OME shocks for my KZJ78!!

Naude23 · Post by **Naude23** » Thu May 18, 2006 10:27 pm

Haven't posted in a while! Finally bit the bullet and ordered a full set of OME shocks for my Prado a few days ago - it seemed to be the best option. They were ridiculously expensive though at £305! Hope they are worth it. Just out of interest, what do they cost on that side of the planet??? Can anyone tell me if I am going to run into hassles using the original springs? Also any advice on fitting them would be appreciated.

JTop · Post by **JTop** » Fri May 19, 2006 12:06 am

About $160 nz ea.
Bleed the shocks before you fit them. Hold them vertical, the correct way up, and fully compress them twice allowing them to fully extend after each compression. Then fit them without allowing them to lie down !
J Top

wjw · Post by **wjw** » Fri May 19, 2006 2:07 pm

Thats alot of money

... could have posted you some :cry:

Naude23 · Post by **Naude23** » Fri May 19, 2006 9:19 pm

Bummer!!!

Oh well, wonder if it would have worked out cheaper with the shipping and all... so looking forward to getting them on though! Hope my expectations are not too high, but my old standard shocks are aweful and after 200k kms, they must be fairly knackered! Just hope the difference is noticable - my wife will KILL me if it isn't! :lol:

wjw · Post by **wjw** » Sun May 21, 2006 8:44 am

They will be heaps better

I'm sure the wife will be very comfortable

Naude23 · Post by **Naude23** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:07 am

The shocks arrived in the post today after a bit of a wait! Gonna do my best to get them on this week and will post when I have given them a good work out!