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03-09-2008, 06:15 PM
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I put in an OME lift a week ago on my JK. It took about 3 1/2 hours to get it done. I went with heavy front springs, TF adjustable front and rear track bars, and Currie front and rear sway bar links. Except for the sway bar links everything went wright in. The front links were some work because I had to cut 2" off the rods and drill out the mounting holes in the sway bar. A hand drill did not work for that, I pulled the bar and put it in my drill press to get that done.
03-09-2008, 07:11 PM
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Mine didn't come with a track bar bracket. Heck, after I lined the holes back, up, my steering wheel is still dead center and the off set is hardly noticeable. I have driven it about two weeks and the steering wheel is still centered even after the 35's. It took me about 3 or so hours. I am going to put on my teraflex longer sway bar links this week.
03-10-2008, 01:28 PM
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With respect to the wrong size hardware. My guess would be that when OME designed their original version of it, they of course had the right size everything.
THEN THEY WENT TO MASS PRODUCTION WITH IT!!! lol
This means they subcontracted out to some overseas company that couldn't give a crap if they get the right size or not because it's staffed entirely by people who are making about 8 dollars a week. Somewhere in the translation the wrong size got inserted into the kits and sent out and by the time customers start having issues they've already made 10,000 of the things.
THEN THEY WENT TO MASS PRODUCTION WITH IT!!! lol
This means they subcontracted out to some overseas company that couldn't give a crap if they get the right size or not because it's staffed entirely by people who are making about 8 dollars a week. Somewhere in the translation the wrong size got inserted into the kits and sent out and by the time customers start having issues they've already made 10,000 of the things.
03-10-2008, 01:52 PM
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With respect to the wrong size hardware. My guess would be that when OME designed their original version of it, they of course had the right size everything.
THEN THEY WENT TO MASS PRODUCTION WITH IT!!! lol
This means they subcontracted out to some overseas company that couldn't give a crap if they get the right size or not because it's staffed entirely by people who are making about 8 dollars a week. Somewhere in the translation the wrong size got inserted into the kits and sent out and by the time customers start having issues they've already made 10,000 of the things.
THEN THEY WENT TO MASS PRODUCTION WITH IT!!! lol
This means they subcontracted out to some overseas company that couldn't give a crap if they get the right size or not because it's staffed entirely by people who are making about 8 dollars a week. Somewhere in the translation the wrong size got inserted into the kits and sent out and by the time customers start having issues they've already made 10,000 of the things.
03-10-2008, 02:57 PM
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Actaully that's not entirely true. The HD spring is made to accomodate the addtional weight of aftermarket bumper, winch, skid, etc... It will compress less than the medium duty spring resulting in more lift or less compression (however you want to look at it).