OME lift, installed 05/23/06 PHOTOS

[High Desert]

PHOTOS ARE HERE

www.picturetrail.com/deserthigh

THE RIG HAS NOT BEEN FLEXED IN YET. I think the numbers will change once I take it out and flex it around some. Below are the height measurements taken at the wheel well befor and after.

BEFORE / AFTER / GAIN*

RF 34" / 37" / 3"
LF 33.5" / 38" / 4.5"
RR 34.5" / 36.75" / 2.25"
LR 32.5 / 37.5 / 4.75"

*SUSPENSION HAS NOT BEEN FLEXED, I just drove it 14 miles on a flat road.

Installation was not hard but I moved real slow doing it (11 hrs total) I did it alone. Had a lift for the job and used air tools to take off the old parts. I loosened the pins and wacked them once and pulled them out by hand! love a High Desert rig! Used two floor jacks to move around the axles and the spring packs.

At this point if you don't look to hard it looks great. On level ground it leans noticablely to the passenger side. ARB said it would until flexed in. The other "all over the board" measurements I assume will settle in also.

ARB also said it would sit "ASS HIGH" Hard to tell so far but it seems pretty level..but that may be because the left front is so high.

Yes the springs are on correctly, The "RA" is on the drivers side.

Springs are:

FRONT OME-CS004F
REAR OME-CSOO4RA & RB

OME- Bushings, greasable pins/shackles

Shocks: OME-N50 FRONT OME-N42 REAR both firm, (it will be loaded when I use it)

OME STABILIZER: OME-SD24

MAF: U-BOLTS and Sway bar extension



I took off the rubber under the rear spring pack. MAF advised this, said the u-bolts would not settle in with the rubber under there, I dunno, but the U-bolts would not fit with out removing the rubber. I left the top rubber in ( because of the "hassel" factor.

Going out to flex it in today or tomorrow, will report back.

I've got other photographs so if you want to see anything else I may have it.

Just a note, I took some of the other shots on my "albums" off of the protection deal so now they can be down loaded. I took off the ones most people indicated they wanted to down load. will release them all when I get time. (Just figured out how to un-lock them)

 

[notatreehugger]

Looking good, I just did my fj62 about 2 months ago.

 

[FJsixty2]

looks great - minus that lean. hopefully, things will level out. love those oregon pics.

 

[beaufort-fj60]

nice write up and pics. thanks

 

[brokenparts]

nice clean lookin rig!

 

[chicago]

Nice job High desert.
Looks great, and I cant wait to hear about how it performs off road. Id like to see some flex pics when you get em. Im thinkng about doing the same.
What size lift did you go with?

Chicago

 

[High Desert]

It's a "Medium/Heavy" My understanding is; there is one more leaf that can be added to the front packs to make it a "Heavy" set up. I may be confused on the rear, but I think there is one more leaf available for them too(?)

ARB use to say only the diesel and always fully loaded all-the-time rigs needed the "Heavy" set up.

wfill take more photos when I flex it out

 

[cbmontgo]

Man, that looks great. I have the same tires (33x9.50) on my stock suspension; looks like I need to take the plunge and do the same. That is the EXACT same lift I am gonna put on eventually.

 

[Tinker]

Somewhere on this board someone recommended not installing the shocks for the first few days - supposed to settle the springs down quicker.

 

[Live to Ski]

So, does the rig sit level left to right. I notice that the left side has more lift. Maybe to counter the Land Cruiser lean?

 

[High Desert]

I don't know how to do the line quote deal, but...

If you have ever driven a rig with no shocks you won't do it twice..The shock don't bear any weight they just dampen the motion..I guess you could bang around in your yard for a few mins w/o shocks but on the road you'd be a pogo stick.

I've got a really good trail to go on that will flex it every-witch-way..

NO does not sit level, high on the drivers side. But it is suppose to be for a while, the drivers side spring pack (RA) had more arch, was harder to get lined up on the axle. The left front corner is higher than the right also, did not notice a spring pack difference when installing, have read that the rear drivers side spring pack can push down the Right front pack till all settles in. I think most of this is that every thing is toruqed down and I have not flexed it at all. You cant really see the lean from the front, from the rear it is leaning high on drivers side...again this is normal for a couple 100 miles so I've been told/read.

 

[brett76]

So, does the rig sit level left to right. I notice that the left side has more lift. Maybe to counter the Land Cruiser lean?

yes to compensate for lean.

mine has been out twice since i did my lift about a month ago and m still leaning to the passenger side. the driver rear is a 1/4inch longer to help with cruiser lean. only problem is i didnt have it. i may need to shim

 

[brett76]

oh and it looks good.

 

[Chase77]

This is exactly the thread I've been looking for. Thanks for being anal with the pics and measurements.

 

[89s rule]

I don't know how to do the line quote deal, but...

If you have ever driven a rig with no shocks you won't do it twice..The shock don't bear any weight they just dampen the motion..I guess you could bang around in your yard for a few mins w/o shocks but on the road you'd be a pogo stick.

Its not that bad, I drove over an hour to go get my front shocks mounted. (Had to get now mounts welded on.) Its bouncy but not that bad. I am still running no rear shocks. If you have to drive without them you can. And you can do it safely, but you have to be careful!

This was with no sway bars as well.

 

[rove_mcanus]

that looks really good with those tyres. i've only got 31's at the moment, and it looks kind of funny with the lift. I remember putting mine in well too. one man job and one trolly jack. I think i lost 8 pounds that day.

as foir the no shocks. never drive a coil sprung vehicle with no shocks. that's when the pogo effect starts in. meaty leaf packs like the ome's aren't too bad.

 

[FJ60_cruiser]

I'm so jelaous of you.... nice clean 60 looks brand new!!!

 

[zipnman]

High Desert, Nice looking rig, has it been repainted or is that original paint

 

[High Desert]

High Desert, Nice looking rig, has it been repainted or is that original paint

Original paint, The left rear quarter panel was wacked by a rolling rock while on a trail when the PO had it. That whole panel was painted 8 years ago or so. At that time he had the shop touch up any chips etc. This rig has always been in a garage, and driven as a "hobby" truck by the PO and myself. He lived in the Ridge Crest area of Southern California, I'm in the high desert of central Oregon. It's so clean it drives me nuts to get it out..it's like I'm worried about that "first ding/scratch" ..I gotta chill on that...The skid pans don't even have scratches....Yeah well, It looks good as hell parked out side the mico-brewery in downtown Bend! (what a wuss..)

JON

 

[Tapage]

pretty clean rig dude !