Which Shocks

[Steve_T]

They may have renewed the dampers but kept the springs, are springs listed on the invoice?

[Byker28i]

gruffalo said:

HarryW said:

Out of interest just measured my ride height very roughly in the garage, my front is 135 and rear 155, never bottoms out or scrapes speed humps at work.....

Same as mine.

I spend a while getting it set to the right height at Snetterton playing with the ride height to get the right compliance, it rides so much better higher than when it looked great really low but the springs ran out of travel too quickly.

Hum, might look at setting mine slightly higher this weekend prior to going on the continent. Might mean I don't have to have that embarrassing moment asking the missus to get out to clear a ramp etc

[TailEndCharlie]

Just contemplating a suspension refresh myself.
Ive found where I can get the Protech,s and Nitrons from, but not the Ohlins.
Can anybody point me in the right direction, and does anybody know the part numbers. Thanks.
Also are they double adjustable, ie compression and rebound.?

[Jhonno]

Austec supply Intrax - They are superb! I ran them on my old E30.. If I had the spare £££ I'd swap my Nitrons for them.

[Steve_T]

If you're looking at Intrax and Ohlins, it's definitely worth looking at Quantum too. Very impressed with mine.

[spitfire4v8]

^^ I was chatting to alexgray255 about alternative dampers for his sagaris if he ever wanted to change from nitron and I suggested Quantum as an alternative. Would be very interested in your longer-term thoughts on those. Not cheap but very well respected in racing circles.

[MADNESS]

Steve_T said:

They may have renewed the dampers but kept the springs, are springs listed on the invoice?

Having checked the invoice, it just states upgraded suspension.
It's not done all that much mileage since 2007 ( when they was fitted) so maybe the dampers are good still and just needs springs fitting

Edited by MADNESS on Thursday 23 July 22:16

[fatjon]

Protechs on mine with 450 fronts and 400 rears. Works very well even though it's not the most expensive setup by a good margin. I suppose if I was slinging it round a track competitively I might go more upmarket but for road use it's fine and a big improvement on the original even though they were not high mileage.

[MADNESS]

Finally got my new shocks fitted , went for Protech 600 single adjustable in the end.
Set the fronts to 10 clicks in on the front, rears 8 clicks in.
I set the preload up very quickly, making sure the front and rear were set equal.
I do need to do some measuring to get it spot on, until then I have driven it twice and both times it has felt awful ! I have taken 100 steps back with regards to the handling.

Going to get the front and rear measurements sorted out, then see how it is.
Any other advise on this?

[Jhonno]

If you got them through Joolz I would ring him and ask for some advice.. Or take it to someone who knows how to set them up.

[Byker28i]

set the shocks to half way on both front and rear, then adjust for height settings as mentioned before. I generally always found 10mm higher at the back suited.

Then if it's too harsh slacken off the shocks front and rear. Split half works well. I actually like my ride soft, for handing all the crap roads.

[Incognegro]

Hi guys not wanting to go off topic. I currently am on Nitrons (set up by Power), absolutely love them. with Suplex springs (not sure of thier rates supplied by nitron I believe)? I have been thinking of upgrading the springs to Eibach springs for a slightly stiffer ride can anyone advice of Spring rates that work well in the Eibachs to give confidence in high long speed corners so I have good stiffness/less roll but still comfortable over bumps etc. Sorry if I'm asking the impossible.

Cheers

[gruffalo]

I have gone for 650lb front and 450lb rears with nitron dampers.

Beautiful balance and great grip. Ride is firm but not jarring when running with the dampers in a mid position.

[MADNESS]

Went out and checked the ride height, it wasn't far off what it needs to be which was a good bit of guess work !
I backed off the damping front and rear a bit to give it a bit more feel, also I thought I best check the tyre pressure, bit of a shocker as found them all to be at 38psi!! Now I know why the car didn't feel to good, I had the wheels refurbished maybe a month ago and as the car went away to str8six I just totally forgot about checking the tyre pressure.

After setting the pressures to 24psi all round (18" wheels) and going out for a test run it's now 100% better! Still not quite where I want it but at least it will go in a straight line now!

[Byker28i]

Tyre pressures everytime.

[Incognegro]

MADNESS said:

Went out and checked the ride height, it wasn't far off what it needs to be which was a good bit of guess work !
I backed off the damping front and rear a bit to give it a bit more feel, also I thought I best check the tyre pressure, bit of a shocker as found them all to be at 38psi!! Now I know why the car didn't feel to good, I had the wheels refurbished maybe a month ago and as the car went away to str8six I just totally forgot about checking the tyre pressure.

After setting the pressures to 24psi all round (18" wheels) and going out for a test run it's now 100% better! Still not quite where I want it but at least it will go in a straight line now!

The lads at Power recommend 28psi all round these days??