How much does it cost to fit a 2" lift kit to a land rover is there any mechanics on the on here that can help

i just want to know because i am pricing up everything for my land rover defender 300 tdi hard top|||Hi


If you mean to raise the height of your land rover that is quite cheap just by using longer spring hangers .














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Hope this helps|||It depends if you fit it yourself or if you pay someone to fit it.


The cheapest brands are from suppliers like John Craddocks, Britpart and Paddocks or MM. They tend to sell ProComp kits which are a good budget brand. Google the names for the websites.


Frogs Island 4x4 also sell Terrafirma lift kits which are new to the market but good quality.


For more expensive quality parts look at the Scorpion Racing website for De Carbon shocks and and their various kits. Old Man Emu are regarded as the top 'off-the'shelf' brand of springs and shocks - check out the Devon 4x4 for these.


Price wise about 拢200 should ket you a decent budget kit like ProComp from somewhere like Paddocks. Budget 拢400+ for an Old Man Emu kit. If you don't want to fit yourself (it's a fairly straight forward job) budget another 拢100 or so more for labour at your local garage).


Bear in mind that when you lift your Land Rover you may cause yourself a few problems, it varies with all Land Rovers but you may notice some problems with your propshaft. Above a 1" lift the castor angle will be thrown out so you may need to think about getting castor correct frotn radius arms or eccentric bushes in the axle. If you don't the steering will be less effective and won't correct itself as well as standard.So handling and cornering may be poorer.


You will also be stressing the propshaft universal joints more because the height difference between the gearbox output shaft and the differential flange will be greater. If this causes problems after a while you can buy and fit wide yoke probshafts or double-carden joints.


Personally I would just fit the basic lift kit, drive it for a while and then if you have problems later worry about the propshaft and the radius arms many people don't bother as they are not always necessary.


While you are fiddling with your springs and shocks you might want to replace your suspension bushes as well. You could upgrade these to polyurethene items - Polybush and Superpro are good brands. This is where you could swap them for eccentric or angled bushed to deal with the castor angle problem.This will improve the ride and handling too.


You may also need to fit longer brake lines as if you off road with your lift kit the extra suspension travel may overstretch and snap the standard brake lines which you really don;t want! The companies I mentioned earlier sell these.


If you want help on how to fit these most of the Land Rover magazines have covered how to fit a lift kit so check their back issues e.g. Land Rover Owner or Land Rover Monthly.


There are also workshop manuals like the Haynes range which won't specifically cover fittign a lift kit but do cover replacing your standard suspension and it is basically the same procedure.


Or you could join an online Land Rover forum (for free) like LandyZone, LR4x4, landrovernet or the Land Rover Owner forum and post a question on there for help and advice on how to fit it,or search the forum archives for previous posts. If you ask on one of those forums locally people who live locally might even be willing to come around and give you a hand!


I hope this helps. Good Luck!





Some companies who sell suspension upgrades:


(check the adverts in the Land Rover magazines for others)





http://www.mm-4x4.com/spring-lift-kit---2-inch-lift---includes-free-delivery-within-mainland-uk-2201-p.asp





http://www.scorpionracing.co.uk/





http://www.devon4x4.com/component/option,com_shop/Itemid,67/sitelang,en/mode,browse/cat,134/showcaticons,no





http://www.paddockspares.com/scp/DEFENDER/Suspension.html





http://www.johncraddockltd.co.uk/