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New OME shocks from arb

Postby doyta on Tue, 16 Sep 2014 10:19 +0000

Put it in gear and go farking go.
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Re: New OME shocks from arb

Postby mathew8235 on Tue, 16 Sep 2014 10:50 +0000

Great vid!
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Re: New OME shocks from arb

Postby lippa88 on Tue, 16 Sep 2014 12:53 +0000

Actually look pretty good..
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Re: New OME shocks from arb

Postby packeteer on Tue, 16 Sep 2014 1:35 +0000

looks ok, but spendy
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Re: New OME shocks from arb

Postby Pete'90 on Tue, 16 Sep 2014 5:08 +0000

I know what I am saving for now!
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Re: New OME shocks from arb

Postby Homer72 on Wed, 17 Sep 2014 12:53 +0000

Very nice. Think I might be calling in next time home.
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New BP-51 Adjustable OME Shocks by ARB

Postby Rocket55 on Wed, 17 Sep 2014 11:29 +0000

If these work half as good as they look, then they could be a winner 8-)

Who's going to be first to give them a go? :twisted: :twisted:

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Re: New BP-51 Adjustable OME Shocks by ARB

Postby lippa88 on Wed, 17 Sep 2014 11:46 +0000

Use the search rocket :p

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Re: New OME shocks from arb

Postby Rocket55 on Wed, 17 Sep 2014 12:40 +0000

Well that's embarrassing :oops: :oops: I'll just give myself an uppercut :lol: :lol: thanks for pointing that out lippa. :D

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Re: New OME shocks from arb

Postby amitch888 on Wed, 17 Sep 2014 8:02 +0000

Newbie mistake? Welcome to the forum rocket :D

How much are these worth?
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Re: New OME shocks from arb

Postby Pete'90 on Wed, 17 Sep 2014 8:18 +0000

Quote ARB

After 4 years in development, we’re excited to announce a revolutionary new product from OME… BP–51.

Featuring fully adjustable bypass technology and utilising state of the art materials, BP-51 shock absorbers and coil overs provide the ultimate in ride and performance over all terrains, delivering true racing technology for everyday applications. Check out the video for a sneak peek.

RRP (Australian east coast metro areas): Shocks $550, coil over assembly (includes coil and shock) $845.00. Vehicle specific fit kits additional. Fit kit pricing available once product becomes available. Contact your local ARB store/stockist for further details.

Please note – limited stock will be available in Australia from early 2015 for initial applications (Toyota LandCruiser 200 Series and HiLux 2005+ models).

Limited availability throughout international markets will commence in the 2nd quarter of 2015. Further applications will be announced as they become available.

From reading this, one would assume $1690.00 supplied for the front only and maybe $1100+ leaves for the rear
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Re: New OME shocks from arb

Postby Rocket55 on Wed, 17 Sep 2014 10:19 +0000

amitch888 wrote:Newbie mistake? Welcome to the forum rocket :D

How much are these worth?


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Thanks for the welcome Mitch, these forums are a bit tricky, hopefully I'll get the hang of it soon enough.
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Re: New OME shocks from arb

Postby Alby on Fri, 19 Sep 2014 7:31 +0000

This was posted on another forum about these shocks

The son of the engineer at work was one of the team who designed & developed these. He's not forthcoming with much intel, but his son did spend a few years in the you.S. working for Fox, so would expect him to have picked up a thing or 2.
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Re: New OME shocks from arb

Postby Rocket55 on Fri, 19 Sep 2014 11:15 +0000

That's probably why he's not working for them anymore and is out here...
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Re: New OME shocks from arb

Postby Bushbound on Fri, 19 Sep 2014 11:20 +0000

These shocks are being tested on a couple of the Production Class cars competing in the Australasian Safari, starting in Perth today.
http://www.australasiansafari.com.au/website/home.html

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The Safari will be a real life test of these shocks, our car has 6 of them and I'll be watching closely how they perform as I'm keen to be able to adjust the rebound on my rears. Watch this space.
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Re: New OME shocks from arb

Postby Bushbound on Fri, 03 Oct 2014 6:31 +0000

I'm just back from racing Australasian Safari as part of the Service Crew on the Owen Truss Isuzu MUX, that had these shocks as part of OME trials and the results are very good.
We had an OME teck along with the team ---

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This is Bill at work under the car, cant show you his face because he's an OME Teck.
The car had double shocks on each corner

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and through the race they were removed and checked. the blue strip on the front shocky is heat sensative and used to check the max temp the shocky reached. Throughout the Safari none of them exceeded their normal operating temperature.

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During the Safari the car was raced hard and subjected to more punishment than a normal car would recieve in a lifetime and the shocks performed very well. They were easy to adjust and Reg was able to get the compression and rebound right for the car set up very quickly.
At the end of 7 days and 3500km of racing, the Service Crew

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and Support Crew

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packed a dirty and battered car away and had a quiet drink to reflect on the past week.
The OME shocks performed very well and did everything they claim to do. I have recently fitted new Bilsteins to the rear of the Survey Wagon so cant justify the $$ to change now but will certainly follow the progress of these shocks as I can see the benefit of adjustable rebound dampening on the rear of my set up.
They were laying around everywhere ---
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--- but none to fit my Hilux.
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Re: New OME shocks from arb

Postby Bird on Sat, 07 Mar 2015 6:29 +0000

Anyone running these yet?
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Re: New OME shocks from arb

Postby Homer72 on Sat, 07 Mar 2015 9:52 +0000

ARB had them mounted to a couple of vehicles at the Vic Caravan & Camping Show. Hilux, Prado and 200 Series. Talked to Brighton ARB Manager there and he said they broke a 200 series when testing. They look the bomb and will be going on the next Hilux but that's another 18mths away.
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Re: New OME shocks from arb

Postby flex73 on Sun, 08 Mar 2015 1:19 +0000

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Re: New OME shocks from arb

Postby hilux_bondy_007 on Sun, 08 Mar 2015 3:33 +0000

How are they??
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