Dangers of Strut spacers

Re: Dangers of Strut spacers

Postby Pete'90 on Fri, 06 Jun 2014 9:14 +0000

$700 + fitting pre assembled 50mm ultimate springs and struts with after market top hats sounds a lot better for a levelling kit, rather then $220+ for 35mm strut spacers also eventually new struts at $200-280 each add all the labour on top x2 for going in the strut spacer direction
And you have close to a all round 50mm lift..

As they say you play you pay, but do it the safe and legal way (insurance :shock: )
If anything think of your personal safety

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Re: Dangers of Strut spacers

Postby Strongy2008hilux on Mon, 09 Jun 2014 4:33 +0000

Thinking of buying OME 2 inch for the front and replacing my spacers after reading this forum, thanks for all the info guys. Anyone running OME in the front of their ute?
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Re: Dangers of Strut spacers

Postby hiluxd4d1kd on Mon, 09 Jun 2014 4:35 +0000

i got 2" ome at the front with no worries but i got constand in the rears and not much weight in atm, still waiting on a canopy and then i'l be able to fit all my tools in the back.

atm the rides fine but the front end is way lower then the back. like a 4" lift in the rear and 2" in the front.
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Re: Dangers of Strut spacers

Postby hiluxd4d1kd on Mon, 09 Jun 2014 4:36 +0000

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Re: Dangers of Strut spacers

Postby Strongy2008hilux on Mon, 09 Jun 2014 4:48 +0000

Ok sweet, i was looking and it says their only a 30mm lift but apparently its a 2 inch? Im just goin to leave the rear standard i dont carry much weight sits nice with 2 inch in the front. Had my canopy for about 4 weeks now and i love it. What brand you go with?
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Re: Dangers of Strut spacers

Postby Pete'90 on Mon, 09 Jun 2014 5:37 +0000

Hi, Ome is not a 2" (50mm) lift, according to ARB it is a touring suspension upgrade which then raises the vehicle 30-40mm in the front and 40mm in the rear.
No 2 hilux vehicles are the same height after a lift both before and after the settling in period so how high your front end will be no one can tell you until after the lift is in and settled..

Ome is a tried and tested product which gets some good results, but all I can say and as most other forum users will too is make sure you do your research because not all suspension packages are for everyone. Plenty of threads on the subject
Here's one for you viewtopic.php?f=28&t=2339
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Re: Dangers of Strut spacers

Postby Strongy2008hilux on Mon, 09 Jun 2014 6:49 +0000

Cheers thanks very much mate, theirs so many options to go with just hard trying to find the right combo.
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Re: Dangers of Strut spacers

Postby rysermon on Mon, 09 Jun 2014 7:26 +0000

a friend of mine has the OME lift kit, but he got the front shocks fitted with 2" lifted heavy duty king springs and this helped it achieve the full 2 inches, also a lot of people seem to have issues with the OME front coils sagging, but other than that the lift kit is working just as good as my bilstein kit !
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Re: Dangers of Strut spacers

Postby The B Man on Thu, 26 Jun 2014 3:18 +0000

Image has anyone noticed that the upper control arm hits the coils when the wheel is in the air? I only noticed this after we installed the spacers, does it happen with just stock SR5 suspension?
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Re: Dangers of Strut spacers

Postby boxhead55 on Thu, 26 Jun 2014 4:02 +0000

No it doesn't. But the biggest issue is it floggs the upper balljoint badly.
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Re: Dangers of Strut spacers

Postby boxhead55 on Thu, 26 Jun 2014 4:03 +0000

Monster rides sell thease to stop the issue. Image
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Re: Dangers of Strut spacers

Postby The B Man on Thu, 26 Jun 2014 4:39 +0000

Do you know the link where i can buy them from? Can find it on the interwebs. Cheers
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Re: Dangers of Strut spacers

Postby Pete'90 on Thu, 26 Jun 2014 7:43 +0000

The B Man,
viewforum.php?f=46 one of these
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Re: Dangers of Strut spacers

Postby VMN on Fri, 27 Jun 2014 5:52 +0000

boxhead55 wrote:No it doesn't. But the biggest issue is it floggs the upper balljoint badly.


X .2 if you had a look under that boot you would be horrifed by what you saw as the seat will be badly mangled (aka flogged)
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Re: Dangers of Strut spacers

Postby The B Man on Sat, 28 Jun 2014 7:54 +0000

It only happens when my wheel is in the air and so far i havnt done any 4x4ing that involved that so no damage at the moment. Will have to fit those stoppers in asap
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Re: Dangers of Strut spacers

Postby Abtheman on Thu, 03 Jul 2014 2:17 +0000

Interesting read! I have a stock 2009 hilux sr5 and just brought 3 inch strut spacers for the front (aprox 75mm lift) and 2 inch rear shackles. After reading what I've seen here pretty sure now I'll be selling them. One question though. Is it only the front strut spacers that give issues mechanically? Especially the 75mm lift which I'd be getting....? Any issues with fitting longer rear shackles? Any info would be appreciated as I should have the set turn up in next few days
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Re: Dangers of Strut spacers

Postby GeeBung on Thu, 03 Jul 2014 3:52 +0000

Good move. Just get a proper lift mate, so much easier and a much better result at the end. Extended shackles are illegal too.
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Re: Dangers of Strut spacers

Postby Hellbound on Thu, 03 Jul 2014 4:00 +0000

And make the ride in the rear shithouse.... just save your money and do it right the first time people :mrgreen:
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Re: Dangers of Strut spacers

Postby Abtheman on Thu, 03 Jul 2014 6:18 +0000

What would you recommend for a lift kit (just for the front to begin with, as I want the truck to sit even) but will do the rear at a later stage. Is there any other mods required when installing a lift kit to get the truck level? For example, brake lines, abs cables, cv joint angles and relevant drive train components. All I want is reliability! If anyone knows of what I would require in the rear when I'm ready for that suspension upgrade let me know too. One other thing.....is it possible to use the stock struts with longer springs to get reliable lift?
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Re: Dangers of Strut spacers

Postby Skuxyluxy on Sun, 06 Jul 2014 6:31 +0000

I'm interested to know this aswell ^
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