OME shocks are too long on rear axle...

[wicks]

So I hear that the OME shocks are too long for the rear axle of a D90, and that you can end up with the springs popping out.

Has anyone tried a combo of OMEs on the front and Bilstiens on the rear?

Ideas?

Thanks!
Wicks
:confused

[chrisvonc]

Lots of people use OME on the rear of D90s including myself. They work fine. Some just wont allow enough drop to unseat the spring.

[wicks]

Chris, do you mean you just don't let the rear drop enough to potentially pop loose the spring? I have my rear wheel in the air pretty regularly so I am kinda worried about it. Did you fit spring retainers?

[chrisvonc]

No, my OME HD setup wont let the the axle drop enough to let the rear spring pop out. I have a set of EE retainers and never needed to use them. If you go with maybe the OME LTRs or the Scoripion Racing lowered mounts, then you would want to retain I think.

(BTW - I edited out your HTML code in the thread title if you were wondering why your first post said it was edited by me)

[wicks]

Oh, so you have the OME springs in there too? I am just replacing shocks, I like OEM coils. That's why the length issue I guess.

Hmmm.

[wicks]

How about if I just used original LR rear shocks and OME shocks in the front?