haha, I rather wait for a reason than wait for nothing

 

Here's a quick update on the stuff... just got my shocks in. Man they look awesome! Hope to get this stuff on soon. Here's a teaser >>

 

Well, I finally took the plunge and order my OME suspension today! I went with the 883s/890s from toytec.com. I chose the 883s because I have an ARB bullbar, but no winch...yet.

If I already had a winch I would have gone with the 882s, but the 883s are better for my setup now. The guys at toytec also said the 883s will still be fine with a winch (may even be a little better since I'm told the 883s are less prone to sagging than the 882s).

For the shocks, I went with the OME N91SC and N86C comforts. I also paid the extra $100 to have them assemble the front struts with Toyota top plates so I can just R&R the whole strut instead of having to compress the springs and all that. Call me lazy, but I think it's worth $100 to not have to deal with it. I remember when I installed my crappy Daystar spacer lift (which is totally sagging now) the hardest and most time consuming part of the job was assembling the struts.

I can't wait!!!!!

 

Shoulda gotten the 891's .

 

Why? Do you think I'll like them better? They haven't shipped yet so I can still change my order.

 

Depends what you do I suppose. I wish I had gotten them due to the fact that when going out camping or wheeling i'm usually loaded up relatively heavy in the back, and the 890's would sag down. I put in some trim packers to help with that but still. I also have a drawer setup in the rear all the time so the extra load carrying capacity would have been nice.

I don't think the 891's would be all that much stiffer than the 890's, so I personally wouldn't mind having them on my DD rig, though i'm sure some would disagree.

 

Decided since I'm going to be adding a swing-out tire carrier rear bumper soon and I carry a lot of junk usually in the back, I changed my order to 891s. Thanks for the tip CYi5.

 

FYI - to put the coils/shocks back to together, it is worth having a shop do it for you. I did mine at a local Subaru dealer where my buddy is the Service manager. That wall mounted unit is awesome - took me all of 5 minutes a piece - and that was with reading the directions on the wall. The can't charge you too much to do them at a local garage - $50 max. That sure as hell beat doing it by hand...

 

Yeah, that's why I decided to just pay toytec an extra $100 to pre-assemble the struts w/ new Toyota top plates. Plus I don't have to worry about killing myself or someone else if a spring tensioner breaks!

 

so finally found the time today and gathered up a couple buddies to put my lift on. I've gotta say it looks real nice. Pretty bouncy though, I'm hoping the springs settling will reduce this. I'll take some pics tomorrow. We started late and didnt get done till dark. Still need to get my diff drop put on so I'm hoping to do that tomorrow as well.

 

INSTALL ALREADY. LOL. We wanna see it.

 

Get that diff drop in there asap, it only takes about 10 minutes. If you have stock cv axles, it probably won't take long to start flinging grease w/o the diff drop.

 

well, I dont have time to get it on today.. I might after work depending how early I get off tonight. My cv's are already throwin a little grease. The angle is way bad and Im trying to drive as less as I can. My front is waaaayyyyy bouncy, really bad too. What is causing this?

 

JWaldz - What do you mean "bouncy"? Like are you launching over speedbumps or just stiffer than stock?

I jumped on the bandwagon too...
I bought the SS economy kit for the front and OME 890s with N86s and 10mm spacers for the rear. I hope it all gets here around this week.
I have a Revtek spacer lift now, anything I should keep/reuse from it?

 

Bouncy meaning every bump, pothole, bad spot, curb, etc etc I hit my front end starts bouncing all over

 

The 883s are medium duty coils meant for an extra 100lbs. or so in the front (i.e. a winch bumper). That's why your angle is steep and the ride is bouncy. I just got my 883s on (I have an ARB Bullbar) and mine soak up the ruts like nothing. My CV angles look good too (sorry for the bad cell pic, my phone has no flash):



I still got about 2.5" of lift out of the 883s w/ the bumper.

 

It could be the Bilsteins up front too (I have OME comforts).

 

well, the bilsteins are adjustable and I put them on the highest setting. But even if I lower it, it's only about a 1.5" difference.

 

That's your problem. Lower em, 1.5" will make a huge difference on your CV axles and I would bet your ride will improve too. The 883s aren't really meant to be used w/ a spacer (or in this case an adjustable strut/shock). From your pics, you could definitely stand to drop the front a bit. It's good to have a little rake.

 

Looks really good BTW. I've been meaning to post some pics of mine too.