Old Man Emu LTR Shocks

Matt,
Spoke to a bloke at Dalhousie Springs and he had them on his hi-lux and he swore by them, not as heavy as the 100 series but he was happy.

Peter A.

Matt, I think most people are happy with whatever upgrade they have chosen...anyway I have a set of Koni "Heavy Track" shocks on my 100 series std wagon (with 50 mm lift King springs, rear with Polyairs). They have fairly soft compression damping and adjustable rebound. Note the "Heavy Track" series are bigger (and more expensive) than the standard Konis.

The rebound adjust is a very good feature and lets you set the damping rate to suit the springs, although presumably ARB sells their shocks and springs together as a kit, suitably valved (?). The LTRs have externally adjustable compression damping but remember that *in general* compression damping should be at a minimum unless you're bottoming out the suspension any more than just infrequently. I note that ARB advertise the adjustability of their LTRs as though it can provide you with an adjustment more generally useful than that.

If you do for some reason go with Konis do keep in mind that the installer will probably not set up the rebound damping critically, and will probably err on the safe side, ie a little firmer than desireable. It takes a little trial and error to get it just right, but they are relatively easy to adjust (only the lower end of the shock needs to be unbolted).

Best of luck, it is a hard decision as you can't try them out first...Casper

Matt
Thought I was the only one to be sold a set of LTR's. Bloody expensive, but good shockers.
I have 'em on my 100TD.
Our Simpson trip in May saw me very heavily loaded. An 80 series with us had Nitrochargers on.
Even though roads throughoyut were pretty good, the Nitrochargers were fading a bit over a days driving. My LTR's were performing the same at the end of the day as at the start. No fade whatsoever.
My rear springs were too soft though. Don't ask me about them as I don't know much apart from them being OME. Soon to put heavier set under the back to deal with twin spares on Kaymar, LongRanger tank, and the load of stuff my bride "needs" on a trip.

G'day Mat,

I am running LTR's on my Defender TD5, also had them on a previous 300TDi Defender. I have had only good reoprts. I am running 100psi in the and 80 in the front. Have done many trips in the high country and will be heading off to the Kimberleyt shortly. I am very inmpressed and believe the expensive was well worth it.

I have LTR's on a 4.2TD Patrol. Rear bar, roof rack, 170lt tank etc... and they have been outstanding on trips. I had one which had a small leak and ARB replaced when they were just on the wrong side of warranty without an issue which was great. I use them with a set of heavy duty springs and polys in the back.
Yes they are big dollars but you pay for what you get.

Got them on the GQ, would love them on the GU, but went Konis..

They work well the LTR's with the remote reservoir, which keeps the oil cooler in the same way bikes have for 25+ year... and thats how they are designed.

They are an investment in, you can go and buy $50 shocks but when they die in middle of nowhere, you will be pist you didnt buy quality