OME 2 inch lift

thunder rock

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Hello everyone
I have a question for you
Is the 2-inch lift kit from OME really as weak as they say here in Romania? The price difference between this and one more dedicated for jeeps is big and I don't know how to proceed
 
OME isn't the quality ride it was 10 years ago when they had better shocks. What's the scoop on Jeep lifts in Romania today? Very curious. Rubicon Express?
 
My ome lift rides like a lumber wagon. The slightest bump in the road jars your teeth out. I’ve got a set of ranchos 5000 coming to hopefully soften the ride a bit. It looks like there are two versions of the ome. One is a firm ride and that’s what I’ve got. ROUGH😫
 
TheBoogieman said:
What's the scoop on Jeep lifts in Romania today? Very curious. Rubicon Express?
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I'm sorry but I didn't understand the question

If it is a counter-candidate to the OME suspension, we have a wide variety to choose from. I wasn't thinking about rubicon express, necessarily ,OME, the whole kit costs somewhere around 900 euros
 
thunder rock said:
A kit of dual rate springs, for example, would be somewhere around 600 euros and some fox 2.0 shock absorbers around 700 euros a pair, so a total of 2000 euros
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Big fan of my OME kit, been on my LJ for about 5 years. What do you mean by weak? It is nor jarring to me at all, it rides as expected and I consistently hit a ton of New England potholes. No failures or anything wrong with the kit. What kit are you looking at as a "kit" could have 100's of options.

I avoided Rancho's due to the cheap build quality, but people on this forum seem to love them. If you do go for them, make sure you prep and paint them else Rancho's may literally disintegrate where you are in Romania due to rust issues.
 
My biggest problem with the OME 2" suspension lift kit is the shock absorbers it comes with now, the Nitrocharger Sport. They are MUCH stiffer riding than the older and now discontinued Nitrocharger which I used to run and loved on my TJ. I only stopped running it because they finally wore out.

The common thought on why they made the Nitrocharger ride more stiffly and calling it a Nitrocharger Sport was they are made stiffer for the heavier newer Wrangler models like the Wrangler JK and Wrangler JL. Whatever the reason is the current Nitrocharger Sport rides too stiffly when mounted onto a Wrangler TJ.

If the older better riding OME Nitrocharger was still available I'd be running that shock today.
 
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Jerry Bransford said:
My biggest problem with the OME 2" suspension lift kit is the shock absorbers it comes with now, the Nitrocharger Sport. They are MUCH stiffer riding than the older and now discontinued Nitrocharger which I used to run and loved on my TJ. I only stopped running it because they finally wore out.

The common thought on why they made the Nitrocharger ride more stiffly and calling it a Nitrocharger Sport was they are made stiffer for the heavier newer Wrangler models like the Wrangler JK and Wrangler JL. Whatever the reason is the current Nitrocharger Sport rides too stiffly when mounted onto a Wrangler TJ.

If the older better riding OME Nitrocharger was still available I'd be running that shock today.
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+1

I ran OME franken lifts on my XJs, they rode great and the quality was fantastic. Built a friend's XJ and he opted for the newer shocks and it rode like a school bus and the leaf spring bushings wore out in about a year. Not impressed.
 
Bilstein maybe a good option for you. If you dig deep into the Bilstein website custom application charts you can find dozens of options with detailed stock dyno numbers. Bilstein is the only shock company I know of that give out their dyno numbers so you can actually compare shocks and make an informed choice.
 
Lightning said:
Bilstein maybe a good option for you. If you dig deep into the Bilstein website custom application charts you can find dozens of options with detailed stock dyno numbers. Bilstein is the only shock company I know of that give out their dyno numbers so you can actually compare shocks and make an informed choice.
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Many (most?) here will advise against the more common Bilstein 5100 since few here would order a custom made shock. Their 5100 is known to ride too stiffly and jittery on a TJ. Blaine summed it up nicely when he said something like 'Run Bilstein 5100 shocks only if you want to know if the quarter you rolled over was heads or tails' lol.
 
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Jerry Bransford said:
Many (most?) here will advise against the more common Bilstein 5100 since few here would order a custom made shock. Their 5100 is known to ride too stiffly and jittery on a TJ. Blaine summed it up nicely when he said something like 'Run Bilstein 5100 shocks only if you want to know if the quarter you rolled over was heads or tails' lol.
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I am not talking custom shocks, I talking Bilstein "Custom Application Chart" for off the shelf shocks. It is a powerful tool most don't know about.

When using the Custom Application tool you input your shock physical characteristics i.e. travel, length, ends and the tool will tell every shock that Bilstein makes that will fit your application and the dyno numbers for that shock. In effect you are getting a custom design shock for your TJ/Lj at a big box price.
 
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Lightning said:
I am not talking custom shocks, I talking Bilstein "Custom Application Chart" for off the shelf shocks. It is a powerful tool most don't know about.

When using the Custom Application tool you input your shock physical characteristics i.e. travel, length, ends and the tool will tell every shock that Bilstein makes that will fit your application and the dyno numbers for that shock. In effect you are getting a custom design shock for your TJ/Lj at a big box price.
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I understand that, it's still going to give a 5100 series shock which is, again, too stiff for most TJ owners.
 
Jerry Bransford said:
I understand that, it's still going to give a 5100 series shock which is, again, too stiff for most TJ owners.
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The point is don't limit the search for Bilstein shocks to simply the vehicle application search tab for 5100 series shocks. Bilstein use the custom search tab and off road catalog to see if Bilstein has an option that will fit your needs.

Bilstein is the only company I know of that gives out valving and dyno info so we can make an informed comparison of their products. Additionally, Bilstein actually has a help line where you can talk to a shock engineer.
 
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skrelnik said:
Big fan of my OME kit, been on my LJ for about 5 years. What do you mean by weak? It is nor jarring to me at all, it rides as expected and I consistently hit a ton of New England potholes. No failures or anything wrong with the kit. What kit are you looking at as a "kit" could have 100's of options.

I avoided Rancho's due to the cheap build quality, but people on this forum seem to love them. If you do go for them, make sure you prep and paint them else Rancho's may literally disintegrate where you are in Romania due to rust issues.
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I was referring to the OME +2 inch set for my car especially, taking into account the fact that it does not have a winch, additional bars and has a hardtop, not a softtop. All in all, the setting will be made for the existing car in terms of springs, because the shock absorbers they seem to remain the same
 
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