Note: "Incl. Front/Rear Leaf Springs"
No mention of anything else.
anyone ever try the 2.5 lift kit from skyjacker?
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Note: "Incl. Front/Rear Leaf Springs"
No mention of anything else.
LICruiser said:
You guys and your corrected castor...
Yeah. How's that?Wrench said:
Straight from the SJ site.
Skyjacker Website said:
no caster
Glad you like the Skyjacker lift. I did not install caster correction (seems to be fine) and the ride is nice...not too stiff but better than stock...very comfortable. I used the stock shocks. The total job took me 2.5 hours. I used 2 HD jack stands and a floor jack and air tool. The photo is with stock tires.
Glad you like the Skyjacker lift. I did not install caster correction (seems to be fine) and the ride is nice...not too stiff but better than stock...very comfortable. I used the stock shocks. The total job took me 2.5 hours. I used 2 HD jack stands and a floor jack and air tool. The photo is with stock tires.
As someone else said OME springs would have been about $30 cheaper, but sounds like you are happy with the springs you got.
doejoeuno said:
Sorry but you just paid MORE for a product that iis likely not as well constructed. $700 is for the OME kit with springs, shocks & castor correction bushings. The springs alone would have run you only about $300. Springs/shocks should be replaced as a set, especially when you are going with a 2.5" lift which requires a longer shock.
A 2.5 lift kit does not require longer shocks. If you do a search you will find there are many posts and threads where people run stock size shocks with aftermarket ome and skyjacker springs.
Holy dead thread revival, batman!
I just bought some skyjacker springs ($246 new shipped). The misinformation in post #28 needed to be corrected.
I don't know cary, but maybe he can explain why skyjacker springs are constructed poorly.
I don't know cary, but maybe he can explain why skyjacker springs are constructed poorly.
How about this:kwikrnu said:
Which springs do you suppose are better designed & of better quality? Skyjacker or Old Man Emu?
I just installed some OME heavies. I used the stock shocks, actually new Monroes stock length. They are fine on the road. But will defin. limit travel off-road. If you drive off road with 2.5"es of lift, and stock shocks, you will destroy the shocks. They are the limiting factor in the up stroke. You WILL pull them apart after some good flexing.
I'm going to replace them as soon as I can.
By the way the OME heavies are perfect on my '92 Cruiser. The ride is unbelievable. I thought they would be too stiff without the extra weight of bumpers etc. The ride is fantastic. Much better than the stock old worn out springs.
I'm going to replace them as soon as I can.
By the way the OME heavies are perfect on my '92 Cruiser. The ride is unbelievable. I thought they would be too stiff without the extra weight of bumpers etc. The ride is fantastic. Much better than the stock old worn out springs.
I don't know. How do you know for sure?
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Perhaps you should re-read what I wrote in post #28, since you have misconstrued it. I have posted it above.
Why someone would want to go with an unknown quantity from a marginal manufacture is beyond me, especially when you can buy a known product for nearly the same price.
Why do I question the quality of skyjacker? I have seen first hand half assed products sold by them, like the lift kit they used to make for early Nissan pathfinders that left 1" of uptravel in the suspension. The product was designed for sales, with no regard for quality.
OME springs are made in an ISO certified facility,skyjacker, who knows. Skyjacker is more than happy to let you run their springs with none of the necessary castor correction (very unsafe in my opinion). Finally, we know how the different OME springs perform, where the skyjacker's are just a one size do all product.
As far as using 2.5" spring with stock shocks, yes it will bolt on there. You can also fit 35" tires on a stock rig. Neither works properly and 2.5" springs should not be run with stock length shocks.
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You said it, "REQUIRES" a longer shock. No, it does not require a longer shock. A longer shock may be better. It may give more travel. It is not required and there are many on the boards who run or who have ran with the stock length shocks and lift springs.
I have arb / ome stuff on my tacoma and IMO it rides like crap. I bought it all new last year. If you do a search you'll find others dissatisfied with ome as well.
Are we talking a full suspension kit or a pair or set of four coil springs? Because I saw no suspension kit for the landcruiser.
OME is more than happy to allow one to run with no castor correction. The ome system is not sold as a kit from arb as far as I know. It is a bunch of parts from which one may choose. That is how it is listed in their catalog. They have no actual kit listed in their catalog/pricelist.
Someone who buys skyjacker springs may choose maf drop brackets or castor plates or bushings just as someone who decides ome is the route to go.
I don't know anything about rancho products.
ISO doesn't mean crap. I used to buy product from a company who was not ISO certified. Their product was marginal. They went ISO 90001 or something and the prices went up, but the quality did not change.
