Please lets keep this to OME kits only.
So you may have noticed I have been collecting FZJ80's. Well the plan is to build one for a DD and to look cool at the malls! I just sold one with a smallish lift and 305's on it. 850 heavy fronts, I think medium rears as it sits pretty level with a slight rake which I like. My plan is to add a ARB Bull Bar to the front and a Warn 12k winch. Stock wheels with 305's because I do not want to re-gear but I may go to a 315 on the stock wheels
I bought a used "j" spring lift, shocks and springs, thinking that with the added front end weight I would need it. Then I bought OME caster bushings, new drops for sway bars and bump stops. THEN a 80 came in the shop with "j" springs all around, spacers in the front and 305's. Thing looks like a roller skate! No bumpers to add weight to it. The front spacers looks to be about an inch and the rear still sits up higher than the front with no spacer.
I have read almost every thread about the OME lifts in general discussion and most post are old and most want you to run 37's. I even watched a video of a guy going 65 mph uphill in 2nd gear. I would rather not do that. I really do not want to worry about driveline vibrations, new driveshafts, caster plates, new track bars etc. If I do I may just sell this kit and buy a new one?????
Please give me your opinions based off what you have on your 80 now or have had in the past.
thanks in advance,
Rob
So you may have noticed I have been collecting FZJ80's. Well the plan is to build one for a DD and to look cool at the malls! I just sold one with a smallish lift and 305's on it. 850 heavy fronts, I think medium rears as it sits pretty level with a slight rake which I like. My plan is to add a ARB Bull Bar to the front and a Warn 12k winch. Stock wheels with 305's because I do not want to re-gear but I may go to a 315 on the stock wheels
I bought a used "j" spring lift, shocks and springs, thinking that with the added front end weight I would need it. Then I bought OME caster bushings, new drops for sway bars and bump stops. THEN a 80 came in the shop with "j" springs all around, spacers in the front and 305's. Thing looks like a roller skate! No bumpers to add weight to it. The front spacers looks to be about an inch and the rear still sits up higher than the front with no spacer.
I have read almost every thread about the OME lifts in general discussion and most post are old and most want you to run 37's. I even watched a video of a guy going 65 mph uphill in 2nd gear. I would rather not do that. I really do not want to worry about driveline vibrations, new driveshafts, caster plates, new track bars etc. If I do I may just sell this kit and buy a new one?????
Please give me your opinions based off what you have on your 80 now or have had in the past.
thanks in advance,
Rob