ground clearance as a defender ?
As always my Discovery is running like a dream and we have tolled up a few byways together with lots of fun . But i would love to give it the same tyre and ride height as its brother the Defender .

Cheers to you all .

L

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Having owned a disco with 205/70/16 all terrain tyres on, a 110 with 245 all terrains, and a 110 with a 2"lift and 265/75/16 mud terrains, I reckon the only real difference is the tyres. The disco would go anywhere a defender can except taking into account it's a bit heavier and the less grippy tyres. The 110 with the 265 muds on is awesome off road but those tyres are **** on tarmac, no grip at all in the wet If I had a disco now I would put on the widest poss a/t tyres but not mess with the suspension. They roll like a pig in **** even without a lift