Rovers North Pro-Comp lift

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your pal

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Has anyone tried the Lift package that Rovers North offers. It includes 4 springs (yellow in color) and 4 Pro-comp shocks. They look like a progressive spring. How are the Pro-comp shocks? I had Pro-comp shocks on my 67 SIIa but that was a different beast. I'm looking at lifting my 96 D1 and just want to make the right choice the first time. I will be running 235/85/16 tires.
I have always suggested the RTM standard setup to friends but for the price difference I was wondering it this would be a good alternative.

Thanks
Rico
 
BaldEagle

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MtclimberVT said:
Stay away from procomp pay the extra money for RTE/OME do it right the first time

Mike:patriot:
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???? i do not understand this.

i've run procomps for 40k miles, and i wheel the shit out of them and they're fine. would i rather have RTE, sure, but keeping two rovers running in college is hard enough. so if you dont want to spend the extra money, the world will not end. i do recommend some spring dislocation cones, which i ordered from RN this week actually. they're only $89.
 
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nicky ill

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Lot of anti-ProComp folks here, I personally wheel every month with them as well as use them for daily driving needs and have never had an issue (I have about 20,000 miles on mine). Will they last 60,000? 80,000? Don't know - but I don't know if my truck will last that long either. For $150 bucks for 4, hard to pass up.

I have heard of them breaking on folks, that would suck, but that has not been my experience.

As for the springs - think they are BritPart springs maybe, don't personally know anyone who has used them, but they just started carrying them recently. You could be a guinea pig or buy what everyone has bought and thoroughly tested, RTE/OME, or if you plan to run pretty light, without a ton of gear in your truck, the Bearmach Big Blues are nice soft springs and are a tad cheaper.

What do you plan on using your truck for? Mixed use, heavy off road, towing, etc.?
 
garrett

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there is a reason there are alot of anti-ProComp people. it's because they have broken them driving their truck to the mall. literally.

you want a cheap shock get ProComp.
you want a cheap truck buy a Jeep.
you want cheap food go to Applebees.

is $150 really worth the frustration when you start breaking them? how will that warranty make you feel then?

all in all you get what you pay for.
 
Nomar

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If you insist on using Pro-Comp shocks, why not carry a spare front & rear so you're not a trail liability. They're cheap enough...
 
rovercanus

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Nomar said:
If you insist on using Pro-Comp shocks, why not carry a spare front & rear so you're not a trail liability. They're cheap enough...
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I like that idea! This is comparable to the "I don't want to convert my rotoflex to a u-joint because it's easier to change the rotoflex" argument. If it's easier let's convert to a 5 rotoflex system.:D
On my D2 the Pro Comps don't control the springs well. They can't handle the weight of the truck. When I bought them I knew I was buying a cheap shock. I needed the extra length and didn't want to ruin a set of OME's and limit my suspension travel.
They will be replaced soon after a little research on my part.
As Garrett said, you get what you pay for.
 
ptschram

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garrett said:
it's because they have broken them driving their truck to the mall. literally.



all in all you get what you pay for.
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LOL, I bought into the hype and bought the blingenstiens and have two of them that are broken to show for it. Sure, they will replace them, but after breaking two of them, do you think I want to take that chance?

Pro-comps are going strong!
 
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D Chapman

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Yellow springs?? Yeah, that would be kool.....

You guys running Procomps......get a clue already. Are Procomps the only shock you've ever ran on your truck? If so, you have no argument here.

Procomps suck and not just because of their build quality. Although, their build quality is a joke. Even the "newly redesigned" with the extra weld is crap. Just as you can't polish a turn, you can't turn piss poop metal into good metal.

Others claim that the Procomps are "just as good as OME" or that OME and Procomp are made by the same outfit. The two shocked being made under the same roof may very well be true, I don't know. But compair the two units. Look at the different breakages between the two units. If these two were the "same shock", wouldn't they break in the same fashion????

The Procomps tear and the studs break off with ease. I've seen and I've had OME shocks break and it's primarily the main shaft pulling loose from the eyelet typically due to someone running too short of a shock for their lift.

All-in-all, if you can't tell the difference in the ride between the two (which most of us certainly can), you'll never really care. The OME are a far better ride offering a lot better control. Add more weight to your truck and you'll notice this even more.

Bottom line. Procomps suck.
 
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ptschram said:
LOL, I bought into the hype and bought the blingenstiens and have two of them that are broken to show for it. Sure, they will replace them, but after breaking two of them, do you think I want to take that chance?

Pro-comps are going strong!
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You keep saying this, Paul. But, look around; no one cares. You're the only one in a room full of people who's had this issue. No one else is claiming this.

In other words, you're an isolated incident. Get over it.

I'm not saying no one else has broken these shocks. I'm not saying these are good shocks. I'm just saying no one cares about your broken bargain bin shocks.

That said, I have a set of bill's on one of my D1's with 2" OME springs. Daily driving they're fine. Throw a suit case in the back and the truck walks down the road like Paris Hilton after a few beers and getting fuck in the ass.
 
ptschram

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D Chapman said:
You keep saying this, Paul.

I'm not saying no one else has broken these shocks. I'm not saying these are good shocks. I'm just saying no one cares about your broken bargain bin shocks.
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And you keep picking on people for no apparent reason.

Bargain bin? Bilsteins are far from bargain bin.

As long as folks continue to bash Pro-Comps and until I break one, I will continue to tell folks that I've had better luck with Pro-Comps than Bilsteins. I see no reason for a person to avoid Pro-Comps just because YOU say to.

For the price, Pro-Comps are more than acceptable. To bash them because they are inexpensive makes you little more than a poor (and much less eloquent) substitute for John Lee.
 
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D Chapman

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Paul,

You're missing the point here. Who all has broken Procomps? How many pictures of broken Procomps have popped up in the last month or two?

Now, how many Bilsteins have we seen pictures of? How many "Broken Bilstien" threads have been started in the last year? Two years? Three years?

Look around,Paul. It's not because "I" say they suck. They just plain suck.
 
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Nomar said:
If you insist on using Pro-Comp shocks, why not carry a spare front & rear so you're not a trail liability. They're cheap enough...
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I carried spare front and rear with OME, broke 3 total in 5 years.
 
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ptschram said:
How many Pro-Comp shocks have you personally run on one of your trucks?

I have run both and am relating my personal experiences, not merely parroting what I have read on the internet.

Your hatred for all things DAP is clouding your judgment.
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On a 1999 D1 my ex-wife drove. Use the search feature and you'll find where she broke them turning into the driveway.

Will Tillery's wife did the samething.
 
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