How good are the Rancho Shocks 5000 and 9000 Series compared to Old Man Emu shocks when used on Land Crusiers?
Neither is specifically designed for use on a Land Cruiser. The adjustability of the 9000 allows you to achieve a dampening rate that should be close to what would be needed for your vehicle. The beauty and the bummer of these units is that they take a shock with a certain overall length, and compression, with mounts of either pins, or eyes, and by making them adjustable, they get a very wide coverage out of one part number. The non-adjustable shocks from most US companies that fit Land Cruisers are generally designed for 1/2 ton pick up trucks, and they have the right lengths (extended and compressed) and mounting eyes for Land Cruisers, they are just not specifically designed for Land Cruiser use like an Old Man Emu. The main reason Old Man Emu can put so much effort into Land Cruiser applications is simple, the Land Cruiser is the number one vehicle found on the road in Australia. They have 10 times the number of Land Cruisers as found in the USA, and less than 1 tenth the populatio
