Strut Recommendations for OME Coilovers

[joshualaw205]

Hey all,

 

Finally lifting my R50 after 25 years of family ownership. Old springs feel a little tired after 260,000 miles so I figured now is my opporotunity. I already picked up some Old Man Emu 2923 fronts and 2922 rears already, huge shoutout to Steven here on the forum with RuggedRocks Off-Road for finding me the coilovers!

 

Anyway, I am pretty new to lifting (have only helped a friend lift a truck once before) and could use some help finding some struts. Steven mentioned that ARB doesn't make the accomopanying struts anymore, so I was hoping someone could make some strut recommendations. Same with shocks, I assume I'd need some new ones to accomodate the extra height and get the most out of the OME ride quality. If anyone could make some recommendations I would really appreciate it! 

 

Worth noting my Pathy is almost entirely stock so the new medium duty springs will likely lift the truck quite a bit. Thanks!

[R50JR]

10 hours ago, joshualaw205 said:

Hey all,

 

Finally lifting my R50 after 25 years of family ownership. Old springs feel a little tired after 260,000 miles so I figured now is my opporotunity. I already picked up some Old Man Emu 2923 fronts and 2922 rears already, huge shoutout to Steven here on the forum with RuggedRocks Off-Road for finding me the coilovers!

 

Anyway, I am pretty new to lifting (have only helped a friend lift a truck once before) and could use some help finding some struts. Steven mentioned that ARB doesn't make the accomopanying struts anymore, so I was hoping someone could make some strut recommendations. Same with shocks, I assume I'd need some new ones to accomodate the extra height and get the most out of the OME ride quality. If anyone could make some recommendations I would really appreciate it! 

 

Worth noting my Pathy is almost entirely stock so the new medium duty springs will likely lift the truck quite a bit. Thanks!

 

kyb struts and bilstein 33-185552

 

[commodorehat]

KYB is your best option for struts.  For rear shocks you have some choices depending on what you want to do offroad.  You don't NEED extra length with the ~2" lift you'll get with the springs, but if go with a 26" extended shock (stock is 24") then you can still just swap the shock.   Anything more you'll have to extend some things (brake lines, etc). The bilsteins above are top of the line and give you that 26".  I run KYB Gas-a-justs with my 2" lift, which are a nice ride and relatively inexpensive, but they give the OEM 24" expanded length.  I don't do a ton of rock crawling which is where I'd imagine you'd want the extra flex.  I think you can still find the ARB N61s if you want to match the springs, which I believe are also 24".

 

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