WTT RE3.5SF for OME 3"

[XJFez]

Long story short i'm driving on the road A LOT more than i had planned and instead of buying a more street friendly vehicle i figured this might work. Anyways, does anyone here have a 3" OME kit they might want to upgrade from? I have the full RE3.5"SF kit about a year old, almost NO off road time on it. Spread the word, i'm not lookin to make money so this should be a good deal for someone. Possible new 32" KM2's and wheels to go as well (dont want to trim much more and i'm not sure if i can squeeze them under an the OME lift.)

[XJLI]

this makes absolutely no sense. i bet youre running RE twin tube shocks. just get OME shocks and the ride will be 1000000x better. also, what tire pressure are you running?

[Zullock Holmes]

yea dude keep the rubicon express stuff.... there's really no reason to get rid of it, just get old man emu shocks and it will soften your ride and save you a hell of a lot of hassle.

[clean4drxj]

yea i'd get some better shocks and maybe step down to a 31 AT instead of MT's...

[XJFez]

I thought about just doing shocks and then i had a chance to experience RE springs w/ OME shocks and it barely makes a dif. I figured the softer spring rate would help. I dont have the time to wheel so i figured it cant hurt doing this for now.

[HeavyMetal]

ive ridden in an OME 3" that doesnt even get wheeled, and lemme tell ya, a solid axle jeep is a solid axle jeep. it is what it is, you wont see leaps and bounds improvement no matter what you do to it really, maybe with long arms or drop brackets and new shocks and such...but even then...3" lift hardly warrants a LA/drop bracket

[XJLI]

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/s...-rates-613756/

OME coils are SUPER soft. basically stock rate. the ride in my jeep with the RE3.5 coils and "stiffly" dampened bilstein shocks is way better than the rusty's 150lb/in coils and rusty's shocks, and way better than the ride with bilsteins and the rustys... the soft/hard combo didnt match very well. im actually very comfortable in my jeep the way it is currently, and more importantly, it handles a lot more predictable, even without swaybars, with the "stiffer" suspension.

you never did say you checked your tire pressure.

[XJFez]

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/s...-rates-613756/


you never did say you checked your tire pressure.

Too lazy to check right now but for the road they are up there, should be around 35psi. If i go lower for a softer ride, think i'd be lookin at uneven wear?

[XJLI]

Too lazy to check right now but for the road they are up there, should be around 35psi. If i go lower for a softer ride, think i'd be lookin at uneven wear?

I ran my 31s at 30, I run the 33s at 28. I only bump mine up for long-ish trips.

[Magilla]

to check your tire pressure for even wear take a piece of chalk and draw a line on each tire drive it 20 feet on the street. If is completely gone its good, if it is gone just in the center you have too much pressure drop pressure check again, if it is gone on just the sides you have too little pressure inflate check again.

[XJtheXtremeJeep]

i run my 33's at 25 psi... no uneven wear after 15k plus miles.

[XJFez]

I'll air down a little in the A.M. Thanks for the feedback

[Zullock Holmes]

i run my 33 km2's at or around 28 when on the street and it seems to be working pretty well so far

[Krazors001]

ive ridden in an OME 3" that doesnt even get wheeled, and lemme tell ya, a solid axle jeep is a solid axle jeep. it is what it is, you wont see leaps and bounds improvement no matter what you do to it really, maybe with long arms or drop brackets and new shocks and such...but even then...3" lift hardly warrants a LA/drop bracket

I own the Jeep this man speaks of. I like the ride, but it is definately still a Jeep. I wouldn't waste the time swapping out suspensions. My ride isn't substantially different than Will's RE lift even before his leaves were shot. It rides nice and all I guess, but I don't feel like it is as the internet makes it seems like Jesus' hand carries you over the bumps like a supple cloud.

[XJFez]

like Jesus' hand carries you over the bumps like a supple cloud.

that was good. I figured it was exaggerated a bit but the spring rates are still fact....however i did take about 5-7psi out of my tires today and no one else noticed but i sure did...if the opportunity presents itself, i will still make the swap, but i guess i wont press it for now. Thanks again for all the feedback.