Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Which 2" lift leaf springs are best, I dont want to buy any dodgy ones if i can help it!
To suit 93 sierra.

Cheers chop

OME, no question.

OME medium dutys flex very nice and are comfortable to boot. (comfy by leafspring standards)

agreed O.M.E can't be beaten by anything else at the moment.

Heavy Duty only if you carry a heap of weight, other wise standard/medium/light/whatever they call them now

Mine have been fitted for over 8 years, no probs.

christover

How much each and who sells them?

Do the brand "rockcrawler" come close? I can get 4 for $528....

derelict_frog wrote:How much each and who sells them?

Do the brand "rockcrawler" come close? I can get 4 for $528....

OME is Old Man Emu made by ARB (air locker people)
Its been a long time since I got mine, so I don't know todays prices.

I know nothing of Rockcrawler brand.
christover

rockcrawler are mail order packs from autoalliance.com
running them on rocky and quite good...firm but good
never looked like failing and plenty of flex but on road very firm

OME worh the dollars

So would tjm sell them?


As they sell arb.. i got a price quote of ~$740 for all 4 from there but i dont know what brand they are, thats $200 more than the rockcrawlers, u get rockcrawlers from http://www.4wd1.biz .


Soz for the hijak but im in the same situation So it will probably help you.

no ARB sells OME

TJM sells other ones and i'm pretty sure that TJM does not sell ARB because they are rival companies

derelict_frog wrote:So would tjm sell them?


As they sell arb.. i got a price quote of ~$740 for all 4 from there but i dont know what brand they are, thats $200 more than the rockcrawlers, u get rockcrawlers from http://www.4wd1.biz .


Soz for the hijak but im in the same situation So it will probably help you.

Thats cool frog,
Thats right it all helps. Plenty of people with knowledge about things i dont know about.
I've just seen some pics of a sierra at a wreckers and it looks to have lift, i have emailed them to see what price they want for them.

Chop

I have EFS springs on mine. Seem OK, about $500- $600.

Zute wrote:I have EFS springs on mine. Seem OK, about $500- $600.

That seems like a reasonable price, not sure if you can get them in south oz though.
Are they a smoother ride than the originals?

Chop

im running lovells 2" lift jobs... theyre fantastic... rear doesnt quite have as much flex as the front though... but great otherwise.

Just make sure you match up shocks to the springs!!!

I'm runnin EFS on mine, they seem to work OK.

hey guys, dunno what mine are but they are 2inch lift and have suzi 01 on them... i think king, dang they flex hard... ride is semi ok but off road they are awsome

anyone know if the toughdog suspension is any good!

Chop

yer king spring arnt to bad

ive forgoten what the brand is but its just a resprayed king spring

will try and find out

I'm more than happy with my Dobinson springs, they're great on and off-road. Although the front springs have flatened a bit after the engine swap.. Bare that in mind if you have any plans to upgrade your motor/gearbox in the future.

i have heavy duty ones on mine, i bought them as a lift kit from some mob in brissy. would they have crap flex?

CHOPS1 wrote:anyone know if the toughdog suspension is any good!

Chop

Go for OME ! I got some convincing info from Joe at 4Play in Melbourne.. and the rest of the guys on here know what they're on about

The Dakars are cheap and this is what I'll be getting on mine when I take my car over to Vic soon for my mods. I considered Tough Dog etc but you can't beat the OME spring shape, nothing else is like it or built specifically for the zook ( i think)

Hey might catch up with you at the Naracoorte comp? - I'll send u a PM!

PS if you want a set of OME Dakars I can probably get them for the same price Im paying ($107 each for medium F+R)

Red_Zook wrote:hey guys, dunno what mine are but they are 2inch lift and have suzi 01 on them... i think king, dang they flex hard... ride is semi ok but off road they are awsome

These sound like the ones I have on my zook for last x amount of years - Carrolls (now EFS) same spring, same stiffness. When I used to carry heaps of gear for work on long trips with a full tank they rode ok... But now, eh! Too damn hard!

Just realised how old your original post was, LOL! guess you'd have new springs by now? If so what did u get?

Well you had to ask didnt you! Long story, but the moral is dont ever get anything from 4wd systems!!!! I bought a lift kit from there - 2" springs, shocks, bushes, u-bolts. When i picked them up i noticed the fronts were beltons and the rear ironman, i questioned them on this and he said yep thats fine we have used this combination for a while! I thought ok, next day i installed them, then i measered all four corners to see the difference from before.
The front was fine at 45mm higher, but the back was about 80mm higher so i took it for a drive around the block and it was ridiculous, dangerously hard in the rear.
So i rang them and told them and he said that cant be right. It took about a week of constantly ringing up and trying to get some answers, and not getting any. Being fed bulldust, then them finally saying they would get some new rears. But i wanted to know, if they'ed expect me to drive all the way out there(to Gilles plains from Moana) and get them and then return the others, yep they did so i said no.
You can deliver them to my place and pick up the others, they finally agreed at there expense by courier. All up it took 3-4weeks with all the crap they fed me, oh and guess what the rears they sent out were beltons to match the fronts
After i had all the trouble with them i found out about all the other people who have had bad experiences with them! NEVER AGAIN

So to sum them up the fronts are great but the rear is a little to hard. Its good with a load in the back tho!



Chop

Oh and the shocks they supplied , threw them in the bin! Far too short for the lift, they limited down travel alot!

Chop

bloody hell, what a nightmare! There is so much crap out there that you really have to do your research... I'm glad I've spent the last 12 months listening to others' advice about suspension for zooks. I think I'm going to be happy with my decision once its all done! Can't wait

after seeing the episode on 4wdtv that had 4play offroad fit some efs suspension to a sierra and say they are some of the best leafs he's fitted to a zook i wish i had them now!

chop

I could go for slander if I was to vent my splein on 4WD Systems. If only I could tell you some of the dodgy things that happen at that joint. I can only say steer clear of them, price isn't everything!!!

I know what your saying podge, i was holding back and keeping it short.
I could easily write 2 pages worth, as i said it took 3-4 weeks and there were alot of phone calls in that time that i could write about but i wont!
All i can say is stay away from them!

Chop

so is the ironman brand crap???

oscars, the ironman rears that come with mine were ridiculous. They surely couldnt have been made for a sierra. even though it was stamped on them, when i put them on my stepdad stood on the back of my car and bounced up and down and he is a big boy and the only flex was in my tyres the springs did not move! From memory i think there was 7 leafs!

chop

true, mine were from a place in brissy, only 1 of them had a iron man label and it was the driver front. the others just had suz- etc. they only have 5 springs i think, i might cut the bottom ones on the back and the passanger front to alow more flex and to help the lean, but they ride alot better then the standard ones that were on it.