Nitron shocks, which way UP!

[tuscan_al]

Just been on the nitron web site for the first time, as looking at changeing my spring rates. Sure the std 325 and 400 rates are too hard and some softer ones combined with the bump/bound adj would improve the ride. The first thing is though they say they are designed to run inverted? Now i thought from my knowledge of bikes havingninverted shocks meant the sprung part was bottom of the shcok ie the wheel wishbone end. Not im sure without being at car I cannot check now, but mine are so the adjuster and thus the sprung end are fitted to the chassis end of the shocks connection?

Any ideas or how your springs are set up?

[NCE 61]

The Nitrons on my MK1 Tuscan were fitted with the front in the normal position i.e adjuster at the top and the rears were inverted with the adjuster at the bottom, this main reason for this was for better access to the adjuster.

[trackcar]

you can run them either way up. I prefer the usual way up as it puts the piston rod further out of harm's way from stones etc, but makes the adjuster harder to get to. you have the choice though

[tuscan_al]

Thanks for the replies. So if they can be run either way and there is all this talk of unsprung weight, then surely adjuster down is the way to go?

[GreenV8S]

I don't know if this holds for all the Nitrons, but when I asked Guy about running mine upside down he said he'd need to be extra careful about bleeding them if I was going to do that. I don't think it's safe to assume that you can just turn them over.

[Ab Shocks]

I quite often run them upside down on the rears for people who want easy adjustment for trackdays but I do see Joo's point and now tell everybody that piston rod pitting may increase servicing costs.

[Sicob]

I ran Nitrons on my elise upside down. i think you get more dirt ingress into the winder mechanism this way up though. Used white grease to try prevent it though. Only issue I have with Nitrons is the need to regas every 1-2 yrs.

[dvs_dave]

How do you know when they need a re-gas? I would hope for a lot more than 1-2 years service out of mine before they need re-gassing/re-building!

[Sicob]

dvs_dave said:

How do you know when they need a re-gas? I would hope for a lot more than 1-2 years service out of mine before they need re-gassing/re-building!

Noticeable difference in ride quality, even when adjusting the dampners to their softest setting. Mine needed regassing after that period, I don't believe that is particularly unusual though, from speaking to others who had them. Personally, I wouldn't have them agin for that reason alone.

[tuscan_al]

Sicob said:

I ran Nitrons on my elise upside down. i think you get more dirt ingress into the winder mechanism this way up though. Used white grease to try prevent it though. Only issue I have with Nitrons is the need to regas every 1-2 yrs.

How much does the regassing cost? I will leave running them upside down for now. I am interested in fitting the eibach springs to the nitrons now, and thinking of running a softer spring rate too. What do people think to that?

[NCE 61]

tuscan_al said:

How much does the regassing cost? I will leave running them upside down for now. I am interested in fitting the eibach springs to the nitrons now, and thinking of running a softer spring rate too. What do people think to that?

Re-build cost for Nitrons is about £50 each, although this can take some time depending how busy they are. I had mine on my previous Tuscan rebuilt after about four years.

[tuscan_al]

Thats quite a cost and turn around time! Im hoping htey dont need regassing then and its just acase of changing springs to make handling better