Up Up And Away!

[nfpgasmask]

OK, so gearing up. On deck to get ordered are the OME rear springs. Now, Rocky-road lists both a medium duty and heavy duty for $66.02. I assume the price is for one spring. The prices are the same for both. Clint: you said you ordered the medium duty, correct? Anyone else care to comment here? I am going to contact Rocky-road for a little clarification, too.

Also, if I order the OME shocks for the front and rear, should I notice a softer ride? Any opinions here?

Also, I plan to order the Boot kit:
http://www.independent4x.com/item.jh...0&PRID=1081216

Also, I am considering this kit:
http://www.independent4x.com/item.jh...0&PRID=1221569

Is anyone running the above brake line upgrade? Opinions? If I order this, I will probably have a brake shop install.

Thanks - Bart

[etlsport]

OK, so gearing up. On deck to get ordered are the OME rear springs. Now, Rocky-road lists both a medium duty and heavy duty for $66.02. I assume the price is for one spring. The prices are the same for both. Clint: you said you ordered the medium duty, correct? Anyone else care to comment here? I am going to contact Rocky-road for a little clarification, too.

Also, if I order the OME shocks for the front and rear, should I notice a softer ride? Any opinions here?

Also, I plan to order the Boot kit:
http://www.independent4x.com/item.jh...0&PRID=1081216

Also, I am considering this kit:
http://www.independent4x.com/item.jh...0&PRID=1221569

Is anyone running the above brake line upgrade? Opinions? If I order this, I will probably have a brake shop install.

Thanks - Bart

thats the brake kit im running.. they get two thumbs up in my book, i did have trouble with one leaking at first, took 3 attempts to get it o there right but it eventually did go and have had 9 months of trouble free braking

[nfpgasmask]

thats the brake kit im running.. they get two thumbs up in my book, i did have trouble with one leaking at first, took 3 attempts to get it o there right but it eventually did go and have had 9 months of trouble free braking

Was the leaking something the installer did wrong or was it more of a fitment problem unrelated to the installation?

Thanks,

Bart

[BigSwede]

OK, so gearing up. On deck to get ordered are the OME rear springs. Now, Rocky-road lists both a medium duty and heavy duty for $66.02. I assume the price is for one spring. The prices are the same for both. Clint: you said you ordered the medium duty, correct? Anyone else care to comment here? I am going to contact Rocky-road for a little clarification, too.

Also, if I order the OME shocks for the front and rear, should I notice a softer ride? Any opinions here?

Probably not, unless you already have stiff aftermarket shocks...In my experience (Troopers, not VXs BTW) OME Nitrochargers are firmer than the stock shocks, but are not harsh. I think they are outstanding shocks, ruggedly built, and controlled ride under all circumstances on and off road (I have them on my Trooper). And more control is important if you get bigger/heavier tires, too.

As a general rule, lifting the front via torsion bar adjustment tends to make the ride harsher due to the increasingly vertical angles of the control arms. But at 2" lift you probably won't notice that much at all, it is much more noticable beyond 3" lift.

Regarding the coils, the 912s are firmer and carry loads better than stock Trooper coils, but their progressive rate keeps them riding nice. As for the 919 heavy duty coils, consider that a softer coil helps with axle articulation off road. So I recommend the 912s unless you carry around your entire tool collection like Ldub.

[nfpgasmask]

Probably not, unless you already have stiff aftermarket shocks...In my experience (Troopers, not VXs BTW) OME Nitrochargers are firmer than the stock shocks, but are not harsh. I think they are outstanding shocks, ruggedly built, and controlled ride under all circumstances on and off road (I have them on my Trooper). And more control is important if you get bigger/heavier tires, too.

As a general rule, lifting the front via torsion bar adjustment tends to make the ride harsher due to the increasingly vertical angles of the control arms. But at 2" lift you probably won't notice that much at all, it is much more noticable beyond 3" lift.

Regarding the coils, the 912s are firmer and carry loads better than stock Trooper coils, but their progressive rate keeps them riding nice. As for the 919 heavy duty coils, consider that a softer coil helps with axle articulation off road. So I recommend the 912s unless you carry around your entire tool collection like Ldub.

Great, thanks for the info. Exactly what I needed.

Bart

[Ascinder]

Also, I am considering this kit:
http://www.independent4x.com/item.jh...0&PRID=1221569

Is anyone running the above brake line upgrade? Opinions? If I order this, I will probably have a brake shop install.

That's what I have on if you want to see it in person. It's (very)easy to install, it's the bleeding that takes the time. I also used this:

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

and this:

http://www.rotorsandpads.com/AteSupe...SUPERBLUE.aspx

I agree with etlsport on the system being a bit leaky, but once you tighten down all the lines and get that infernal right rear clip seated right it's fine.

[CrnCnn]

OK, so gearing up. On deck to get ordered are the OME rear springs. Now, Rocky-road lists both a medium duty and heavy duty for $66.02. I assume the price is for one spring. The prices are the same for both. Clint: you said you ordered the medium duty, correct? Anyone else care to comment here? I am going to contact Rocky-road for a little clarification, too.

Also, if I order the OME shocks for the front and rear, should I notice a softer ride? Any opinions here?

Also, I plan to order the Boot kit:
http://www.independent4x.com/item.jh...0&PRID=1081216

Also, I am considering this kit:
http://www.independent4x.com/item.jh...0&PRID=1221569

Is anyone running the above brake line upgrade? Opinions? If I order this, I will probably have a brake shop install.

Thanks - Bart

By the way Bart if you buy from rocky road you want the medium duty. They are the ones I got. OME 912's

Yes sir. I want to order the brake lines as well but probly wont be able to til after the trip.

[nfpgasmask]

I just ordered the 912s!

Bart

[LittleBeast]

I just ordered the 912s!

Bart

Yeah I just got my 912s in last week and the new rear bumpstops from energy suspensions just came in today, ordering new wheels/tires soon..... right there with you so far.

[nfpgasmask]

Yeah I just got my 912s in last week and the new rear bumpstops from energy suspensions just came in today, ordering new wheels/tires soon..... right there with you so far.

So how long did it take for you to get the springs? I am hoping to get them sometime next week. What will the bump stops do for you?

Bart

[LittleBeast]

Well, they (rockyroad dudes) were fast on the e-mail replies but I ordered on Feb 28th, and they were delivered March 21st. But they had none on hand and were waiting on a truck or something.

The extended bumpstops will hopefully keep the wider larger tires from rubbing the inside fender or outside cladding. Basically under flexing the larger tires would hit and rub on stuff and the extended bumpstops will stop them on up travel before the tires can hit and rub anything, hopefully. Zeus and others have done this and worked well.

Energy Suspension Part # 9.9104R (for red ones) - "Designed with a large reinforced metal plate welded to a mounting plate and molded-in. 4 1/2" tall,
2 1/2" wide. 2 per set" Evidently if you do this all you have to do is take off the old bumpstop and mount and seperate the two so you can use the stock mount with the new bumpstop. Zeus has photos of this: http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/sh...37/ppuser/1999

[nfpgasmask]

Energy Suspension Part # 9.9104R (for red ones) - "Designed with a large reinforced metal plate welded to a mounting plate and molded-in. 4 1/2" tall,
2 1/2" wide. 2 per set" Evidently if you do this all you have to do is take off the old bumpstop and mount and seperate the two so you can use the stock mount with the new bumpstop. Zeus has photos of this: http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/sh...37/ppuser/1999

Cool, thanks. Hopefully I will get my 912s quicker! What size tires are you running? I am going to go with 265s I think...

Bart