Blown OME - Moving to Bilsteins

[elafilos]

Hello my good friends.

Long story short - been driving my jeep since 2003, back in 2009 I put on some koni heavy traks with stock springs, lasted until 2021 where I put on a full ome SET with 926 springs in the front which I blew the fronts a week ago. Big mess, leaked from the top on the rotors and such.

I took them out and since I am already on a budget I am trying to figure out the most cost effective solution to get the car rolling.

I was tempted to try the Bilsteins 4600 and/or 5100 with the semi sagged 926 up front.

Would this be a downgrade? I am running 245/75/16

The options would be:

4600 the cheapest
5100 the most expensive
OME same as before

What do you think??

 

[duderz7]

4600 and 5100 are the same except color.

 

[vlad588]

4600 are great quality option, i have them on my 03 Liberty for 5 years now without any issues. I think price/quality ration is best with these.

 

[elafilos]

I am literally unable to source the 4600 in Greece right now. Might be able to find the 5100 available but at a premium, since they are the same I might pull the trigger.

The only other set of shocks I have found are the ranchos 5000x or 5500x (can't recall right now) but leaning towards the Bilstein..

 

[KJowner]

KYB on mine, easily available in Europe.

 

[elafilos]

KYB on mine, easily available in Europe.

Yeap and pretty cheap to be honest. However I think it's going to be a big step down from my OME, that's why I was thinking of trying either the bilsteins - nothing available, or the Ranchos.

 

[elafilos]

The only way I could source the 24-139168 was to buy a whole kit with the shorter 24-139175 included, so I went for it.
Now I wondering whether I should throw on the back shocks too for a test.

Front Springs are 926 and rear 948 (the car was sitting perfectly level).

I believe that the worst case scenario is topping those out under very weird angles / catching air.

Any ideas / opinions?