[klinetime574]

I have been browsing the various lifts available for my 60. Then I got confused about the OME/Dakar label. I found two lifts:

http://www.cruiseroutfitters.com/sus...ies_dakar.html

http://www.rocky-road.com/60series.html

Both are using the OME label which I understand to be Old Man Emu. Then Dakar is slid right in after it. What do those names mean? They are used in combination, but then I think in my head: "are they seperate brands or what?" Someone please help out a confused cruiserhead.

[Dirty Toad]

dakar is the type....like fj60 is to toyota

[klinetime574]

So its just that specific design for the FJ60?

[2mbb]

No. Dakar springs are old man emu springs that are not made in Australia. It was getting cost prohibitive for them to make springs in Australia for export so the Dakar line is a spring that is made to OME specifications in a country with lower manufacturing costs.. The only OME leaf springs you can get in the US now are the Dakar springs. I have not heard anything bad about them.

http://www.4x4review.com/products/su.../ome-dakar.asp

http://www.arbusa.com/press_release/2004/emu_dakar.pdf

[azaussie]

Originally Posted by klinetime574

I have been browsing the various lifts available for my 60. Then I got confused about the OME/Dakar label. I found two lifts:

http://www.cruiseroutfitters.com/sus...ies_dakar.html

http://www.rocky-road.com/60series.html

Both are using the OME label which I understand to be Old Man Emu. Then Dakar is slid right in after it. What do those names mean? They are used in combination, but then I think in my head: "are they seperate brands or what?" Someone please help out a confused cruiserhead.

The "Dakar" springs are an OME (Old Man Emu) product and the springs are made in Malaysia and not Australia. I am not even sure if OME makes any springs in Australia anymore. I just order the OME heavy "Dakar" lift from Kurt at cruiseroutfitters.com for my 62.

[Dirty Toad]

I have them on my 60 and love them. Nice ride, great flex...what more do ya need?







A hot wife that likes to help you wrench on your rig!

[klinetime574]

Cool, thanks guys. Now I will onslaught you with more questions Why are the prices of the two lifts I linked to so different? $500!
Is the cruiseroutfitters ultimate kit more because of the shackles and shocks provided?
Is the rocky-road kit more like the budget kit of the cruiseroutfitters?

Thanks,
Alex

[2mbb]

The rocky road kit is "complete", but the cruiser outfitters ultimate kit "includes everything". What's confusing about that?

I think you are right that the rocky road kit is equal to cruiser outfitters budget kit. Kurt/Cruiser Outfitters gets lots of good reviews here on Mud for customer service, etc. You probably can't go wrong with Kurt.

[Toadhopper]

I'd go w/Kurt...nothing against anyone else, but I just got the Ultimate MED/Heavy Dakar Kit for my 60 and I love it as well as the service & price I got from CruiserOutfitters. I'm waiting on my gears and lockers for Kurt as I type.
Good luck!!
Toad

[phishincruisin]

I recommend Kurt as well. I just ordered and installed the OME Dakar Heavy Ultimate kit and the ride is great. Installation was incredibly easy, and everything I needed was there.

[cruiseroutfit]

Thanks for all the kind words folks!!!

You guys are absolutely right about the OME versus Emu Dakar... same company, same specs, just out sourced to stay more competative with all the other suspension companies out there. Thusfar the Dakars have proved to be an excellent product... I myself was leary at first, in fact I ended up picking up a good chunk of the remaining Old Man Emu stuff right at the end... in hindsite I should have just waited and gone with the Dakars. However, thats not even an option these days as just about every Toyota leaf spring application is 100% Dakar now.

As for the pricing of the kits... the OME brand bushings, shackles, spring pins, u-bolts, etc do add up to quite a bit, thus why we offer a budget kit to compete with the "kits" that others are putting together. Your also getting a bit of experience behind out kits (which in every case are tailored to your needs), we've sold & installed hundereds & hundereds of OME suspension kits over the past 14 years (when we became an OME dealer I'm told). I'm not saying in the least bit that we are the "know it alls" of the OME suspension products... but I know the difference between a OME spring over and my employees Waggy spring conversion (inside joke aimed at the tan SOA 60 pic Rocky Road pilfed from my employees eBay ad )

Hope that helps...

[EP60]

Man-A-Fre also sells a complete OME kit for under $900 I think. Should have done that....dammit.

[klinetime574]

Thanks a lot guys. Anyone got any pictures? For future reference for the search.