has anyone here fitted a lift kit?

dave21478 said:

The exhaust goes UNDER the driveshaft then immediately kicks up over the rear crossmember of the subframe. Its not physically possible for the exhaust to fit above the driveshaft.

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cheers, so those saying my exhaust Is in the wrong place are wrong

That's why I took a pic, you can see it goes over the subframe then under the drive shaft

Just fitted mine today it put up a good fight but brute force and ignorance won in the end after 8 hours just got to get the suspension set up ln the morning

ryan168 said:

Just fitted mine today

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what, an exhaust or a lift kit?
if the lift kit, have you a "how to description" to follow

Hello bud fitted a lift kit .the hardest job was undoing the bolts what fix the hubs to the suspension struts but not to bad a job over all

Glad you got it fitted ok Ryan, get some pics up once you've had the alignment done

ryan168 said:

Hello bud fitted a lift kit .the hardest job was undoing the bolts what fix the hubs to the suspension struts but not to bad a job over all

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did you disconnect the brakes as they are fixed to the disk/drum and suspension?

Will do mate but you know what m like with pics!still not worked it out lol there good solid bits of kit im just in the process of negotiations with my mate to have the tyres off his defender

essexpestcontrol said:

did you disconnect the brakes as they are fixed to the disk/drum and suspension?

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no mate just enough room to get them on with the brake pipes connected just got to be a bit careful when removing struts

ryan168 said:

no mate just enough room to get them on with the brake pipes connected just got to be a bit careful when removing struts

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cheers, I'll attempt mine again

How far did you get?

ryan168 said:

How far did you get?

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http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/has-anyone-here-fitted-lift-kit-249797.html

Separate the struts from the hubs that gives you just enough room to get them on it's tight to do them up i bent a open ended spanner 45 degrees to help i could get to two of them from under the arch but had to do the other from inside the car bit tricky but can be done

ryan168 said:

Separate the struts from the hubs that gives you just enough room to get them on it's tight to do them up i bent a open ended spanner 45 degrees to help i could get to two of them from under the arch but had to do the other from inside the car bit tricky but can be done

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cheers mate, was thinking of the bent spanner trick,lol

To me the rears were the hardest to do the fronts you can take the complete strut out without disconnecting the brake lines just give yourself plenty of time to do the job all the best Ryan

cheers for all the tips ryan, did you keep the same tyres on, and can you see an improved height

No problem bud thats what were all about still got the same tyres on but will go a bit bigger you can see a hight difference.when you do the fronts make sure you check that the track rods wont hit the chassis as mine did had to trim a bit of the chassis not a lot sounds worse than it is to do lol and i had to move the fuel pipe out of the way again sounds worse than it is do!!

cheers mate, lastly, did you put camber bolts on front only or on rear too

Just on the fronts didnt get time today to get it set up drives like a shopping trolly at the moment lol

ryan168 said:

Just on the fronts didnt get time today to get it set up drives like a shopping trolly at the moment lol

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Hopefully not like the kind with the wobbly wheel