OME or MT??

Current suspension is crappy coil spacers and leaf spring blocks. Rides like crap and I hate it. I would like to start ordering parts to redo the suspension. I'm having a hard time deciding if I should go with the OME and aal direction or if a mid-travel setup would be more beneficial. I just can't seem to grasp wha the real benefits of the mid-travel setup would be. What I want out of a suspension system is for it to drive on the road as well or better as a stock suspension. Off road I would like to be able to go on washboard logging roads without it jarring my entire body. The occasional rock garden, hill climbs, sand, and snow wheeling trips also. I would say I only go wheeling maybe once a month so I'm trying to justify the cost of mid-travel vs OME. Any opinions are welcome and appreciated!

 

OME is a midtravel Step up.
Nothing beside LT will be good on washboards.

 

Maybe I have a misunderstanding of what mid travel is? I thought mid travel was UCA's and larger bodied coilers like icons or fox while OME is a longer travel strut with a coil lift.

 

By mid travel I think you mean adjustable coilovers like king, fox, icon.

I have fox remote resi coilovers and I like them over OME because I can adjust the lift with a spanner wrench. They are also rebuild able. I sent mine to down south motor sports after 60k miles and they rebuilt them. Now they are good as new and for less then 1/5 the price of buying new ones.

 

OME don't need rebuilding though. I really liked my 886's with OME shocks (Not the Nitrocharged ones, the ones before that.)

 

All shocks have a life expectancy. Doesn't matter what brand they are, eventually they need to be serviced. Just like anything else.

 

Not all can be serviced. Some just need to be replaced after they've run their life expectancy. Like OME.

 

Exactly...

That's why I pointed out that the big name brands are rebuildable...

Instead of having to buy new shocks every few years, you can spend a couple hundred to rebuild them.

 

OME is a big name brand. Same with Bilstein...

SAW and Icon aren't as big as they are but they're rebuildable.

Non Rebuildable shocks have a much longer life expectancy than a few years. My OME were well over 5-6 years old and still in excellent condition minus the surface rust.

 

Ok well now that we've addressed the differences, I think we're done here.

Mid travel adjustable coilovers- adjustable with a spanner wrench to adjust height of lift, serviceable so they can be rebuilt.

Ome- can't be rebuilt. Never heard of it classified as mid travel. Can only adjust for lift with different coils or top plate spacers.

 

Just want to be clear with the information cause otherwise someone will come read this and be misinformed. Mid travel is anything that lifts without extending the actual travel length of the suspension cycle. Long travel is just that. Longer travel. And lowering kits diminish travel. Technically stock suspension is mid travel.

The ability to rebuild the shock has nothing to do with it being mid or long travel.

 

I've never heard anything called mid travel except for adjustable coilovers. But I'm not going to argue about it because your logic does make sense.

 

Not sure if you read it wrong or are saying something different, but no one was saying adjustable coilovers are long travel. But you are right they are extended travel.

 

gotcha

 

Le Douche.

 

So I don't want to go long travel, but I want to get the best performance out of a mid travel setup. Looking at coilover systems, what is the purpose of the piggyback res? Is it necessary for a daily driver that goes on some logging roads and in the sand occasionally? What would be the best leaf springs that will have good performance and will still be able to throw a dirt bike and gear in the bed?

 

The resi provide extra oil capacity to help keep the shocks cooler longer. Less chance for shock fade.
For rear springs the Dakars are a good choice, and a good combination of ride and load support.

 

Ok thanks that makes sense now. I don't think I will be needing that since I just like to drive around in the woods mostly. Dan, is there a package price or discount for ordering an entire suspension front and rear from Wheelers?

 

Just give us a call or email me, and I'm sure we can work something out.

 

Price is another thing to consider. A full OME suspension lift is less expensive than coilovers(then you have to still purchase leafs etc). Dan at WheelersOffroad was very helpful when I was choosing my suspension upgrade. I ordered pretty much all my stuff from there. Looks as though you're even in the same state...