We suggest that you set the dampening per the instructions and then move one adjustment at a time using the included tool until you find your preferred ride quality.
Installing OME suspension will help handle increased tongue weights, but will not increase your tow rating. Please follow the towing specifications per your owners manual.
For most applications, we offer OME springs in Light, Medium or Heavy Load options. The correct application will depend on how your vehicle is equipped with aftermarket accessories that add additional weight to your vehicle. In most cases you would use a light load spring on a vehicle with no aftermarket bumper and a medium or heavy load spring on a vehicle with an ARB Bumper.
The majority of our Old Man Emu suspension components are designed around factory frame, axle and control arm mounts and install the same as the factory components. Because of this, please refer to the factory service manual for specific vehicle.
OME suspensions are engineered first and foremost for ride and handling quality. The amount of lift provided for each specific vehicle is within the maximum limits allowed by the stock suspension components so that extensive and costly modifications are not required.
In most cases OME suspensions systems are designed to maintain the factory front-to-back rake. This is because OME suspension is engineered for load-carrying ability as well as lift. In some cases a rear leaf may be removed from the pack to level the vehicle, but there is a downside, the spring rate is also reduced. The spring will lose more height under when loaded causing the rear to sit lower than the front resulting in a poor and sometimes dangerous ride quality.
Specific suspension fitting kits have been developed to ensure that vehicle dynamics have not been altered including but not limited to) driveline, braking and steering operation.
This varies from vehicle to vehicle due to the vehicles suspension limitations, please refer to the latest Old Man Emu Suspension Catalogue for estimated lift over factory ride height.