Omix products

[88 Sahara]

I cannot verbally express how amazing pissed I am at the Omix door striker pin sets. They are absolute crap. I have been outside for about 2 hours before I finally figured out what is going on. I thought it was my door, not the replacement striker sets I bought no more than 2 months ago. No..come to find out it's the striker set, the metal is so freakin' cheap that it somehow bent inwards....seemingly defying the laws of physics. They cost about $75 and gave me about $2 worth of product. Do yourselves a favor and never buy these. If you have a happy story about these, please tell me how these pin sets somehow defy physics and bend inwards while all the force on them goes sideways.

[adventure bob]

While I don't dispute that you may have a problem with the product, have you given Omix a chance to help you before you bash them? Our history with them as a company has generally been good. When we point out probs they are willing to step up and get it fixed.

Theres a thousand production reasons there could be a problem, but if you don't objectively, unemotionally tell them what the problem is, they may not even know they have a problem.

[Penguin]

If they are bending inward you most likely do not have them adjusted correctly. Or you shut the door a few times with the latch in the locked position. I will assume that you didn't do the latter.
How did you adjust your striker?

[88 Sahara]

I have never shut the door with the latch in the closed position, the pins were adjusted properly and the pin worked flawlessly until all of a sudden the door won't shut. Then to boot, I went to take the pin housing off and I lose a mounting nut..not the products fault, but it was like..3am and raining so I was a lil pissy. It just seems that if the metal was to fatigue in anyway, the pin would be pointed inwards, towards the seat, but the striker somehow got pushed back towards the rear...I have no idea how this happens.

[TJMagoo]

Did you call them or our customer service group for some help?

[88 Sahara]

No, not yet, I've had exams all day

[88 Sahara]

OK, I figured out the issue, and it's not the adjustment I did. It turns out that the force of the door closing caused a ripple effect on the striker housing and caused the rear portion to somehow become bent outwards even though all bolts were tight. With that bent, the door would catch the pin, lock it in place but then have an aftershock of sorts that bent the metal on the open face to bend backwards toward to the rear. I have the Omix strikers on both p/s and d/s and they both get used regularly. Nothing is wrong with the p/s one. I feel like if they were made from less malleable metal this never would have happened. I bent it back into shape (it was barely off, but just enough) and had to use washers to get it back to the correct angle. But..since I lost a nut the striker now gets pushed towards the driver seat so it won't close since there's nothing holding the plate to the side of the Jeep. It looks like I'll have to close the door from the p/s til I can get a nut in there. (if I physically hold the plate to the side of the Jeep it will close)

P.S. I apologize for going off on a tangent, I am just extremely stressed from exams and my Jeep giving me stupid issues like that just pushed me over the edge. Let's all grab a cold one and lay back.

P.S.S. would Omix send me a replacement you think? I mean I can't prove their metallurgy is off. I get the feeling this would be a losing battle.

[adventure bob]

Sahara,
I would first suggest a conversation with the our hosts if you purchased it through them.
Magoo, if he did, can you hook him to someone?
If not I would suggest talking to the vendor you purchased them from first.

If you can't get satisfaction through them, then I would recomend contacting Omix, explaining the situation and seeing if they can help.

In all cases I would suggest again, honest objective description of the situation. Most manafacturers in our industry would rather make you happy than quible about BS. I have seen many vendors exchange or warranty items, even though they know the problem was the customers, to ensure satisfaction.

[the Captain]

your anger with omix ada prouducts is not alltogether unjust...many of us have been on the tail end of that dog...and trust me, it's pretty bad...do a search on here if you want to get cranked up...but really, just get the kentrol stuff or another more expensive part...seems to have worked well for a lot of us

[blackwater]

...your anger with omix ada prouducts is not alltogether unjust...

88 hang tough on the school stuff, man. I have had hit and miss luck with Omix. (Do not buy their pretty little turn signal lever...) Like the Captain said, if someone else is making what you're after, that's probably the way you should go. On the positive side, I installed the stock Omix flares on Myrtle because her old ones were just horrible and they turned out looking great. (Holes didn't all line up, though.) A CJ is an imperfect creature and sometimes I just have to take what I can get.

[tomsjeep]

(Do not buy their pretty little turn signal lever...)
:lmao:
You bought for the pretty or did you really need a turn signal lever?

[the Captain]

like blackwater i had a problem with the holes lining up, but on windshield hinges...the holes didn't even come close to lining up to the factory tub and windshield frame making them useless garbage...i will never buy any omix ada/rugged trail parts again if i can get around it

[blackwater]

:lmao:
You bought for the pretty or did you really need a turn signal lever?

LOL...You old...you old...sumpthin' or other... You're tryin' to catch me on a bling move, aren't you?...

What transpired was that I had to remove the steering wheel and turn signal mechanism because the left signal would no longer return the lever to the 'neutral' position. I decided since I was changing the mechanism out, that I might as well replace the rusted to crap lever. Well, it wasn't two weeks before the chrome was gone off the new (omix) lever and it looked worse than the original.

Oh, now that I'm 'remembering'...(yes, that's a bit of an exaggeration) the turn signal assembly was Omix too, and it wouldn't work properly either. I had to take a spring out of the old one to make the new one work.

It's always freakin' somethin', Tom.

[tomsjeep]

LOL...You old...you old...sumpthin' or other... You're tryin' to catch me on a bling move, aren't you?...

What transpired was that I had to remove the steering wheel and turn signal mechanism because the left signal would no longer return the lever to the 'neutral' position. I decided since I was changing the mechanism out, that I might as well replace the rusted to crap lever. Well, it wasn't two weeks before the chrome was gone off the new (omix) lever and it looked worse than the original.

Oh, now that I'm 'remembering'...(yes, that's a bit of an exaggeration) the turn signal assembly was Omix too, and it wouldn't work properly either. I had to take a spring out of the old one to make the new one work.

It's always freakin' somethin', Tom.
Myrtle the bling-mobile!
:bling:
Indeed it is - always freakin' somethin'.
Can't get away from it, might as well have a Jeep... at least it's never boring. Picked my Libby up from the dealership this morning after inwarranty service... the lady behind the desk commented that I would be a good Jeep salesman. You hear that JeepTales? Yer gunna get some competition (not!).
:wavey:

[Gryphon]

your anger with omix ada prouducts is not alltogether unjust...many of us have been on the tail end of that dog...and trust me, it's pretty bad...do a search on here if you want to get cranked up...but really, just get the kentrol stuff or another more expensive part...seems to have worked well for a lot of us

I used the Kentrol door strikers nearly three years ago...they still look new and work geat, naray a problem.

My Omix aluminum valve cover now...I had to polish it myself, as their "polished"...wans't. Flash and casting marks all over it...nasty. At least it was straight. I had to redrill most of the holes and the gasket was cheezewiz, but it works.

I will only (willingly?) use Omix for those little goofy parts no-one else makes. But, they do have those goofy little parts that no-one else does.

[88 Sahara]

Yeah I dunno how quality control goes down the drain..I guess it's the danged chinese to thanks for that. But after all I found a 1 1/2'' shard of metal in my can of skoal tonight, that's made in the good ol' U.S. of A and it just about cut my mouth open ( I need to quit anyhow) It just seems it's one thing or the other all the time with my Jeep and I guess that's the Jeep thing, it keeps breaking, I keep fixing it. For example a swing away carrier install turned into a 6 month ordeal when a "mechanic" installed it and it held fine for about 3 months, enough time for my bro to start at Ga. Tech and we're from Va...no big bro to fix everything. Well he said it started moving around, no big deal I say, he gets home in about a week ago and we take a look, everything is tight, must just be wabbly. Well, his bumper fell off the other day. That was just fan-f*cking-tastic. It turns out the "mechanic" only put the 4 outer bolts on the bumper, so the weight flexed the metal and literally broke the p/s rear corner of the frame off. I couldn't believe it. had to reweld it back on and finally put it on right. That took forever all for this guy to get to the next project and make his $$. It's either people are getting lazy or companies are getting lazy...I dunno, may never know.