Adjusting my shocks
Adjusting my shocks
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orange_dodo

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694 posts

218 months

Friday 6th August 2010
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There have been a few threads on here about adjusting dampers on the S but I had always thought mine were fine and someone who knows a lot more than me about suspension set up will have set them up right and me fiddling wouldn't end well.

2 days ago though I was driving into work along a nice country road doing 60 (ish!) on a straight when I went over 3 gentle humps. obviously I managed to hit the perfect combination of hump length, speed, and damper settings as the suspension was completely out of phase with the humps. Every trough i thought I was going to take off, and every peak the exhaust smacked into the road eek I've also had experiences of the front feeling like it has air suspension and wallowing then floating above the road which is disconcerting through a corner!

So this morning I bit the bullet and stiffened up the fronts by 2 clicks. What a difference! The car just feels so much more planted and confident. I took the long route to work (and back) just to chuck it around a bit. I really just want to go for a drive now even though it is dark and soggy!

Brilliant little cars these!

That is all biggrin

SS2.

14,712 posts

267 months

Friday 6th August 2010
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It's threads like this that really make me want to get mine out of the garage and back on the road.. drivingcloud9

(Two years is too long..)

phillpot

17,510 posts

212 months

Saturday 7th August 2010
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orange_dodo said:
So this morning I bit the bullet and stiffened up the fronts by 2 clicks. What a difference!

Brilliant little cars these!

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When I fitted the AVO's to mine had know idea where to set them so went for a wizz with then on softest setting . . . . . that was hairy !!