OK, not been asked before on THIS forum so here's an opportunity to plug that gap. Looking at OME springs and dampers for my UN peace-keeping ice cream van. Always a contentious issue I know, but this is the picture. The vehicel will be carrying extra weight, but I am not going to be traversing the sub continent in it. Yes, I'd like to, but not going to happen. Trust me, so forget that plan. I will have drawers, extra batteries, recovery kit etc that will pretty much live in there all of the time, so it will always be 'on the springs' as it were. I doubt that it will ever be loaded with anvils and ship's anchors so 400kg springs are probably not needed. I do want them to lift the vehicle against its usual load so an uprated spring is definitely on the cards.
On the front, there will be a winch and bumper, but the bumper will (I think) only be a bumper, not a bull bar configuration with great big eyebrows over the lights. So extra load is not going to be enormous.
I was thinking 850 51-110kg for the front and
863 200kg on the rear.
Now I can't really see any other combination in the OME range. It's either 'standard', 'hard core' or middle of the road.
OK, anyone got any thoughts on that? You may tell me that actually you really need the 400kg springs on an 80 due to........X, Y or Z
I'd go heavy duty flopper stoppers on each corner. Not sure if they do HD and Std for the 80?
Why OME? Well had them before and liked them plus I can get hold of them without having to try too hard.
I know that people have tried other things like slinky springs. I am not closed to those, but can I get them off the shelf, delivered next day? This is not a reincarnation of Lil Blue, it is a medium duty off roader with cruising tendencies. That's medium duty - not medium capability before you start!
Cheers boys
Chris
On the front, there will be a winch and bumper, but the bumper will (I think) only be a bumper, not a bull bar configuration with great big eyebrows over the lights. So extra load is not going to be enormous.
I was thinking 850 51-110kg for the front and
863 200kg on the rear.
Now I can't really see any other combination in the OME range. It's either 'standard', 'hard core' or middle of the road.
OK, anyone got any thoughts on that? You may tell me that actually you really need the 400kg springs on an 80 due to........X, Y or Z
I'd go heavy duty flopper stoppers on each corner. Not sure if they do HD and Std for the 80?
Why OME? Well had them before and liked them plus I can get hold of them without having to try too hard.
I know that people have tried other things like slinky springs. I am not closed to those, but can I get them off the shelf, delivered next day? This is not a reincarnation of Lil Blue, it is a medium duty off roader with cruising tendencies. That's medium duty - not medium capability before you start!
Cheers boys
Chris