SLROC Forum

As title says, I am looking to lift my RRC about 2", I dont do any off roading at the moment but hope to do so soon & which would only be moderate anyway (until i get the hang of it ). What would be the best way to achieve a lift ? Iv'e seen adverts for body lift kits & suspension lift kits, but i,m confused as what to go for, what are the pro's & con's of each lift or do you need to do both  ? Any guidance would be much appreciated. The main reason for asking is i have the chance to purchase 6 x tyres sized @ 265 x 70 x 16 at a stupidly cheap price.

I'm assuming that by body lift kit, you mean lifting the body up from the chassis, and suspension lift you mean lifting the chassis up from the axles. I would go for the latter, as lifting just the body doesn't achieve much for a lot of work.
As I said in another post,(somewhere), I changed the suspension of my last two RRC's by fitting +2" Procomps all round and fitting Red/White stripe springs to the rear and Green stripe springs to the front. This achieves a lift of about 1.5", but with much more sturdy suspension, ie it doesn't wallow about like RRC's tend to.
I got all the bits from DLS. (not the sofa firm )
By the way, both were RRC 3.5 V8's. We did try red/white stripe springs all round, but it lifted the front too much and gave it the look of a speedboat!!
Geoff

Tony,

Why not try a bit of off-raoding first then decide what your vehicle needs. Its pretty capable off-road as it is if its got decent tyres.

Gene.

I'd agree with Gene. Stiffening the suspension does also lose some of the axle articulation that RRC's are famed for. Before I modded my first one, the axles used to hit the bump stops resulting eventually in all four engine/gearbox mounts splitting. Unfortunately it happened at Coulport one sunny Sunday afternoon.
Geoff

Tony,

Why not try a bit of off-raoding first then decide what your vehicle needs. Its pretty capable off-road as it is if its got decent tyres.

Gene.

He makes a good point, the only real need to start lifting the car is to get bigger tyres under. Get a decent set or standard size muds on and see how you get on.

Regarding tyres, I've always used 205/16 Diamond Backs on RRC's, except once I had 750/16 XCL's which were good in mud but terrible on wet grass!!
Geoff

Thanks for all the advice guy's, would 265 x 70 x16 fit without lifting ? Just bought 6 tyres from a mate at a price i couldn't turn down, or am going have to sell these for a more standard size, ie, whats on now is a set (goosed) 235 x 70 x 16 ? Thanks.