thanks, I might have to give some of those places a try. don't want to try the slotting because since they are ome struts it would be way to expensive to make a mistake

...it would be way to expensive to make a mistake

I know that feeling.

One $66 strut and a day of work later...

Okay, it's all back together.  Just going to finish my lunch and I'm off for an alignment.  Luckily the shop was cool about it and just bumped me back on the schedule and other jobs forwards.

Looks different, I think she'll like it.

Okay, it's all back together.  Just going to finish my lunch and I'm off for an alignment.  Luckily the shop was cool about it and just bumped me back on the schedule and other jobs forwards.

Looks different, I think she'll like it.

yea, that's awesome. I got my camber bolts today and I am getting an alighnment today as well. think I'll keep an eye on your car domain to see the transformation. I like the way my GV turned out except for all the money I've put into it coil spacers are a bit redicuos... stupid ome struts

I'm actually at the alignment shop right now.  Mine exhibited many of the quirks you mentioned in your OME post.  Tracking ruts, sorta bouncy, felt like it was tippier, etc.  All signs that the tires aren't sitting correctly and the incorrect steering and suspension geometry was giving us problems.  Can't imagine standing it for 500 miles, I was definately noticing it for the 15 miles I had to drive to town.

I'm actually at the alignment shop right now.  Mine exhibited many of the quirks you mentioned in your OME post.  Tracking ruts, sorta bouncy, felt like it was tippier, etc.  All signs that the tires aren't sitting correctly and the incorrect steering and suspension geometry was giving us problems.  Can't imagine standing it for 500 miles, I was definately noticing it for the 15 miles I had to drive to town.

lol, it wasn't that bad at all with the sway bar in and it does go perfectly striaght. there is some touchyness and I just got used to it. I may have gone more than 500 miles. I bet my ome's will do fine once I get it alighned today

Well it's done.  The camber isn't perfect but it's close.  I'm not worried.  Toe and caster are MUCH better than they were...which I bet was the factory "settings" after 44,000 miles.

Drives nice and rides nice.



Anybody who used a spacer lift notice theirs sits a little nose high or appears to?  I'm kinda hoping the springs settle some more after sitting for a day and a half with almost no weight on them.  Maybe it's just the way the body looks, dunno.

Okay, here's the write up:
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2175091/1

Looks good but put the front shock boots on.

Looks good but put the front shock boots on.

agreed. I put the rock shields back on when I put in my ome struts. the stuff said about my pro comp shocks said shock boots keep rocks and stuff from nicking the shaft which can cause seal failure. put those rock shields on. those strut shafts are really vulnerable so clost to the tire like that

Heh, I haven't run shock boots in years.

If my tires can throw a small rock up fast enough to nick the hardened chromoly steel of a shock/strut rod then I've got bigger problems.  In over 5 years of doing it this way I've never had a problem.

Heh, I haven't run shock boots in years.

If my tires can throw a small rock up fast enough to nick the hardened chromoly steel of a shock/strut rod then I've got bigger problems.  In over 5 years of doing it this way I've never had a problem.

well, you have a good point there. can't argue with the experience. a friend of mine doesn't run shock boots cause with them mud builds up around the shock seal and he can easily clean them off without the boots

I've found a lot of crap and sh&t inside shock boots...stuff they were supposedly protecting the outside from.

Just another way for lift and shock companies to get money from you.  Not to mention how else could you get bring pink or bright green on your truck?  Shock boots!

I've found a lot of crap and sh&t inside shock boots...stuff they were supposedly protecting the outside from.

Just another way for lift and shock companies to get money from you.  Not to mention how else could you get bring pink or bright green on your truck?  Shock boots!

you know, now that you mentioned how difficult it would be for a rock to nick a chromoly shaft and all the build up, I am actually thinking I should take my rear shock boots off. the front is rock shields similar to the ones that are built into your napa shocks. what's your take on that style?

Eh, they've been made that way for decades and decades.  So a lot of them are still made that way.  I've considered taking a cutting wheel to mine and whacking the cover off at the top but eh, dunno if I care enough.  As long as the shock keeps moving it should be okay as the seal cleans the crap off of the shaft.  Maybe it looses a few years of life...but I'll likely replace them before whatever accumulates in there would ever get to be a problem.

Another helpful hint on shock maintenance...WASH THEM!  In the winter I try to wash my vehicles once a week VERY well.  Clean all of it top to bottom and underneath.  So my shocks get hit by water spray and sometimes I even take a swipe at them with the brush.  Road salt and grime doesn't sit on my shocks for months and months, eating away at them.