ARB OME BP51 Shock Absorbers - FAILURE - 4 YEAR 40,000km ROAD TEST & Compression Rebound Setup.

[@rudedogii]

I'm in California and have run ARB Old Man Emu struts on my Toyota Tacoma. They leaked and replaced with EMU Sport struts and failed again. Replaced with Koni Raids. Never any leaks!

[@Adventure8]

I’ll have a look at the Koni’s

[@ejshelby5460]

commenting from new york here: 2023 4runner, just installed the BP51 front coil over, adjusted the preload/ride height to minimim (rotated the collar up to 5mm, ARB don't recommend going up more. but not sure why), used stock UCA. The result is a bit of a clusterf00ck. I expected a minor lift of 2", but it gave me 3" lift!! the car looks level, but in fact it tilting backward a bit.I need to 1. wait for the front spring to weaken or 2. lift up the back. Another potential problem: the reservoir hose is jammed under the upper control arms (as it cannot go above it), I don't know how much of the rubbing it can take during the down travel of the UCA.

[@Adventure8]

Thanks for sharing your experience. Keep my channel posted on further developments with the BP51's.

[@ejshelby5460]

@@Adventure8 In fact, I have a basic question about how these coilover works. When the product is in the box, I'd assume the springs are in their fully extended length? now, is this length the total droop/downtravel it'd give to the tires? which means that after the truck is dropped to the ground, the spring will necessarily compress, and from there, it performs it's compression-extension cycles?

[@Adventure8]

@@ejshelby5460 I would assume the compression and rebound function remains about the same across the full stroke of the shock movement.

[@Sir2wired]

I also got an oil leak after few miles and very light use in my LC GRJ71. Pitifully local distributor did not give any support. It seems to be they are not reliable like manufacture promotes

[@Adventure8]

Thanks for sharing your experience. The refurbished units seem to lasting longer.

[@joshschilling-f9w]

when you refer to an internal spring, Are you talking about the resistance of the 2000kpa of nitrogen ? Because the cut away i have seen doesn't have an internal spring.

[@Adventure8]

Yes, I think you are right. It's the gas pressure (I assumed there was an internal spring). Thanks for this info.

[@edipar1141]

Doesn’t Australian Consumer Law apply to shock absorbers? It would be interesting to ask ARB what they would consider a reasonable life from a set of their shocks. Glad I watched this before deciding which brand.

[@Adventure8]

Thanks for watching and commenting. We will see how long these refurbish shocks last, no doubt I’ll make an updated video one day.

[@SirLuisBarrera]

I have one leaking, not much, just shiny at the bottom all the time. front passenger. 35k kms installed in 2019. How much did you have to pay for the rebuild? Would you also know when did they come out? I bought the car and had them. I'm in Vic.

[@Adventure8]

I think the BP51’s first came out around 2015. I was charged $560 AUD for the refurbished shock. I had to fit it myself. ARB did not offer to do the fitting (free or for a fee).

[@markh6676]

I searched for reviews on bp51s and your vid comes up. 👍I was about to order them on Monday but I think ARB just lost a sale. I see they now have the new big bore MT64s available, I might look at those instead or go back to my first choice which was Koni 90s. How are the 51s going now?

[@Adventure8]

Thanks for watching and commenting. Yes, once my BP51's fail again, I will be replacing them with conventional big bore shocks with NO external reservoir. No upside down shocks. Go back to basics for max reliability. I'm sure there is a market for high performance racing shocks where external reservoir, upside down shocks makes sense, however, for long distance, remote touring, max reliability rules in my opinion.

[@marty754]

should of tried Radflo .. I put over 400,000km on my 2.5" remote reservoir shocks .. servicing them every 70,000kms. The difference between 2.0" and 2.5" is night and day ... its that obvious. 2.0" is a cadillac roll... 2.5" hold ur car up at 140km/hr .. on dirt

[@Adventure8]

Thanks for sharing your experience with shocks. Much appreciated.

[@Yowie722]

I had 2 x 2.5 radflo’s leak at 10,000km. I must have got the Friday afternoon set.

[@gr7788]

Buy Koni Raid 90s never have a shock failure again.

[@Adventure8]

Thanks for sharing your experience