150 Suspension measurements.

[Jkspinner Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jkspinner]

Hi all
I noticed many people talking about droop of the front of min of 60mm. What about droop in the rear. Is there a recommended min. I have used Dobinson 327 in the rear with Bilstein 80 series shocks, the car sit say approx 755mm and droop is only approx 800mm so less than 2" of down travel. I have about 90mm down travel at the front so pretty happy with that.

[olympuse620 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close olympuse620]

Does anyone run old man emu lift kits?

[Hutch Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hutch]

Heaps of people go to the suspension thread and have a read.

[Jkspinner Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jkspinner]

Just be careful wither OME rear coils, ARB almost always overspec the rear coils. They most often recommend the 200kg coils which w hen unalienable offer a very firm ride and about 80mm of lift. Even if you request the lighter coils they will most often talk you into the heavier ones. They are OK when loaded up, or if you intend on driving around permanently with draws and fridges etc.

Does anyone run old man emu lift kits?

[newmoore Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close newmoore]

Does anyone run old man emu lift kits?

I've just got the OME in mine and they didn't recommend the heavy springs for what I have, even though I tow a camper. I have a bull bar, dual battery and no winch.

Front Springs - 2885
Front Strut - 90010
Rear Springs - 2889 (med)
Rear Shock - 60080

Before
FL - 740
FR - 750
RL - 800
RR - 790

Nearly empty fuel tank

After
FL - 780
FR - 795
RL - 845
RR - 840

2/3 of a tank.

[smas Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close smas]

Hi maxjj: I have 2014 150 GXL with factory suspension I've added ARB winch bar and warn TABOR 10k winch with Dual Batteries. At first it dropped 7 mm but now after 6 months its now 38 mm.This is comparative to your data as a bench mark. We don't do a lot of off road so I'd imagine with more serious off road work it would be more. We are going to upgrade to Old Man Emu setup for the additions.

[ceasar m Member Find all posts View Profile Close ceasar m]

Hi All,
Just thinking of doing the same thing but instead of replacing the original shocks I will be using it and replace the spring only for 2 inch lift . I got ARB bullbar ,dual battery as well. My Prado is only 27,000kms old .
What are your thoughts on this set up.

Thanks

[Symo Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Symo]

Hi All,
Just thinking of doing the same thing but instead of replacing the original shocks I will be using it and replace the spring only for 2 inch lift . I got ARB bullbar ,dual battery as well. My Prado is only 27,000kms old .
What are your thoughts on this set up.

Thanks

I don't think the original shocks won't keep up with the stiffer spring me thinks.

[AJ120 Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close AJ120]

Hi All,
Just thinking of doing the same thing but instead of replacing the original shocks I will be using it and replace the spring only for 2 inch lift . I got ARB bullbar ,dual battery as well. My Prado is only 27,000kms old .
What are your thoughts on this set up.

Thanks

I think your likely to have limited travel with a longer spring but a standard length strut, I would suspect you would have the shock topping out causing handling issues.

Cheers Andrew

[smas Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close smas]

Well all we have done the upgrade and what a difference: I think it proves that the ARM have this by the short and curly with matching springs and shocks. They listened to what my needs were and fitted the right gear for the job. It could be said that the difference was inevitable and maybe other combinations would/could be better but I thin value for money it's spot on.

[Wil Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Wil]

brand new october build 150 GXL TD auto
only mod of any weight - arb deluxe winch bar
front measure 755mm
rear 780mm

[MDSimpson Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close MDSimpson]

OK, I had my OME fitted on the car from new, 35km's 2014 GXL.
I had the ARB Deluxe bar and ARB underbody protection, installed from new too, and told them I intended for dual batteries too.

Here are the supplied part numbers and before and after heights measurements, after its 500km cheap (@850km's).

Front
757mm Before
787mm After

Rear
795mm Before
858mm After.

Front
Spring P/N 2885
Shock P/N 90010

Rear
Spring P/N 2898
Shock P/N 60081

[foxpro Member Find all posts View Profile Close foxpro]

2014 GX 1500km with 250kg added mods. Dobinson shocks and coils.
Font GS59-700 / C59-302. Measurements before / after: 770mm / 820mm
Rear GS59-637 / C59-325. Measurements before / after: 780mm / 830mm

[mjrandom Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close mjrandom]

Front is a bit high fp. Keep an eye on that. Hopefully it will settle but watch CV angles and look for leaks from CV boots.

[foxpro Member Find all posts View Profile Close foxpro]

Front is a bit high fp. Keep an eye on that. Hopefully it will settle but watch CV angles and look for leaks from CV boots.

Hmm, ok thanks for the advice. I will monitor the front. Right after installation yesterday I noticed some positive(?) camber on the front wheels (V-shape, tops leaning outwards). After some driving today it appears to have lessened somewhat. Was going for a wheel alignment but will now give it a week with the current settling going on.