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Spring & Shock Combo

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Bulli:
With the weight you already have and the increased weight of the winch bumper and tank guard i would think oMe would be ideal. I have heard they are very stiff if you dont have weight on board. They are cetainly popular.
If you are choosing between with bit to do i would go for the shocks rather than the springs. They shocks or spring should work perfectly well with other manufacturers parts, provided you get the correct rate spring.
Shock damping is pretty much a fixed thing with each manufacturer presetting the rate of the shock.

Horness:
I'm planning on ordering them from Paddocks

OME HD Front - Part No. DA3061
OME HD Rear - Part No. DA3063
OME Steering Damper - Part No. DA3066

Then getting my local garage to fit them with the Bearmach springs.  At least this way if I do want the lift bigger in the future, all I need to change is the springs.

Will I need to change bump stops if I change the steering damper?  I'm thinking of getting one of Wizard's Steering Damper Relocation Kits too, just to make sure things are tucked up out of the way.

Cheers
Horness

drmike:
No disrespect here - why don't you save the money and fit this stuff yourself? then you can afford more toys? Fitting suspension is a tedious job rather than difficult.

Mike

Bulli:
You can fit the bits easily enough as mike says. It can be a little time consuming the first time but i can do rears in half an hour....How much have they quoted you?

thermidorthelobster:
Yeah, it's quite a satisfying one to do yourself actually.  I'd strongly recommend spring compressors, but they're only about 20 quid, just make sure you get decent ones which aren't going to bend.

Personally I'd have said that expensive shocks are going to make more of a difference than expensive springs.  So if you can go for OME shocks with a cheaper brand of spring, then you'll still have a good setup.

I bought my OME bits from Devon 4x4, who will happily help you out with matching the right shocks to the right springs.

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