Thread: Old Man Emu.

Originally Posted by PAT303

So Sam do you have Land Rover vehicles that you fit the shocks too and actually drive them during development?. Pat

G'day Pat, absolutely.

Whenever we do and OME range for a new model our OME engineers go through a thorough evaluation, testing and refinement process to develop the optimum suspension components.

In short, this is the typical development process...

Firstly we acquire a new vehicle (a lot of times we actually purchase one). A ride committee then evaluates the stock suspension setup, both on road and in our testing facility, using state of the art data logging equipment, to determine any areas that need improvement and to set the objectives for the new OME kit. By gathering multiple 'real world' opinions and combining that with accurate statistical data we're able to achieve a very comprehensive assessment.

Prototypes are then developed and thoroughly tested (on road, off road and on our testing machines), refined and re-tested prior to final manufacturing sign off.

Cheers, Sam.

Originally Posted by lambrover

Hi Sam, it's great that you have made contact here. Please refer to my post about OME not being of the correct length. You guys do have some great products but please take on board what we have observed. Your answer for a two inch lift: the shock length is pitiful. The TJM gold edition long travel is great and is what you guys need to make to compete or have a bigger slice of the pie. It would be great for OME to have a greater range of shock lengths for landrover.

Thanks for the feedback. I've just chatted with the OME Product Manager and this is something we're aware of and we actually have a project pending to develop a new range for the Defender.

Cheers, Sam.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I had a laugh the other day. I saw a TV advert for, I think, a Suzuki car and it was pushing the fact the car had Monroe shocks.

Actually they're advertised as momo shocks which are yellow konis.

Originally Posted by ARB 4X4 Accessories

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using state of the art data logging equipment, to determine any areas that need improvement and to set the objectives .

I always get a chuckle out of these statements buy manufactures saying we have the latest and best testing equipment - Of course you do.

Depends on the "art". Could be impressionist, post modernist, anything really.

Originally Posted by crash

I always get a chuckle out of these statements buy manufactures saying we have the latest and best testing equipment - Of course you do.

I don't really know what's 'chuckle worthy' with this statement. As you say, its obvious that professionals in this area would have the best gear. If you can't accurately measure and dimension test results then there's no point in testing in the first place.
Full points to OME/ARB for their ongoing R&D into developing better shocks for our Landys .

Deano

PS..................BIG Rover (shocker) eyes are good. ****y little non Rover Eyes are BAD.

Thanks for the feedback. I've just chatted with the OME Product Manager and this is something we're aware of and we actually have a project pending to develop a new range for the Defender.

Cheers, Sam.

You've had them for years i think they are n174 and n175 from memory,( there is a sport equivelent, but i can't remember the number), i used to get them from Sid. They were made for the USA market and i could only get them when there was a surplus. These shocks are roughly 60mm longer than standard where the normal OME shocks are the same length as standard. Surprisingly they were cheaper to buy in at retail from the US then it was to get them at dealer prices here?

Originally Posted by Wortho

You've had them for years i think they are n174 and n175 from memory,( there is a sport equivelent, but i can't remember the number), i used to get them from Sid. They were made for the USA market and i could only get them when there was a surplus. These shocks are roughly 60mm longer than standard where the normal OME shocks are the same length as standard. Surprisingly they were cheaper to buy in at retail from the US then it was to get them at dealer prices here?

G'day Wortho, I've just had a chat to our OME Product Manager to get the lowdown on this. Your memory serves you pretty well .

The shocks we use in the standard kits for the Defender are:

Nitrocharger:
Front: Part # N115, Open Length (554mm), Closed Length (324mm)
Rear: Part # N44, Open Length (560mm), Closes Length (340mm)

Nitrocharger Sport:
Front: Part # 60037, Open Length (553mm), Closed Length (329mm)
Rear: Part # 60039, Open Length (560mm), Closes Length (346mm)

There used to be longer shocks with part numbers N174 and N175 (good memory). These were the original Nitrocharger version and have now been replaced with the Nitrocharger Sport version (below).

Nitrocharger Sport:
Front: Part # 60037L, Open Length (593mm), Closed Length (349mm)
Rear: Part # 60039L, Open Length (600mm), Closes Length (366mm)

The reason we don't do these in the standard kits is that, as you'll know, there are other suspension and driveline considerations that need to be taken into account when using the longer shocks and our OME packages are designed to integrate as much as possible with existing suspension and driveline components, without the need for additional changes.

Hope this info is helpful.

Cheers, Sam.