Alright guys,

Thought I'd start a thread for the Disco I picked up last year and it's progress.

Here it is as we picked it up; standard Pre-facelift Disco 2 TD5 ES, in epsom green with ACE and SLS. 170K on the clock but in great nick.



The only rust was the common bits on the chassis either side of the fuel tank which I cut out and plated up straight away before it got any worse.





Within 10 minutes of being back after picking it up my 3 year old son dove into his toy box and bought this back!



Maybe it's meant to be!

First modification came when the tyres required changing. I found a set of 5 18" alloys with very near new road bias tyres for a good price.



Fitted and trying out the good articulation the ACE system allows. Had more to give but couldn't find anything else in the garage to drive up (safely).





Just because I fitted bigger alloys and road tyres didn't mean I was going to shy away from using the Disco as Land Rover intended. So with the only other modification being the removal of the side steps, we attended the local Pay&Play and got it muddy for what was probably the first time in it's life judging by the condition when we bought it.



I was very impressed with how far the disco could get even with no center diff lock and on it's road tyres.

After few more trips and some bumper trimming and we were going most places the more seriously modded trucks could with the only major problem being diff clearance on the deeper rutted tracks and the plow of a tow bar fitted to the back.

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The only time we've ever got stuck has been going through here. The wife was driving and stopped when it got deeper than she expected instead of keeping her momentum going.



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So fast forward about 6 months and getting more into off-roading/Green laning; I decided to sort those few drawbacks one at a time.

A Discovery 1 diff lock was fitted to help out the standard traction control.

Before:



After:



The TC now only has to shift power left and right on each axel as the CDL locks it 50/50 front to back. It only kicks in about half as much now and when it does it's effect on forward motion is much quicker with less "working it".

The diff clearance was rectified by fitting a set of General grabber AT2's in 265/75r16 size on the original alloys (I sold the 18's for the same as I bought them for 6 months prior which was nice )





These needed a slight lift in the form of Terrafirma medium duty +2" front springs and 2" rear bag spacers with +2" dampers all round





The result:





For the times when the diffs still take the occasional knock I've also fitted wrap around guards front and rear




Unfortunately with all that extra ground clearance the wife decided she wanted the side steps refitted as she's only short :doh: :lol:



And if that last pic looks too clean here's the "before" to prove that it still sees the brown stuff