Frankenlift or OME

patton · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 5:12 pm

I'm curious what your opinions are.
Should I buy a Frankenlift or put an OME lift together and buy some of Al's a arms with any leftover money?
Planning on putting 245/75/16s on it if that makes any difference with the a arms. Currently at around 51000 miles.

Is this everything needed for an OME lift?
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OME
Front:
OME-927 Springs
OME-NS131 Heavy Duty KJ Struts
2 Teraflex bump stops
3 Conduit Nuts per side
3/8" upper plate

Rear:
OME-948 Springs
OME-N132L shocks
Daystar Rear extended Bump Stops
2 Isolators per side
Brake relocation brackets

will need to check on bump stop lengths
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tommudd · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 5:41 pm

All depends on the list you have you will be almost at a Franky height. Ride will be about the same. Don't have to do the UCAs now if you don't want to
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OME
Front:
OME-927 Springs
OME-NS131 Heavy Duty KJ SHOCKS
2 Teraflex bump stops
3 Conduit Nuts per side
3/8" upper plate

Rear:
OME-948 Springs
OME-N132L shocks
Hockey pucks 2 per side
2 UPPER Isolators per side
Brake relocation brackets
Alignment

CamaroDave · **Joined:** Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:14 pm **Posts:** 40

do you need the 3/8" upper plate too?

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 7:43 pm

CamaroDave wrote:

do you need the 3/8" upper plate too?

Nope not at all,
even though Rustys and RRO sold them for the last 6 or 7 years, no one much used them until the past year or so.
I've had different versions on mine since 05 but.... :roll:

stumpjumper_09 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 8:35 pm

tommudd wrote:

All depends on the list you have you will be almost at a Franky height. Ride will be about the same. Don't have to do the UCAs now if you don't want to
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OME
Front:
OME-927 Springs
OME-NS131 Heavy Duty KJ strocks
2 Teraflex bump stops
3 Conduit Nuts per side
3/8" upper plate

Rear:
OME-948 Springs
OME-N132L shocks Hockey pucks 2 per side
2 UPPER Isolators per side
Brake relocation brackets
Alignment

Hey Tom, been a while....

CamaroDave · **Joined:** Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:14 pm **Posts:** 40

tommudd wrote:

CamaroDave wrote:

do you need the 3/8" upper plate too?

Nope not at all,
even though Rustys and RRO sold them for the last 6 or 7 years, no one much used them until the past year or so.
I've had different versions on mine since 05 but.... :roll:

didnt think so. so in a while when my suspension settled i could add the 3/8" along with the 3 ring clevis that i will be putting on when i put my lift on this weekend and that would basically be the highest i could go right? sorry, still learning things as i go.

jmichaelsjeep · **Posted:** Thu Sep 30, 2010 9:52 am

Do you need to do the brake relocation bracket with the Frankie? I'm doing my lift tomorrow and I need to know if I need to rush to find something I can use to relocate?

patton · **Posted:** Thu Sep 30, 2010 12:09 pm

From what I understand. If you have a 2003, then you don't need the relocation brackets. Mine is a 2007 so I do need the relocation brackets.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

LibertyCRD · **Posted:** Thu Sep 30, 2010 1:32 pm

Nobody told me that I'd need brake relocation bracketry with my 2.5" spacer lift. What's the difference?

jmichaelsjeep · **Posted:** Thu Sep 30, 2010 2:17 pm

Whew, I was worried there. Well, as long as nobody thinks different I guess I'm good then. If need be I guess I'll have to ride my bike to ACE mid-lift and get something that I can modify to work! :lol:

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu Sep 30, 2010 3:29 pm

Up to 05 don't have to worry about extending the rear brake line bracket, after that you do

By the way if anyone needs some Bilstein shocks for the rear when you are lifting I have a brand new set ready to ship
look in the for sale section

patton · **Posted:** Thu Sep 30, 2010 4:27 pm

Does anyone think I will tear up anything in the front end if I put HD front springs on it? All I've added as far as extra weight are skid plates. I want to add a brush guard but that's only a possibility and it's in the future. The reason why I'm asking is I had a friend that had an old Chevy pickup that kept tearing up the tie rods and ball joints because of heavier front springs. Someone put 3/4 ton springs on the front of a 1/2 ton though. I haven't seen anyone say anything about this so I thought I'd go ahead and ask. This may be a stupid question but thought I would try to get an answer anyways.

Another question. A Chrysler tech. told me it was against the law to run a "Pinion Index Reset." Anyone know if this is true? I'm in Iowa if that makes a difference and I have a 2007 so it does have the ESP system on it as well as four ABS sensors.

infernicus · **Posted:** Thu Sep 30, 2010 4:33 pm

You'll be fine with the 927's.
I'm running the Frankenlift with the HD 927's.
So with your lift with the conduit nuts you'll be about the same height, I don't think anyone has had any issues. If you go too high you will encounter problems, mostly with the CV's.

riptricket · **Posted:** Thu Sep 30, 2010 6:57 pm

brake line bracket...
http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=45640&p=589570#p589570
http://www.jeepkj.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45500&highlight=brakes
I have an 05 and will be doing it with mine to be on the safe side...

htkrph · **Posted:** Sun Nov 28, 2010 1:12 am

is this website: trustworthy?

http://www.rocky-road.com/kjome.html

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Nov 28, 2010 2:06 am

RRO

wouldn't believe everything they say
What they say about OME springs being good is correct, but .....

KJ_WHEELER_2010 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:54 pm

I just went with the OME 2" kit. Supposed to put it on towards the end of this week.

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