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Sean B.

Sean B.North-West & West coast, TAS

No warranty give on springs

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Had a set of Old man emu on 92 hilux and replaced them with a new set after 20 odd years. The new set is terrible and has sagged on left hand side. Just over 3 years 25000km. Replaced it at my own cost. Now new spring 4 months old has sagged. The hilux has never been off road. Abr have inspected and are suggesting I pull the spring out myself to see if the housing has caused it to sag. Arb your springs are faulty and are dangerous. Never again will I buy a product from arb.

Purchased in November 2021 at Devonport for $800.00.

Mark Hendo

Mark HendoHunter Region, NSW

  • 2 reviews
  • Verified purchase

Weak leafs

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I had OME installed at arb 2mths ago, i told them I wanted the 300kg continual weight in back. Since having them I have put 1/2 a meter of sand and gravel in the back 4 times, like I did with hilux 2017 original suspension. But now it bottoms out on rubber stoppers. Can’t take the weight and now my rear end is flogged out and lower then factory, the front has sagged already and I’m sure it was lower then factory set up even though I installed a 2” lift. I’m very unhappy with its load capabilities and I’m about to take it back Monday coming to ask for a please explain. I don’t rate this gear



Purchased in November 2021 at ARB for $3,000.00.

GU patrol

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Best mod ive done so far stopped wagon from twitching on ruts at high speed also much nicer handling of the road I would recommend them to anyone who wants to improve the drivability of their patrol

Purchased in May 2021 for $1,400.00.



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old man emu shocks suck

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Second time I am experiencing shock OME failure. Shock piston rod broke at attachment point. First on my LR Discovery and now on my LR Defender. Absolutely unacceptable. Stay away from OME ...... you're better off with cheap Gabriels

OME = squeaky pig

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I had a recommended Toyota associate ([name removed]) recommend a 2" OME lift for my 2015 hilux, which at the time had 1000miles on it. Immediately It squeaks and squeals like a scared pig. It also sagged in the front within 4 months. Front now sits slightly lower than factory height (20mm). Wouldn't recommend them to anyone.

Purchased for $4,000.00.

Graham

GrahamPacific Paradise

  • 10 reviews
  • 4 likes

OME Suspension on the Triton MQ is night and day better

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I got the OME comfort pack on my 2016 Triton MQ and the cornering, road handling and roll has improved 200%.
ARB Caloundra were very professional, plus they went beyond helpful when a bushing was missing from the pack.

I have no complains....

Purchased in July 2021 at ARB for $2,300.00.

Chris

ChrisPerth

  • 2 reviews

Leaf springs squeaking and clunking

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I had a suspension upgrade done on my new Bt50 for an around Oz trip towing a van. 600kg OME leaf springs were fitted on the rear. Initially the thing sat up SO high but it has now settled to a reasonable height. Sagged? However after only 8000km they have developed the most terrible squeaks and clunks. The work was done by a top suspension specialist in Perth. I am in the North West now and took it to the local ARB as they are agents for OME and they tell me the bushes sound like the problem. This shouldn't happen after so few K's. Will update once they have pulled it all to bits.

Purchased in December 2021 for $2,582.00.

Neill B

Neill BSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 4 reviews

Beware of these

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Purchased in June 2021 at ARB for $2,000.00.

ROLLA

ROLLACentral Queensland, QLD

  • 13 reviews

Top quality

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Ran an Old Man Emu suspension kit in a 1991 Toyota Landcruiser for 10 years and never had an issue with any of it. Have sold the car and it is most likely still the same suspension now as well. Comfortable and handles great on and off road.

Purchased in September 2021.

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Terrible OME suspension on a 2008 toyota 4runner

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As soon as 6 months the truck became bouncy, harder to control and so on. Random lean etc. the OME springs and matching OME shocks were both under 15k miles each when issues started- i went crazy thinking it was other things. All my lower/upper control arms bushings were new prior. What now... sucks for me. OME/ ARB offer no help and almost don't even know what they are talking about when you call corporate support- marketing wins, product blows.

Shane

ShaneGold Coast

  • 12 reviews
  • 1 like
  • Verified purchase

ARB - OMU Suspension

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KenH

KenHColorado Springs

  • Verified purchase

Poor Customer Support

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Bought my second set of OME - had one defective hardware kit with missing middle washer and defective lock nut.Asked for warranty replacement - no reply to three requests for help to ARB (parent organization) and retailer said they will not cover the parts. Makes me wonder what happens when I need some real support - $700 in shocks they won't replace $10 hardware kit.

Does the job

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Got the plus 500kg springs, probably 300kg would gave been adequate as it has lifted the back up a bit too much however it rides exceptionaly well with little body roll especially when loaded up with my tray back camper or farm tools. Previous spring set were inferior to OME and were replaced due to broken leaves

Ome shocks don't last

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I have experienced failures of two sets of OME shocks one set on my Kimberly camper in the middle of the Gibb river road. The bottom eye detached at the weld. The other set on my land cruiser. Leaking oil after less than 100k kilometres original Toyota shocks on the front have done 300+k kilometres with no issues. As a professional mechanical engineer my view is that ARB does not have the detailed engineering knowledge and quality control systems needed to build a high quality product. If they did these types of failures would not occur.

Not worth doing

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Put a two inch lift in our pathfinder recommended by Warrnambool off road . After six months complained about it and they just didn’t want to know and now the back shockies have gone and is so dangerous to drive. Rocks and rolls and if you hit a hole it throws you around. Dangerous. After doing 30,000.00. So disappointed with the suspension and the after care.

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I have old man emu shocks and springs in form of 1 inch lift kit on my brand new Mitsubishi triton e

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Mark

MarkGrafton

  • Verified purchase

Rubbish

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Just brought 2 inch lift hilux springs and they inverted as soon as i put weight on them and sat 25mm lower then my 5 year old efs springs, absolutely rubbish. Will never touch ome again.

Old Man Emu suspension

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We had a lift fitted (old man emu) 2 years ago.. The suspension has already sagged to one side... Seriously, not worth the money/investment on the ARB product.

Pauly

PaulySouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 3 reviews

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY - BUSHES GONE AFTER 2 YEARS

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OME kit fitted to brand new vehicle before we picked up from the Dealer. Spent $12K on ARB toys (lift kit, canopy, tub liner, cargo mat, bull bar, spot lights, trade rack, awning.....)

Suspension knocking after 2 years - ARB want $400 to repair.

plus..... all 6 locks on the canopy broken after 18 months..... another $180 (plus fitting).

ARB IS A JOKE..... RUBBISH QUALITY - WILL NEVER FIT THIS JUNK TO OUR VEHICLES AGAIN.

OME kit false advertising - does not work on Jeep Grand Cherokee

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Roger D.

Roger D.asked

How much money?

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Andre.

Andre.asked

Doesn’t look like you’ve got too many satisfied customers. Does it ?

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Graham
Graham

it is like all franchise systems, it depends on the store and who owns it.
Caloundra ARB are great to deal with, but that does not reflect all stores.
TJM and Iron man have the same issues, some are great and some are useless.....

Colin M.

Colin M.asked

do omu nitrosport 9000 shocks fit 200 series landcruiser original springs ?

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