shocks: Blistein or OME
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shocks: Blistein or OME
Decisions... I am getting OME rear coils in the next couple of weeks.
Looking at shocks to get. (all 4)
Old Man Emu Mediums (not the heavey duty)
Blistiens
Which one to get? I do a lot of highway traveling some off-road (down fire roads and back county trails)
Looking at shocks to get. (all 4)
Old Man Emu Mediums (not the heavey duty)
Blistiens
Which one to get? I do a lot of highway traveling some off-road (down fire roads and back county trails)
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bilsteins were worth in my rig. i do alot of snow driving in t he winter and off road the bilsteins are just incredible. buy 'em at autozone if you do, they have good prices and you get the lifetime deal for them there.
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Go with OME. I just swapped out my Bilstein for them. Bilsteins have a soft boot and because of this, I was not able to uninstall the shocks without damaging them. OME's seemed to be built better. The ride is good too, not as harsh as the high pressured billies.
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If you are primarily on road, I would get the bils. If you do a bit of wheeling get the OMEs. I had the HD coils on the bils and my truck rode like it was on rails in the corners. It was on the harsher side, but i'm young and don't mind it. Espcially when you get such good handling (if you saw the road I drive to work you'd understand). Plus, I was completely confident. I think of it as a safety thing. Yeah, you don't get as much flex out of them or bla bla bla, but when avoiding an accident... i'd rather be on the bils.
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Originally Posted by TStango
Go with OME. I just swapped out my Bilstein for them. Bilsteins have a soft boot and because of this, I was not able to uninstall the shocks without damaging them. OME's seemed to be built better. The ride is good too, not as harsh as the high pressured billies.
Can't you just use a allen key to keep the "soft boot" from rotating while you losen the nut with an open end wrench. Just the reverse of installation?
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Originally Posted by CMD93
Can't you just use a allen key to keep the "soft boot" from rotating while you losen the nut with an open end wrench. Just the reverse of installation?
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Bilsteins are stiffer shocks.... If you like the plush ride and better ride offroad i'd go OME....I dont care what everyone says but bilsteins do have harsh onroad ride.
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which ones have more of a choice for length??? im puttin ball joint spacers in the front and cruiser coils in the back, right now for the front im looking at rancho, just because i can look and see what the extended and copressed length of each shock they carry is.
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