Anyone get the BP-51's yet?

Curious if anyone has put on the new OME shocks and how they are running?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D_MYVHxemQ&list=PL4ExN0VWJ5zFfT744VFYbohvYXqw5c1j9

 

As a matter of fact I just got them installed today. Only driven with them about a mile so not too much road time yet, I will update later

 

Sounds good!

 

I would have put them on my short list if I did not have to add Dakars and UCA's pushed me out of the market....

 

Update?

 

yes I'm curious to hear more feedback on these as well

 

Cricket... cricket...

 

Bump. Anyone?

 

Ain't no one got em.

 

I guess so... I wonder why not?

 

Lol I got em

 

Ha alright and??? What do you think of them?

 

I have them. OEM uca's works fine and aligned fine. Great on road and off. I have 90lbs in skid plates and about 200lbs in bed rack with rear mounted spare and Scepter Mfc.
Yielded almost 3in of lift. More than I wanted, but could be dialed down a bit. (no front winch of bumper yet).

 

Nice! Do you adjust the ride setttings at all? How often do you adjust, if so and is it noticeable?

 

I must admit I've not adjusted them yet. Even though I intend to soften them up and see how it performs.
I wouldn't want to make them firmer. I've had the rooftop tent and everything loaded in the back as well and It was just fine where it was set up.

 

I've had mine on for about 1500 miles.
I did the first 75 miles with the stock suspension.

WOW is all I can say. The dealership installed mine and the tech said he was surprised they didn't feel like everything else he's installed.
He expected the harsh firm ride and was surprised how smooth it was.

I have an alu-cab shell on mine. The first week driving around with just the Shell was the BOMB. Factory settings for compression and dampening was smooth. I could easily haul ass down a dirt road at 60mph barely feeling the bumps. Much smoother than the FJ.

I too have not yet played with my settings. I've added the RTT to the Shell and I can definitely feel a difference in the rear and the ride over bumps or the shocks settled more?. Lets just say it's not as ridiculously smooth but still nice. On certain streets that have the concrete sections I'll get a little bit of a bouncy feel in the rear which I'm sure will go away once I adjust the shocks.

It's been mentioned before but the only draw back I see for my use on these is that you can't adjust the ride height with them on the truck. I have no bumpers and we went with the factory setting (Setting for no bumpers so it was adjusted prior to putting on the truck) I think it looks perfect with 32's (235 80 17).

I did add .75 spacer to my pizza cutters so the stance was improved slightly. I'm very happy with the set up so far. I think the smaller tires are helping me with acceleration but I do find the high revving a little irritating. ECT button helps a LOT IMHO.

 

I've had mine for around 20,000 miles. Within the first month I blew out one rear shock and I believe the other one is starting to go, both leaking oil out of the lines. ARB replaced the 1st one and I'm waiting for a dry day to clean up the 2nd shock and drive around to make sure where the oil is coming from.

Mine have been trail tested offroad at URE and on hard trails at AOP and Choccolocco mtn. Like others stated I can blast down trails at 45-60mph and the shocks soak it up.

The downside is lack of downtravel.. Also the rear shocks are limiting my droop of my stock/custom leaf pack.

 

Yes I'm watching mine closely for leaks. I'm not testing articulation so I'm hopeful the down travel will not become an issue on obstacles I encounter. I'm not pushing it though by design.