OME Suspension Lift
I ordered the OME 3" heavy duty suspension lift from 4Crawler. I got the 4 shocks, the springs, the caster kit and the steering stabilizer.
At about 8:30 at night my buddy and I decided to see what was involved in installing it, and by 10:00 we had the front shocks and springs installed.
Installation was straight forward, We jacked up the frame, then pulled the tires. We compressed the springs, and they came out easy enough. Putting the springs back in required us to fidgit with the rubber bumpstops inside the spring, but they were easy to remove and reinstall with the springs so they posed little issue.
The shock installation was straight forward.
The following day I went to work installing the springs and shocks on the rear-end by myself. There was much less room to work with, and the bump stops don't come out like they do on the front. To get around the problem I disconnected the sway bar on the right side, this worked well, but after installing the spring and shocks on the right side, the left side REALLY didn't want to come down any more. In fact, disconnecting the sway bar caused the axle to shift up instead of down. If my impact gun was able to loosen the bolts for the Panhard rod I probably could have freed up more space, but as it was I did the best I could with spring compressors and pry bars. It still only took a few mintues to install.
I measured the truck before and after install, and I gained 3.5 inches on the front, and 5 inches on the rear.
At about 8:30 at night my buddy and I decided to see what was involved in installing it, and by 10:00 we had the front shocks and springs installed.
Installation was straight forward, We jacked up the frame, then pulled the tires. We compressed the springs, and they came out easy enough. Putting the springs back in required us to fidgit with the rubber bumpstops inside the spring, but they were easy to remove and reinstall with the springs so they posed little issue.
The shock installation was straight forward.
The following day I went to work installing the springs and shocks on the rear-end by myself. There was much less room to work with, and the bump stops don't come out like they do on the front. To get around the problem I disconnected the sway bar on the right side, this worked well, but after installing the spring and shocks on the right side, the left side REALLY didn't want to come down any more. In fact, disconnecting the sway bar caused the axle to shift up instead of down. If my impact gun was able to loosen the bolts for the Panhard rod I probably could have freed up more space, but as it was I did the best I could with spring compressors and pry bars. It still only took a few mintues to install.
I measured the truck before and after install, and I gained 3.5 inches on the front, and 5 inches on the rear.
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