Elka or Kings

Sounds like an OME full kit would serve you well.

 

I have OME BP-51'S And when yes they are incredibly nice, I may be moving to Elka in the near future. Why the switch? I've had two failures of the lower spherical bearings in the OME's and I'm ready for a change. The Elka setups I've gotten my hands on look incredible and I've heard nothing but good things.

 

I was referring to the standard OME kit w dakars lol. I’ve also heard great things about Elka

 

I wouldn’t call them failures considering they are wear items and have to be replaced when worn just like any other 2.5 front coilover or high end shock

 

Go for Elka, they have high and low speed compression adjustments as well I think they will be able to handle our winter conditions better. Accutune says they rebuild kings more often.
I saw a truck the other day with the 2.5 Elkas and it looked really good.

 

I hear ya and somewhat agree. The short time frame they've failed in each time is more the issue.

 

totally understand that. It’s not an expensive or hard fix, but tedious since you have to pull the strut completely out to replace it.

 

ADS. Keep your OEM coilovers and put a cheap spacer on them when you need to rebuild the racing shocks.

There's so many factors on when you will want to refresh them its hard to say.

I've gone through 4 'lift kits' and can truly say I believe in buy once cry once.

 

Bingo.

 

Radflo

 

this is good info right here

 

I'm interested to see more info of your setup.

 

thank you!

 

I'm reading oside's thread right now. been planning to start and learn on my old Foxes, which are the stopgaps for when I'm [planning to] rebuild my Kings. I'm also looking into learning the valving so i can do it myself and dial it in. so, thanks, this is right on.

 

i've put so much time into the truck so far and it's been all about handling and chassis control all the way through. for my application the stock King valving is a very good solid start, and i've been assessing performance since installing a few months ago. the Foxes were such dogs i couldn't get into the details of assessment. the Kings bring all the information, so i've been digesting it and looking into the future to consider how i would change their performance through revalving. Accutune was on my radar and i've dialoged with them, but shipping to CA from TX, and relying on translating my impressions to them through words at great expense sounds like an inefficient way to not achieve my goals.

if i want to do this right i need to do it myself. so i'm going deeper with this now, just needed a little help with info to get started. really exciting since i'm getting the whole front end fully rebuilt in 2 weeks, which will load me up with all kinds of new info/considerations for the shock performance (pulling out everything again and starting over, this time with gusseted spindles/knuckle, shock towers, upper and lower arms, adjustable end links, and taking her from 4.0 to 5.0 caster and it'll be game on with a fresh start).