Hi All,

I have been searching for a decent lift kit for my FL2. There is absolutely nothing in Australia, hoping there is a decent kit elsewhere. Any assistance would be much appreciated. It's ok to be ugly, but you've overdone it!

Pooga wrote:

Hi All,

I have been searching for a decent lift kit for my FL2. There is absolutely nothing in Australia, hoping there is a decent kit elsewhere. Any assistance would be much appreciated.

Not quite sure what you mean by a lift kit  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
Stornoway Grey with Ebony Black Pleather, Clear Indicators, Body Side Mouldings etc.

The kit extends the suspension struts giving more ground clearance. but possibly upsetting the suspension geometry and over extending the drive shafts. Only needed for more serious off roading At work
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chicken george wrote:

The kit extends the suspension struts giving more ground clearance. but possibly upsetting the suspension geometry and over extending the drive shafts. Only needed for more serious off roading

MORE GROUND CLEARANCE  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
Stornoway Grey with Ebony Black Pleather, Clear Indicators, Body Side Mouldings etc.

There is a kit available for Freelie 1 from Scorpion Racing - gives the max of 2" lift as after that on a Freelander1 you need to do all sorts of other mods to the drive train. Even a 2" lift on a F1 introduced quite a few problems with extra wear on components as commented on by CG. How can carbon have a footprint, it has no feet?
Now driving - RRE Coupe Dynamic Lux Auto with Plus pack, Fuji White, Ebony, SD4 with tow pack
Gone - 2010MY FFRR TDv8 Stornoway and Ivory, Privacy - the pace of a TDv8 RRS, the incomparable grace of a Range Rover
Gone but will be missed- RRS Tdv8 HSE Stornoway Grey with Ebony Leather
Gone (only a little missed) RRS Tdv6 2.7SE Giverny Green/Aspen
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Found this at the weekend. http://www.matzker.de/index.php?cPath=30_37

Some good looking stuff, like the idea of Disco 3 wheels, mud terrain tyres, lift kit, and more power.

I know Duckworth parts sells Matzker stuff in the UK for the Disco 3, bet they could get the FL2 bits. Not sure about Oz though, perhaps there is an importer, or you could get them imported yourself.

Rich

rmbillington wrote:

Found this at the weekend. http://www.matzker.de/index.php?cPath=30_37

Some good looking stuff, like the idea of Disco 3 wheels, mud terrain tyres, lift kit, and more power.

I know Duckworth parts sells Matzker stuff in the UK for the Disco 3, bet they could get the FL2 bits. Not sure about Oz though, perhaps there is an importer, or you could get them imported yourself.

Rich

Interesting.
Altough the price of 1395 Eur for 26 HP and 60 Nm is sort of high they are offering a 3year/10000Km warranty and TUV certificate and change of power in your car certificate/registration which is rather interesting as it would replace the lost warranty if LR finds out about the remap. Don't know if it's legal inother countries then Germany .
As I do not tow or intend to tow it does not seem interesting to me but for caravan towers maybe/
This will surely atract some comments about caravans needed to be towed.
It may be as they say that adapting for wider wheels as D3 or RRS will improove comfort (which I find excelent as it is) but it will surely decrease mpg as the cotact surface increases.
Nice spot RMB will definately rereand your link as I am on the run now FREELANDER 2 TD4 SE (XS UK) IZMIR BLUE SIDE STEPS COLD PACK BI-XENON TINTED WINDOWS - AND PROUD OF HER

translation of rmb's link

Track / Radnabenadapter Freelander2
This light metal track adapted the hole diameter from 108mm to 120mm. The surface is black anodized. This allows the rim of Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Discovery 3 or enhancement wheels mounted. The adapter causes a track of 56 mm and is for rims with the standard offset. A variant is empfehlenserte e.g. the assembly of the 7-spoke 20''Felge Range Rover, with 255/50R20 tires. This wheel provides a significant improvement of road situation with a subtly-powerful optics (see illustration). The driving comfort and terrain features are due to the high diameter excellent. It may also 18''Discovery the 5-spoke wheels with 255/60R18 tires of All Terrain Conti or general assembly. The all-round qualities of a tire AT are grounds for occasional trips a significant advantage (See under the heading 'Press', our Freelander test in the scientific journal Off Road). With the 19''6-spoke rim of the Discovery and the Good Yerar MTR afterwards, the Freelander 2 to the pure off-roader. The rough MT-profile offers itself in deep mud or traction. There are also a variety of options with this adapter feasible. The track with Radnabenadapter with TÜV parts advice. The tire and wheel selection, the tech. Conditions for eligibility to consider! AW 19 assembly details
$ 695.00 At work
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Matzker do same very good stuff for RRS and D3 (and I suppose it could be fitted to a FFRR too) - trick suspension stuff that fools the ECU so you can drive at high speed with the air suspension on access mode or have a super extended offroad height................ as well as doing all the other fancy stuff to enhance the off road or on road performance of the cars.
I have some articles scanned into my gallery on RRS:
For their Disco3 https://www.rrsport.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=413
For their RRS https://www.rrsport.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=515 How can carbon have a footprint, it has no feet?
Now driving - RRE Coupe Dynamic Lux Auto with Plus pack, Fuji White, Ebony, SD4 with tow pack
Gone - 2010MY FFRR TDv8 Stornoway and Ivory, Privacy - the pace of a TDv8 RRS, the incomparable grace of a Range Rover
Gone but will be missed- RRS Tdv8 HSE Stornoway Grey with Ebony Leather
Gone (only a little missed) RRS Tdv6 2.7SE Giverny Green/Aspen
Defender 90 County HT in Epsom Green

translation of RMB link regarding the chipping

Sporting driving performance for your Freelander automatic or 6 speed! The FX 4 credit highlights the increasing power by 26 horsepower and torque by 60 Nm. Especially early in the adjacent increased torque brings an impressive force in the development Freelander. The Durchzugskraft is increased ability and even accelerated the vehicle with ease. The maximum speed is achieved and swiftly. Because of the high agility and flexibility, the handling quality of the Freelander a whole, one can schaltfaul well as sports. The fuel consumption is growing only in permanent decline in performance in more limited extent, under normal driving fortunately he drops significantly since earlier hochgeschaltet. The increase in performance consists of a module and an exact assembled harness system with connectors, connecting with a few simple steps can just as quickly the additional computer can also be expanded. The maintenance intervals of Td4 Motors remain unchanged. The performance improvement FX 4 is a TÜV parts advice, and the Euro 4 standards are met, the system is the particulate filter-tolerated and you will get the green particulate plate for your vehicle. The price includes house is our guarantee, from approval of three years or 100000km. Excluding installation 1.395,00 euros, plus installation AW 19 TÜV entry. Available. Details
$ 1,395.00
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Thank you for contributing your translation suggestion to Google Translate.We'll use your suggestion to improve translation quality in future updates to our system. Sporting driving performance for your Freelander automatic or 6 speed! The FX 4 credit highlights the increasing power by 26 horsepower and torque by 60 Nm. Especially early in the adjacent increased torque brings an impressive force in the development Freelander. The Durchzugskraft is increased ability and even accelerated the vehicle with ease. The maximum speed is achieved and swiftly. Because of the high agility and flexibility, the handling quality of the Freelander a whole, one can schaltfaul well as sports. The fuel consumption is growing only in permanent decline in performance in more limited extent, under normal driving fortunately he drops significantly since earlier hochgeschaltet. The increase in performance consists of a module and an exact assembled harness system with connectors, connecting with a few simple steps can just as quickly the additional computer can also be expanded. The maintenance intervals of Td4 Motors remain unchanged. The performance improvement FX 4 is a TÜV parts advice, and the Euro 4 standards are met, the system is the particulate filter-tolerated and you will get the green particulate plate for your vehicle. The price includes house is our guarantee, from approval of three years or 100000km. Excluding installation 1.395,00 euros, plus installation AW 19 TÜV entry. Available. Details <br> $ 1,395.00 FREELANDER 2 TD4 SE (XS UK) IZMIR BLUE SIDE STEPS COLD PACK BI-XENON TINTED WINDOWS - AND PROUD OF HER

Pooga - have you had any luck with your search? I'm also in Oz and would kill for a 2" lift or even 1". 2007 TD4 SE

No I have had no luck at this stage. I have a few tricks up my sleeve though. I am going to take my car to Ritter Automotive in Melbourne, they are Land Rover Specialists and have manufactured alot of their own equipment for other Land Rover models. They have been extremely helpful with everything. I am going to leave my car with them for a day so they can take some measurements etc.. I will keep everyone updated with their progress.

Im unsure why everyone on here keeps saying why would you do that, its only for serious off roading... I mean honestly, what off roading are you guys doing?? The FL2 needs a lift kit and possibly even a body lift and some decent tyres for even the most basic of off road tracks. At the moment I could more than likely get a 2wd car as far as what I could get my FL2. Although I have taken my FL2 into some basic areas and it outperformed my expections, just tyres and ground clearance let it down. I think we some nice little modifications the FL2 will be unstoppable.

I am now going to fit a set of 20s for the road and take my 17s and fit some decent tyres for my off roading. Im going away with Land Cruisers, Jeeps etc.. and need to hold my own! Also on order is a digital power box chip which I can play with to increase hp and torque etc... It is a Mal Electronics unit and was very well priced for what it can do. (199 euro) It is a digital unit and has quite a few settings to play with. Should see this within a week. Also going to fit some bling, smoked side indicators and some chrome mouldings over the black. I will throw some pictures up when its finished. It's ok to be ugly, but you've overdone it!

Pooga wrote:

Im unsure why everyone on here keeps saying why would you do that, its only for serious off roading... I mean honestly, what off roading are you guys doing??

Mainly because here in the UK most rough roads are private and closed to the public or thanks to rambling clubs closed to vehicles as well.
So in the UK fitting a lift kit would only be for the serious off road enthusiast. Most of us only use the FL2 on the highway where a lift kit would be a disadvantage.

I didn't mean I disapprove of lift kits, just that there arn't many in the UK who would really need then. Good luck in your search. At work
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http://www.metacafe.com/watch/144016/iceland_offroad/
 2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
Stornoway Grey with Ebony Black Pleather, Clear Indicators, Body Side Mouldings etc.

Iceland has a great landscape and they love taking a regular 4x4 and modding them.

Went over there a couple of times and another part of the company I was dealing with is the VW, Skoda, Audi and Mitsubishi dealer, and if you had seen the mods they make to brand new Shogun's (Pajero's) to fit large tyres on its crazy.....and for vehciles that are used daily on the road!

Moving the rear axle back several inches and cutting wheel arches and fenders to suit.  Once you've tasted GREY you'll never go back!