Yep, the Prado's ride is a bit stiff, so I replaced the OEM shocks with Old Man Emu shocks. Ride was then smoother, but not as soft as that on my former Gen 1 Exped. Despite the softer shocks, the Prado was not bottoming out when full, nor swaying during high speed runs with crosswinds. Stability was still good.
I'm not sure, but I think Bilstein and Rancho may be a bit stiffer than OME. Not sure how they are against stock. You'll know right away when you drive off from the shop. I forgot the name of the shop that installed my OMEs, but they did say they'd take my OMEs off and put the OEMs back if the ride didn't improve. Not sure if they'd push through on such though. Hehe!
i also heard Bilstein is stiffer than OME. i got interested with Rancho because it has 9 adjustable settings....i think you got your OME at RATS Katipunan.
hi i installed rancho 9000 on my dads suburban a couple years back, my dad used it for a year then had me remove them, he didn't like how the vehicle responded, i think the suburban was too heavy for the ranchos...go figure when the models i got were the ones that the americans used on theirs wheni was in california.
i also heard Bilstein is stiffer than OME. i got interested with Rancho because it has 9 adjustable settings....i think you got your OME at RATS Katipunan.
Now that you mentioned it, I got it from RATS while they still had a shop in Alabang. Rancho does have 9 adjustable settings, but then despite setting it to the softest, my friend's Strada was still bouncy at the back. You might also like to research on Big Dawg, which is manufactured by Rancho. Another friend slapped those on his Mom's Patrol and the ride smoothened out. Nga lang, came to about P11K/shock I think vs OME and Bilstein. Laki kasi nung shock body. Hehehe!
Now that you mentioned it, I got it from RATS while they still had a shop in Alabang. Rancho does have 9 adjustable settings, but then despite setting it to the softest, my friend's Strada was still bouncy at the back. You might also like to research on Big Dawg, which is manufactured by Rancho. Another friend slapped those on his Mom's Patrol and the ride smoothened out. Nga lang, came to about P11K/shock I think vs OME and Bilstein. Laki kasi nung shock body. Hehehe!
for teh 120 prado, Old Man Emu also has coil springs to increase ride height coupled with better carrying capability and better ride than stock.
Oh yeah. RATS offered this to me as well when I had the shocks put in. Will lift the Prado about an inch or two I think, do correct me if i'm wrong though, ARB. I didn't like the idea since I wasn't planning to slap on bigger offroad tires. The OME shocks came with a 1 year warranty. The coils another year. So when purchased together, 2 years warranty.
@mmm,
In my experience, replacing the shocks alone improved the ride. When the installer showed me how hard it was to push a fully extended OEM shock vs an OME shock, I somehow lost my skepticism. I saved some, however, for the ride being too soft, but that wasn't the case either, coz day after that, I took the Prado out with the family (all 7 seats taken, by adults), and we weren't bottoming out. But hey, if you want to go for the springs too, why not?
@ARB,
Heard from some sources that OMEs get hard after a while, I suppose within the warranty period of one year or slightly after that, so these guys come back and have them replaced. That's why Big Dawg was what they recommended to my friend with a Patrol. Can't confirm this, though. I'm still happy with my shocks
20k yata for the pair (depending on the unit in particular... mine cost about 16k for the Xwind)... the controller, I don't know... between 4k to 8k yata.
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Terribly. My front shocks are shot, so the rear end stays planted and the front end see-saws up and down against the rear axle. I'm replacing the front shocks next.
The adjustability of the Ranchos mean that I can tune it for comfort, but because my fronts are shot, we can't balance it yet. Waiting for a budget to buy new shocks for the front.
If you have the budget to buy a full set of four, I strongly suggest this is what you do.
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Hahaha! Yeah, you're ride should really be terrible if a shock absorber or two is/are shot. Happened to my Camry before, both right ones were shot. Felt like I was seated directly on the ground.
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