OME 884 Re-thinking

I have heard here and there that some people with Access Cabs experience sag with there 884 coils??? And say they wish they went with the 885's???

I bought some 884's and now am contemplating installing them and exchanging them for 885's? What do you guys think? I will be installing the OME coils on my 5100 billy's. I really don't want to regret installing the 884's and time go by just to notice they start to sag.

I know Chris4x4 will have some good input on this since he is the Guru with OME I look forward to hearing what ya think about my dilemma

Thanks!!
~Slim

 

How much more lift does the 885's offer over the 884's?

Do they cost the same?

If you're running 5100's with lift coils and you actually experience some sagging - then you can adjust the 5100's to compensate for the sagging regardless of what lift coil you are running.

Do you plan on mounting a bumper & winch on the front?

 

Yea they cost the same... I don't plan on putting anything heavy up front.

I didn't know that you could go up a notch on the 5100's with the 884 coils?? Has anybody done this? Maybe going one notch up would eliminate having to use a top plate spacer to achieve the full 3"? If anybody knows more about this please let me know.

Thanks!

 

You should do some more research on the 5100's.

The 5100's (for the front) are an adjustable coilover strut/shock. You can run the 5100's with your factory coils and adjust them to get 2.5" lift.

 

Oh I know that, my current setup is that exactly 2.5" on stock coils.

 

Chris,

Is it possible to use the 5100's on any other setting other than stock on the OME 884's? I am going to cross my fingers and pray that I settle at 3" without having to use any top spacers. I measured my truck the other day and I am about 1 1/2" taller in the rear with my current setup at 2.5" 5100's. That was on level ground at a gas station with nothing in the bed.

 

Ok bottom notch I go! I don't want to make it much stiffer. Anybody have any clue as to the life of these shocks? It gets me worried sometimes knowing that my bottom plate is staying in place by a thin tiny C-plate (don't know what its called) What if that thing rusts or snaps??

 

Ok cool... do you think I should replace the C clip with a new one once I lower the height and put on the 884's? Or is that not needed.

 

I thought the same thing about that little ring when I took the shocks out of the box...

 

Ok cool thank you for your input! I feel at ease now lol.

 

Chris == wealth of knowledge!!!

 

Oh Chris I forgot to ask... about the rear suspension I am running Wheelers AAL and stock shocks. I want to upgrade my rear shocks do you think the 5100's are enough or should I go with a more longer travel shock? I do very little offroading but would like it to perform well if I do and I use my truck for work always have a big load in the bed around 100-350 pounds easy.

 

SOLD.

Thanks!