Any lift kits for Series vehicles?

[300bhp/ton]

Just been having a look around and I can find plenty of standard or Parabolic suspension kits for Series Land Rovers but haven't seen a single lift kit for them.

Anyone know of any?

[pickuprover]

Originally Posted by 300bhp/ton

Just been having a look around and I can find plenty of standard or Parabolic suspension kits for Series Land Rovers but haven't seen a single lift kit for them.

Anyone know of any?

I assume you mean body lift. If so I have never seen one, but the amount of work needed would not make it really feasable. The tabs that hold it to the rear cross memeber would have to be lengthened, the bulkhead to the outrigger, the seat box.........

As for suspension lifts, there are the extended military shakles which provide some lift.. the parabolics usually give at least and inch of lift as well.... but I would really wonder why you would want a lot more height on a series truck...

[AAXD]

Gone2Far over on your side of the pond makes a pretty neat suspension kit that uses revolving shackles. Not much of a lift, but it provides a lot more droop which in my opinion would be more desirable than a lift in a series rover.

[300bhp/ton]

Originally Posted by pickuprover

I assume you mean body lift.

Na sorry my bad was meaning suspension lift.

Originally Posted by pickuprover

As for suspension lifts, there are the extended military shakles which provide some lift.. the parabolics usually give at least and inch of lift as well.... but I would really wonder why you would want a lot more height on a series truck...

I had assumed a shackle lift would work, but hadn't seen anything listed on any of the suppliers here in the UK.

As for why, well the same reason as on any truck I guess, more ground clearance, better approach, departure and breakaway angles and the ability to run bigger tyres and look more bad ass.

With a good setup leafs will flex well and the YJ Jeep is leaf yet most lift them by 4"+ as a rule.

[300bhp/ton]

Originally Posted by AAXD

Gone2Far over on your side of the pond makes a pretty neat suspension kit that uses revolving shackles. Not much of a lift, but it provides a lot more droop which in my opinion would be more desirable than a lift in a series rover.

Yeah I do know of Gone2Far but their website was down (think it still is) and I couldn't remember what they did exactly.

Not really looking for anything too extreme, but a 2" lift or so would be desirable with some good parabolics

[pickuprover]

Look into a set of Rocky Mountain Parabolics. They give and average of over a god inch of lift if your springs are in good shape, upwards of 2 or more if the old springs are a little worn... if you want more than that, then look at the military shackles, (I believe that paddocks over there have them...) but I am not positive on what is needed to switch over to them...

[300bhp/ton]

Cheers

[braganjackson11]

with the extended military shackles you will be able to fit 35's under with a little wider off set wheel, i know that it won't rub on the leafs or the frame at full lock however i cannot say whether or not any fender trimming would be required for the extreme flex situations.

also once you get the military shackles you might have vibration problems in the stock 88" driveshafts which can easily be fixed with a high angle U Joint or CV joint on the rear. on the 88" you'll also have to be careful of the front drive shaft rubbing on one of the crossmembers in the hairy flex situations.

i had heard that as a result of just placing the extended/military shackles on the truck it can throw the angles off between the differentials, both front and back, and the transfer case. (the military frames came with a different length fixed spring mount on the chassis to keep the angles correct). to fix the problem all you would need to do is place a wedge shaped piece of metal between the axle housing and the springs and tighten the U-bolts down to correct the angles

[pickuprover]

Alot of times, even with just the parabolics, you need to do the wedge, but unfortunately, usually you do not know till the springs are on..... one reason I love a 109, less chance of needing to shim the axles....

[300bhp/ton]

All good info, thanks.

I can't find any Military shackles, but CP Components do replacement shackles which give a 1" lift according to their website.

35's on a Series would look awsome

[pickuprover]

Watch going to big on the tires, not sure what engine you have in that truck, but you can run out of torque real fast with the big tires if you have the 2.25 petrol engine in it...

[300bhp/ton]

It's a diesel, so plenty of grunt even if it is lacking power.

Think I'll go for some 33.12.50's to be honest as they are pretty cheap and easy to buy.

[acornhoek]

FWIW.......I put TIC parabolics and Revolver Shackles on the 109 about 4 years ago. Gave it a nice lift and some great flex.........still performing flawlessly today.

[roverX]

You can go with a tall tire just fine. It's when you go with wider tires that you will run into power issues.

[300bhp/ton]

yeah I keep looking around and am still undecided.

Ideally I'd love to go for something like 33.12.50 but these are expensive and not so easy to find in the UK. For a lot less money I can get a much better tread pattern in 265/75R16 or 235/85R16. Possibly a tad too small but I think I'll just have to wait and see. I've got some 33.11.50's on my Discovery and a set of 31.10.50's that Ii can try out and see if they fit, how they look and how they perform.