Hey y'all,

Not too long ago, I installed a daystar spacer lift, 1.5"-2". Due to some difficulties during the installation, I blew one of my struts and it had been rattling ever since. It also sagged I little bit in the front and I didnt like that at all. Thats why I went ahead and bought some new OME HD struts and coils.

I installed eveything in a little over 3 hours (record time???? ) and here are the results:

Before:




After:




Thats how I received them:




After re-painting:

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2005 CRD Sport
Mods: Glasspack, OME HD Struts & Springs, 2" Daystar lift,
255/70/16 General Grabber AT2's on MOAB's
ORM&EHM with great success!
TJM T17 Bumper, 50W KC HID's

Looks goood!

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06 CRD LIMITED- Factory Belly Armor, Hooks.
EHM, MagnaFlow SS Cat Back, FS-2500, HDS 001 TStat, Some Gauges, PML Trans Pan, PML Diff Cover, Marinco Mod, FIA Blanket, Cooper Discoverer ATR 225/75, CTS 245/70, Front-JBA 2.25" C/Os, Rear-OME HD, JBA UCA, SS Brake Lines.

What springs did you end up using on the front - the OME hd springs, or the OME springs that are are made for the CRD that are used in the CRD Frankenlift? And how does it ride? Better than stock or worse up front?

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2006 CRD Sport 4X4, bought 6 July 2006, born 5/20/2006 1900 hrs.
Mods N Things:
235/70r16 Wrangler SilentArmor, ProVent, Gasser airbox, CAT filter, Kennedy lift pump, fuel cooler, Evic from wrecked 05 KJ, factory skidplates, towhooks, OME 2" CRD lift, Magnaflow 12256 muffler, Alpine stereo & XM "stealth antenna" install

I used OME CRD HD coils aka OME790's. I think the ride is better, it fits the character of a lifted vehicle better. It rides more like a truck. It is stiff but not too stiff and I have absolutely no worrys that springs or struts will fail when I go offroad.

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2005 CRD Sport
Mods: Glasspack, OME HD Struts & Springs, 2" Daystar lift,
255/70/16 General Grabber AT2's on MOAB's
ORM&EHM with great success!
TJM T17 Bumper, 50W KC HID's

How did you get the struts inserted back?

When I've taken mine apart I've had to drop the lower A arm - which means a alignment afterwards, and that's with a Daystar on Stock springs - not the 500 lbs/in OME's.

and by the way that looks great - I've got 245 MTRs - and your 255's look much wider.

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2005 CRD
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Your liberty is diesel or Gas?

Its a Diesel. I stepped on the disc brake and pushed it down to get the strut back in there. It doesnt have to do anything with your spring rating because you are not compressing the strut when reinstalling it. I had some problems the very first time when I was still using spacers. I disconnected the swaybar though, that helped.

Doesnt matter what you do though, asa you start messing with the front suspension you HAVE to get it aligned.

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2005 CRD Sport
Mods: Glasspack, OME HD Struts & Springs, 2" Daystar lift,
255/70/16 General Grabber AT2's on MOAB's
ORM&EHM with great success!
TJM T17 Bumper, 50W KC HID's