D40 Shock lower eye

[marcpgl]

Hi Guys,

New to the forum and fairly new to 4x4's so apologies if this has already been covered.

I bought a D40 '07 model a few weeks ago and noticed a squeaking noise, i eventually got sick of it and decided to take the wheel off and have a look, heres what i found;

Im not really sure what the deal is with the lower eye of the suspension, is there a bearing or some sort of bush in there? And would i be better off just replacing the whole shock, or just try to get that bit replaced?

Cheers!

 

[Old.Tony]

Welcome to the forum.

Mine did that. Replaced the shocks with OME Nitrocharger Sports and haven't looked back. If the bushes do it again, I can at least buy replacements for the OME units - you have to replace the whole shock for the factory units.

 

[marcpgl]

Hi tony, thanks for the reply mate.

how much did your OME shockies cost to buy and get fitted?

thanks!

 

[RustyNav09]

Hi tony, thanks for the reply mate.

how much did your OME shockies cost to buy and get fitted?

thanks!

Hey mate and welcome to offroading

That looks like a good old flogged rubber. If its factory shocks than ditch then for some good quality aftermarket units. If your looking at doing s lift eventually than this may be the time to throw some hard earned at it. Have a chat to Zordo on this forum about shocks and stuff he is pretty handy and very informative.

My guess is the OME are about $200 each, but don't count me on that

 

[doc]

OME Nitrocharger Sport retail for $170 each. I know because I currently have "medium" in the rear and am about to replace them with "heavy" due to my vehicle load out.

 

[Old.Tony]

Yep, $170 per corner for the shocks. I had front and rear springs replaced, HD springs up front because I have a huge antenna on the bullbar and might have added a couple of kilos with the winch. I had dual-rate OME Dakar springs on the rear - as the car gets weight added, extra leaves engage and support it. It works beautifully. All up cost was around $2200 or so fitted.

 

[marcpgl]

cheers!

 

[4 naving]

Nolathane do replacement bushes for the stock strut. but at about $60 I would also spend the extra and go for new struts. and don't spray any oils wd40 ect on them as it eats out the rubber.