AVO Suspension Set up
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Why would the supplier have sorted this out for you?
I bought my nitrons from, well 'nitrons'. I started out with what the suggested values were that had been put on other peoples cars, but the values were so disimilar from car to car.
Eventually I have slowly changed springs and rates to get to a point where I think its right. But I bet telling others my settings have no more benefit than 'starting values' for anyone else.
When you think about it the Cerbs are so different car to car. If there had been a general consensus you wouldn't bother with additional cost of adjustable at all?
I bought my nitrons from, well 'nitrons'. I started out with what the suggested values were that had been put on other peoples cars, but the values were so disimilar from car to car.
Eventually I have slowly changed springs and rates to get to a point where I think its right. But I bet telling others my settings have no more benefit than 'starting values' for anyone else.
When you think about it the Cerbs are so different car to car. If there had been a general consensus you wouldn't bother with additional cost of adjustable at all?
Agree with you Julian.
The supplier will only supply them to you. I would guess that a lot of suppliers have not much knowledge of cerbera set-ups, unless the supplier has connections with TVR. If you was having them fitted by the supplier then this would be a different matter. This is where guys like Joolz come into their own, as they would set the car up to your driving style etc. Even then, the final tweeking of the settings will be decided on after driving the car for a few miles.
The supplier will only supply them to you. I would guess that a lot of suppliers have not much knowledge of cerbera set-ups, unless the supplier has connections with TVR. If you was having them fitted by the supplier then this would be a different matter. This is where guys like Joolz come into their own, as they would set the car up to your driving style etc. Even then, the final tweeking of the settings will be decided on after driving the car for a few miles.
If you source the bits and fit them yourself then you are responsible for making sure they are the correct dimensions, have the correct spec springs and bump stops fitted, height and damper rates adjusted correctly, suspension geometry adjusted to suit the new ride height and spring rates, and so on.
In some ways it's unfortunate that suspension components can be fitted so easily, because it encourages people to tackle this job casually.
Getting everything right is not exactly rocket science, and the less demanding you are the easier it is to do, but it really does require at least a basic understanding of suspension and car handling and a willingness to experiment until you find settings that are suitable for you and your car. It is very important imo to understand that when you fit aftermarket adjustable dampers you are NOT replacing like for like components, you are effectively changing the design of the suspension with all that this entails.
If you've specced the parts yourself then you take responsibility for doing all this.
However, if your supplier has specced them for you then I think they also have a responsibility for explaining how to fit them and set them up to suit the car. That might be in terms of the spring seat position and number of clicks that they find suits the car, or advice on how to go about working out the correct spring seat and damper settings yourself.
For a supplier to supply parts on the basis that they *can* be fitted and set up correctly, without actually telling you how to do it, is shamefull imo. From the original post, that seems to be what has happened here.
(Edited for spooling.)
>> Edited by GreenV8S on Friday 8th July 12:58
In some ways it's unfortunate that suspension components can be fitted so easily, because it encourages people to tackle this job casually.
Getting everything right is not exactly rocket science, and the less demanding you are the easier it is to do, but it really does require at least a basic understanding of suspension and car handling and a willingness to experiment until you find settings that are suitable for you and your car. It is very important imo to understand that when you fit aftermarket adjustable dampers you are NOT replacing like for like components, you are effectively changing the design of the suspension with all that this entails.
If you've specced the parts yourself then you take responsibility for doing all this.
However, if your supplier has specced them for you then I think they also have a responsibility for explaining how to fit them and set them up to suit the car. That might be in terms of the spring seat position and number of clicks that they find suits the car, or advice on how to go about working out the correct spring seat and damper settings yourself.
For a supplier to supply parts on the basis that they *can* be fitted and set up correctly, without actually telling you how to do it, is shamefull imo. From the original post, that seems to be what has happened here.
(Edited for spooling.)
>> Edited by GreenV8S on Friday 8th July 12:58
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