disco_mikey · Jun 16, 2012

Before:

During:

After:

More ground clearance (to the diffs) than the 300 Disco sat next to it in the last picture, and a fair lift compared to a standard F/L

Now, off to find some mud!

Diesel Do · Jun 16, 2012

Looking good

what tyres did you go for in the end?

Salisburylander · Jun 16, 2012

It does look good! I might even try it myself!

freelander2002 · Jun 16, 2012

did you fit the type of ebay? do they just sit between the shock and the body?

ta

disco_mikey · Jun 16, 2012

Diesel Do said:
Looking good what tyres did you go for in the end?

215 R15 Technic Trackers:

The price was right (paid £10 for them, and £20 for the wheels!) as was the M/T pattern. Bloody noisy though, and wont get much bigger tyres without spacers/modulars, due to the distance between the tyres and struts...

I ended up buying 4x camber bolts, one for each corner and having a proper 4 wheel alignment done. All the rear link bushes were well worn, so these were replaced, and the arms freed off at the same time for the alignment to be done

Diesel Do · Jun 16, 2012

Bargain. Makes up for the cost of the lift

my kumhos are bloody noisy too. But proper tyres look the nuts on them.

disco_mikey · Jun 16, 2012

freelander2002 said:
did you fit the type of ebay? do they just sit between the shock and the body?

ta

Yup, thought about bigger/stronger springs, but a lift kit was much cheaper. Paid £50 from Ebay for it, and another £40 for camber bolts.

There is a recurring theme here. See if you can spot it!

Diesel Do said:
Bargain. Makes up for the cost of the lift my kumhos are bloody noisy too. But proper tyres look the nuts on them.

It does look a bit gay with standard size wheels and tyres

Diesel Do · Jun 16, 2012

disco_mikey said:
Yup, thought about bigger/stronger springs, but a lift kit was much cheaper. Paid £50 from Ebay for it, and another £40 for camber bolts.

There is a recurring theme here. See if you can spot it!

Erm you're very frugal with your money?
Worked out a dammed sight cheaper than mine

disco_mikey · Jun 16, 2012

The car stands me at £550, including buying it (as a non-runner), getting it running, MOT, lift kit + bolts, wheels and tyres, bushes etc...

Try buying a tratter for that kind of money

WLJayne · Jun 16, 2012

This is on my list of things to do when cash allows. This and a full set of modulars and BFG AT's

.

Will.

disco_mikey · Jun 16, 2012

Just need to find an easy way to stop the steering arms fouling the inner wings...

waldershelf · Jun 16, 2012

Looks good, It will go bang the first time it sees some serious off roading though.

Duncp73 · Jun 16, 2012

disco_mikey said:
Just need to find an easy way to stop the steering arms fouling the inner wings...

Cut the wings.

crockett007 · Jun 16, 2012

How does it drive, DM ? Looks like a good job, and for the cost of it all, fair play too

disco_mikey · Jun 16, 2012

waldershelf said:
Looks good, It will go bang the first time it sees some serious off roading though.

Already done some serious off-roading in a Freelander. Only issue was lack of ground clearance, which has now been resolved

And if it does need a head gasket, the car will still not have cost me much at all.
As said, try buying a Defender for £500

Duncp73 said:
Cut the wings.

Done that. Cut them down to level with the top of the chassis rails. Only way to cure it fully would be to cut a chunk out of the chassis rail, and have it welded up...

crockett007 said:
How does it drive, DM ? Looks like a good job, and for the cost of it all, fair play too

Drives all right, apart from the tyre noise. Never noticed how noisy M/T tyres are, but a Freebie is a bit more 'refined' than a tractor, so you notice it more

Front end feels a bit light. Not sure if the tracking is still out, or whether its down to the tyres. Will need to stick the alloys + A/T tyres back on, and see what happens, and have the tracking checked, at least...

Mainwaring · Jun 20, 2012

The light front end will prob be down to the tyres shifting a bit because of the deeper tread I suspect, I had the exact same on my old series 3 when I fitted M/T tyres to it.

I like the hum of off roads tyres in the morning

Diesel Do · Jun 20, 2012

disco_mikey said:
Already done some serious off-roading in a Freelander. Only issue was lack of ground clearance, which has now been resolved
And if it does need a head gasket, the car will still not have cost me much at all.
As said, try buying a Defender for £500

Done that. Cut them down to level with the top of the chassis rails. Only way to cure it fully would be to cut a chunk out of the chassis rail, and have it welded up...

Drives all right, apart from the tyre noise. Never noticed how noisy M/T tyres are, but a Freebie is a bit more 'refined' than a tractor, so you notice it more

Front end feels a bit light. Not sure if the tracking is still out, or whether its down to the tyres. Will need to stick the alloys + A/T tyres back on, and see what happens, and have the tracking checked, at least...

Mine was horrible at first. Camber bolts improved it no end, but it improved over the fist 100 miles or so. I think the tyres needed to settle in a bit.
It handles pretty well now. It does roll more, but I'm happy with it.

disco_mikey · Jun 22, 2012

Mainwaring said:
The light front end will prob be down to the tyres shifting a bit because of the deeper tread I suspect, I had the exact same on my old series 3 when I fitted M/T tyres to it.

I like the hum of off roads tyres in the morning

Diesel Do said:
Mine was horrible at first. Camber bolts improved it no end, but it improved over the fist 100 miles or so. I think the tyres needed to settle in a bit.
It handles pretty well now. It does roll more, but I'm happy with it.

Have now done around 200 miles in it. Tyres have quitened down fairly well. It is now bearable at 60/70mph. Still a horrific whine at 30mph though, 28 or 32 is fine though

Still a light front end, but its fine with normal tyres on it

Camber bolts are a must, at least on the front end, and preferably a 4 wheel alignment. Cheap enough when you have access to the equipment

thequeenscheese · Jun 22, 2012

How do you find the handling on road cornering / roll etc? think about it myself but i do a fair amount of road driving with weight in the back..

Diesel Do · Jun 23, 2012

thequeenscheese said:
How do you find the handling on road cornering / roll etc? think about it myself but i do a fair amount of road driving with weight in the back..

Just done 340 mile round trip to the Bristol show. Really happy with the handling and the brakes. Biggest issue was mendip hills with the large tyres and gearing!

2" lift. 225/75/16 mud terrains. Camber bolts.

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