sierra leafs

[mrmagoo]

As above, need some 2" lifted springs but cant afford newies at the moment.
Does anyone have some they can sell me?
cheers

[built4thrashing]

should be in the wanted section

[fool_injected]

Got mine for $150 a pair (Lovells)
Save your money and buy a new set wich are not clapped out
You will regret wasting you dollars on a cheap second hand set

[jamespbeasley]

Hey

I was looking into some OME's today. Called the guy at the ARB stocker in Artarmon, and he quoted me $97 each for the fronts, and $117 each for the rears (or about that - can't remember exactly.) And then bushes quoted me $30 each set, so $120 total - therefore looking at over $500 all up... so yeah all up pretty pricey.

But when i mentioned that i had extended shackles, he told me not to bother with the lifted springs, cause the bigger shackles made the springs sit wrong, and not give the lift they were supposed to. I don't understand how this would happen but assured me it would. Now, i'm SURE i have seen guys here who run 2 inch lifted OME's with extended shakles - has anyone experienced what this guy said or is he full of it?

Cheers

James

[jamespbeasley]

Has no one has heard of this or run this set-up?

[tanshi]

sounds like an ARB dude talking out of his ass

[grimbo]

Has no one has heard of this or run this set-up?

nope no one has ever done this before. Though if they had I reckon a search would find them

[shw337]

im not sure wat brand my springs are, but i run ext shackels and 2inch spring, and it sitts fine! (besides the driver side sagg)

[jamespbeasley]

Ok cool thanks - so your springs don't sag or anything? You are actually getting the extra height of the springs PLUS the shackles? (As in, if you have 2 inch shackles and 2 inch springs, are you getting 4 inchs total?)
Cheers

[smileysmoke]

do a search on shackles.. extended shackles for instance, 2 inch long. will not give a total of 2 inches of lift but the difference in length from standard shackles (1 inch or so)

[Mr Emu]

you'll probably only get about 3 inches all up, as the shackles only lift one end of the spriing. Have a search though, its quite a well talked of subject.

[jamespbeasley]

Thanks
I'm more concearned with what the guy at ARB said about not putting the OME lifted springs with extended shackles - trying to find someone who has it or something like who can confirm or deny what the ARB guy said

[lay80n]

Thanks
I'm more concearned with what the guy at ARB said about not putting the OME lifted springs with extended shackles - trying to find someone who has it or something like who can confirm or deny what the ARB guy said

Maybe have a look in the bible, most of the vic guys run OME's with extended shackels. A quick search instead of starting 2 threads would also tell you this.

Layto....

[Dee]

a 2 inch extended shackle (2 inches longer from standard) pushes one end of the spring 2 inches away from the chassis. Because the axle is roughly halfway along the spring, you only get half of that in lift (1".)

You can buy extended shackles, or you can make them. They can affect castor angles, and steering, braking and handling in a negative way, but can also improve flex and ride smoothness a bit too (from what i understand/have read!).

You will find alot (ALOT) of opinions on the subject by clicking on the search button above, typing in extended shackle, click the "search for all terms" button, and hilighting the "suzuki" subforum and clickin search.



Google may also be of help when coming to descriptions, explanations and effects of different suspension setups.