Sway Away 3" lift

[knoll0351]

I've been told, by my local 4X4 shop, that this is the way to go. What is the work on the board? Is Sway Away top O' the line?

[Toledo FJ]

Yes, Sway-A-Way is very high quality. My buddy just got the Icon (formerly Donahoe Racing) 0-3.5in 2.5in diameter coilovers and rear shocks. It is really nice. If you live anywhere where you get hard winters and they use salt, go with Icon. They use some kind of coating on the shock that prevents corrosion. No one else has this coating. If you are in the desert and thats not an issue, then you can pick and choose. I wold say that Fox Racing is tippy top end. You can get a long travel kit from Total Chaos and run Dual remote res. Fox shocks up front..... Now that is top end.

[Toledo FJ]

also, if you don't plan on using the adjustability of the high end shocks, you may want to just consider a lift like the OME kit. Very dependable, field proven, low maintenance, and inexpensive. With the high end lifts, you're mostly paying for the ability to adjust and service the shocks with relative ease. If you ain't gonna use that function, it is kinda a waste of money in my opinion. That said, I'm gonna upgrade to either Icon or Fox in the near future.

[Mountainclimber]

I agree with Toledo that all three are really top end.

Fox shocks are really top end and have quite a history.

I reviewed the specs for Icon and Fox and both are CAD Plated. Neither one specifies exactly what is plated other than the cylinder bodies.

Sway a Way looks like they have a lot of anodizing with clear coat.

The OME setup will more than work for me and it is quite a bit less money.

[knoll0351]

I haven't been able to find an OME lift that will go the 3" needed to get 33's under my cruiser and I don't want to go with a spacer lift since I use it and don't want to take any chances with breaking anything on the trail and leaving myself high...

[joebob2586]

well people are fitting 35s under the OME lift so 33 will defiantely fit, people are putting 33s on stock heigth.

[knoll0351]

I was told that 33's would absolutly not fit under stock, and you needed to go 6" to fit 35's.

[Toledo FJ]

No way dude. Tons of people are running 33s and 285s on the OME lift. The OME is really a 2.5 in lift. You can get 5 or 10mm spacers with the OME kit for a little extra height. depending on what tires you use, you may or may not need to chop the frame. You'll have a little rub for sure if you don't do the chop, but it isn't bad. Nice to know that the fox are coated too. When I upgrade i'm going with fox.

[FirstToy]

KING and FOX are top shelf

ICON (Donahoe)
SAW
OME

I noticed AllPro sells Walker Evans coilovers but I don't know anything about them.

[FirstToy]

Originally Posted by Mountainclimber

The OME setup will more than work for me and it is quite a bit less money.

smart shopper. sweet spot for value/performance

[Brock]

yep and if you get the OME from ToyTec they include a high quality billet top cap for the coil over when you reassemble them with struts...it adds 1/2" to front OME setup....and gives you full 3" front and rear.

nice setup...

[TOY350]

Sway Away lift installed and it came out sweet. Easy installation. Netted nearly 3" up front with the adjusting spacer at the top. We had it cranked down about 1" to start and measured just over 4" of front lift, after that Knoll took the spacer back up to the top.

Hopefully he will post up some pics and measurements after he gets the tires installed.

[knoll0351]

Pics of lift

[knoll0351]

After the tires and alignment!

[Mountainclimber]

Very Sharp. Very Sharp.

[FirstToy]

looks awesome knoll- nice work, nice work

[knoll0351]

Gotta give props out to toy350 without him it woulda been a very long, dirty, unpleasant day in a gravel driveway! Not to mention the expertise that his saltyness brought to the garage!

[Blues Dawg]

Originally Posted by knoll0351

I haven't been able to find an OME lift that will go the 3" needed to get 33's under my cruiser and I don't want to go with a spacer lift since I use it and don't want to take any chances with breaking anything on the trail and leaving myself high...

Originally Posted by joebob2586

well people are fitting 35s under the OME lift so 33 will defiantely fit, people are putting 33s on stock heigth.

Originally Posted by knoll0351

I was told that 33's would absolutly not fit under stock, and you needed to go 6" to fit 35's.

I know this is OBE for Knoll0351, but to the general readers of this thread and forum, the OME will net sufficient lift to accomodate 35's (315/75/16). I speak from experience. The limits to fitting those tires is the body mount in the rear portion of the front wheel well - requires trimming - and the upward travel of the rear wheels - requires dropping the bump stops about 1". Rim offset will also play a role in interference when the front wheels are at full turn. These have interferences have nothing to do with lift, though. I've still got 15" of travel at at my rear wheels with the dropped bump stops with the OME set up, the tire just doesn't hit the wheel well anymore.

Carl

[Kief]

Nice... so what is your list of mod's at this point?

I guess I'm going to get left in the dust/mud/snow/ rocks now!

[FirstToy]

thanks for the info Carl, maybe not applicable to Knoll but probably very valuable in future searches!

[Blues Dawg]

Originally Posted by Kief

Nice... so what is your list of mod's at this point?

I guess I'm going to get left in the dust/mud/snow/ rocks now!

Thread Jack! Mods are pretty minor compared to some -

OME HD front/Med rear
Exped 1 front bumper and 9K Superwinch
Budbuilt skids
HD Lower rear control arms and reinforced fwd brackets
A-Trac hack (early '07 model)
35" Nitto T-Grapplers
Oh, and my favorite - the Sirius Radio

[knoll0351]

Kief just remember it's not the mods, but how you use them that matters :-) Or is it the size of your...mods that matter? In any case it's still all about the one behind the wheel.

[knoll0351]

Wow, just took my Cruiser to dealer with a front end squeak turns out the sway bar is rubbing on the front strut coils... Anyone ever heard of this problem?

[Niner]

I have this problem since installing the OME lift. fixed the one side now the other side is hitting. I need to bend the bottom plate that the coil sits on