just getting in from my road test, which consisted of driving all over the city hitting bumps, driving on crappy roads or those under construction, and some highway driving. it's decent. still bumpier than I'd hoped for, AND the rear end is pretty tall still. don't much care for that. I mean, it's probably 2" higher than before, and that was 2" over stock, so I'm looking at the rear end jacked up about 4". it's enough that I noticed I seem to be looking down at the road now, and my headlights need adjusting.

OME seems to pride itself on suspension systems that won't sag, so I think I'm in denial thinking that this will settle in. I'm probably going to have to pull a leaf.

Ratty, to answer your question, my shackle angle's not too far off vertical. I'm actually pretty surprised by that. in fact, the more I think about it, I'm going to have to phone them tomorrow. I seem to remember something in my reading on other sites about two spring lengths. one of the things I noticed yesterday was that these OME springs seem a bit shorter than my old Skyjacker ones. ARB didn't mention the option when I phoned them, but I need to get some answers here. I'm not quite satisfied with what I've got going on right now.

a longer spring would provide more flex right?

Last edited by yodta; 09/29/09 02:27 AM.

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