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Neal Glessner (Nealg)
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 11:56 pm: | 
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I regret ever installing OME springs on my truck. I thought I was spending hundreds of dollars to improve things but instead it's screwed up from defective OME parts.
I put OME springs and shocks on my 95 disco about 1.5 months ago. Since then I put about 500 miles on my truck and have gone wheeling about 4 times. After the 4th time wheeling, I noticed that my right rear was sagging about 1.5 inches. I then called OME and asked them what the deal was.
Their first excuse was that I didn't install the drivers side spring on the driver's side and visa versa. I then confirmed with my mechanic that they were in fact on the correct sides.
Their second excuse was that there wasn't anything wrong with the springs and that my truck was put together wrong from the factory. I told then that that was a bunch of bull since the truck initially sat level and then sagged after time.
Their third excuse (which contradicted their first ) was that the springs should have been installed opposite of how they were labeled since in Australia they drive on the other side even though there were no instructions to do opposite of the instructions.
By then I realized that they were just making excuses so I accused them of dodging their warranty. The chief warranty punk then told me off and told me that their springs don't sag and that it was my problem not theirs.
Has anyone else had similar experiences with with OME springs?
Luckily, Nathan at DiscountRovers.com is taking care of the problem (thanks Nathan!) but I doubt if I will ever buy anything from ARB/ OME again. |
Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco)
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 01:13 am: |
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Nothing but good experience with OME. However you should either install matched springs in a NAS vehicle or install a 10mm OME shim on the PS. The sag is not a defect. It's intentional. Nothing but good experience with OME. However you should either install matched springs in a NAS vehicle or install a 10mm OME shim on the PS. The sag is not a defect. It's intentional. |
Michael Noe (Noee)
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 08:32 am: |
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Damn, Neal. My OME setup is awesome (which you've seen) but I had quite different advice from John at EE. He recommended just forgetting about all that PS/DS spring crap and just install DS springs all around. I'm glad I did this for multiple reasons and I only have about 1/4-1/2" settling of the springs all around, maybe a little more on the rear. |
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