Old Man Emu Spacer Question

I've had the OME kit installed for over a year and now I want the full 3" of lift now. I bought two, 3/4" top plate spacers and one, 1/4" top plate spacer. Has anyone installed the 3/4" spacer and the 1/4" spacer on the riverside only to fix the taco lean?

 

I had the smaller spacer (5mm) which goes under the coil on the driver's side with the 3/4" top spacers and it gave too much lift for a 4x4 because the CVs were at too extreme of an angle plus there was no down travel. I took them off the next day. I still have the trim packer on the driver's side though

 

As a rule of thumb... you should never put a spacer in the coil assembly with aftermarket lift coils. Spacers that go inside the coil assembly should only be installed with stock coils. Why? Because the amount of pressure/pre load you are putting on the coil will eventually 'break' the seat of the shock itself. It's been a many years since I worked with this type of stuff, but I've seen it happen....... shocks/struts break.

 

I installed a Toytec 1/4 top plate spacer on the drivers side of my OME coils. It helps correct for the drivers side lean.

 

Depending on which shocks you have , you can correct the driver's side lean with the OME trim packer which mounts on the bottom of the driver's side shock , under the coil seat .

This only works with the OME shocks .

You could then add equal sized spacers up top for additional lift .

 

Sorry if that wasn't the most coherent post. I was in a rush. What I'm trying to ask is, has anyone installed the 1/4" spacer on top of the 3/4" top plate spacer to correct the taco lean? Both type of spacers work with the OME kit. I have the medium ome springs and the nitro shocks.

The reason I want to add the 1/4" spacer is because I've had the trim packer on since the beginning and my taco still leans.

Thanks.

 

All I've heard is "you're never supposed to stack spacers". So the answer to your question is no... according to this. But I don't know for sure. How about using the 1/4" spacer on the passenger side and the 3/4" spacer on the driver side?

And I don't know if the bolts would be long enough to accomodate both the 3/4" spacer and the 1/4" spacer anyways. - Just something else to think about.

 

Yes, I have heard of people doing this.