OME spring question

jeep4life7 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:09 am

ok so i got the ome lift but i got medium am i going to get the same amount of lift as a hd springs

audiboy86 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:09 am

Yes you will unless you have a really heavy load such as a front winch bumper or rear bumper. Other then that you should have exactly the same amount of lift. But some people on here get even more out of the OME lifts with a boiler top plate and a few extra Iso's in the rear.

digglesworth · **Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:02 pm

i did 3 conduit nuts and an extra iso per side right off the bat. i have a set of 3/8" top plates and two more isos ill be adding real soon. wanted to let it settle a bit before adding everything.

jeep4life7 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:24 pm

alright thanks im glad i dont have to be streesed about that

Dave08 · **Joined:** Fri Nov 02, 2007 4:17 pm **Posts:** 250

No the HD's will be taller, the spring height will be the same but the weight of your jeep will sink a lighter spring more than a heavy spring.

jeep4life7 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:31 pm

Dave08 wrote:

No the HD's will be taller, the spring height will be the same but the weight of your jeep will sink a lighter spring more than a heavy spring.

how much do you think

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:17 pm

~ 1/4" difference after they settle without a steel front bumper / winch or something else that weighs ~ 150lbs, hd's are 500 rate

there is a measurable difference, however, if you're doing top plate, or clevis at any point, without a steel bumper the difference is highly minimal

jeep4life7 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:24 am

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

~ 1/4" difference after they settle without a steel front bumper / winch or something else that weighs ~ 150lbs, hd's are 500 rate

there is a measurable difference, however, if you're doing top plate, or clevis at any point, without a steel bumper the difference is highly minimal

where would i buy top plates and clevis deals and about how much lift will i have with out all that just the normal medium ome lift

digglesworth · **Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:35 pm

dont know exactly how much lift youll have with the med. OME's but you can get the 2" conduit locknuts at lowes or home depot or an electrical supply store..... the top plates depend on what size you want. JBA has 1/4" ones... RRO has 3/8" i believe.... you can also contact "Boiler" on this forum. he makes his own and he has both sizes.... remember spacer size is doubled in actual lift... 1/4" plate = 1/2" of lift 3/8" = 3/4" and so on and so on.....

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 30, 2010 2:03 pm

ome stuff always gives more lift than the advertised 1.5", the HD's usually settle to 2"ish, i'd guess (and that's all i've got to go by) is that the MD's will settle to 1.5 - 1.75"

many of us use Conduit Nuts as a spacer guide when doing clevis lifts but you don't have to use anything other than a pry bar to hold the strut up when you re-tighten the clevis and you're talking about roughly 2 dollars in conduit nuts and a little electrical tape to hold them together nice and pretty

top plates, boiler makes some, you can make your own out of some cutting board etc

I'd go ahead and put 3 nuts in the clevis when ya put it back together and an extra iso or two in the rear and get it aligned, and let it settle and see where it goes from there, it'll keep you under 3" and probably settle to 2.25-2.5" or a roughly 21.5" flare to center cap measurement if I'm recalling right

my theory has always been if the rear is higher than the front by a small margin, you'll either like it like that.. or it'll be easier to unbolt one bolt and pull out an extra iso, than it is to unbolt a clevis or top plate (which is pretty easy anyway)

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