I have a '96 HDJ80 with ARB front bumper, ARB side rails, Piak rear steel bumper, aluminum roof rack. Factory tire carrier with 33" tire on the rear door. OME 851/860 with front and rear MAF 30mm spacers. It just had a very slight stinkbug which I was fine with since it levels out nicely when it's loaded. A couple of weeks ago I replaced the Piak rear bumper with the ARB modular rear bumper. It was heavier and sagged the rear which made my front sit just a little higher. On the plus side, the ride was better with the extra weight in the back. So today I replaced the front 851 and 30mm spacer with the 850 with no spacer and lost half an inch. It sits pretty level now. I was wondering if I should ditch the 860 and spacers in the rear and replace them with the 863? Which of the two would sit higher? Ride better?
OME 860 with 30mm spacers or OME 863? (1 Viewer)
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The 860 has a spring rate of 220lbs & the 863 is 250lbs.
The 863 will be a firmer ride & carry more weight. I would say the 863 would sit a tad higher than a 860 plus 30mm but not buy much.
The 863 will be a firmer ride & carry more weight. I would say the 863 would sit a tad higher than a 860 plus 30mm but not buy much.
850 plus a 1" spacer will sit almostnlevel with 863's in the rear. I ran 850J in front (same as 850+1" spacer) and 863 three years ago and it sat slight stinkbug with 150# bumper/winch, sliders, and 250# of rear bumper and spare tire.
LINUS
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I am opposed to spacers.
I just don't get adding deadspacing into your axles (esp the front) aside from running the absolute biggest tire you can & it rubs at stuff/compression.
We buy DC driveshafts, add caster bushings/plates, chase growls/vibes - if I do it, it's going to be active sprung correction.
If we renamed 'stinkbug' as 'hotrod rake' maybe spacers wouldn't sell so well.
IDK, my $.02 - I've ran the OME heavy & Slee 4" hvy/prog hvy & both have some 'stink' until you have ~200# in the cargo, on top of a RR armor bumper.
I just don't get adding deadspacing into your axles (esp the front) aside from running the absolute biggest tire you can & it rubs at stuff/compression.
We buy DC driveshafts, add caster bushings/plates, chase growls/vibes - if I do it, it's going to be active sprung correction.
If we renamed 'stinkbug' as 'hotrod rake' maybe spacers wouldn't sell so well.
IDK, my $.02 - I've ran the OME heavy & Slee 4" hvy/prog hvy & both have some 'stink' until you have ~200# in the cargo, on top of a RR armor bumper.
Bludozer
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Personally I like the look of a bit of stinkbug...
That being said my current stinkbug status is a bit out of control. Clearly I need to purchase a rear bumper and fast just for that reason alone.
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Here's a comparison of before and after the rear bumper switch. It had just a little bit of stinkbug with the lighter bumper. Both photos are with the 851/860 and 30mm spacers front and rear. I also do not like the idea of using thick spacers that can fail, that's why I was thinking of swapping the rear coils with the 863. However, I plan on adding a winch in the near future, so I might have to go with spacers on the front if it sags down the 850 I fitted yesterday 
