Gaz Golds, How many clicks do you use

[bigdods]

Just got the chim back from Topcats having had a shed load of things sorted one of which was having Gaz Golds fitted. Currently set at 13 rear 15 front (clicks from soft).

I know loads of people have them fitted so before I start adjusting what do you have them set to ?

Im going to drive it around for a few miles to let everything bed in and get used to the new setup before I start to fiddle, so time to get some advice.

Cheers

Dodsy

[V8 Animal]

This may be a lengthy thread
And yes i have them fitted.
I found 15 a bit stiff on the front for me.
I would have to check as ive forgotten the amount of clicks allround.
Hard or soft ride dodsy?
V8 Animal

[bigdods]

V8 Animal said:

This may be a lengthy thread
And yes i have them fitted.
I found 15 a bit stiff on the front for me.
I would have to check as ive forgotten the amount of clicks allround.
Hard or soft ride dodsy?
V8 Animal

Compared to the crappy spax adjustables that came off its a bit hard BUT its massively better, only done ~30 miles so far but my confidence in pushing on is already much higher (and thats on cold wet roads!). She doesnt wallow any more and settles very quickly. I also found that bumps , dips and such no longer unsettle her. And cornering is miles better too, she really digs in and grips now where before things would be breaking loose much earlier.

Of course having new tyres on the front, full geo and corner weighting has probably helped too.....

[GAVC]

From memory Derek at Abshocks set mine at 16 rear and 15 front, I messed around all over the place to get a feel and 4 front and rear is sooo funny. Yank jalopy type dangerous.

However I'm now at 14 front and rear, as cross country roads are rubbish, but push it and its too soft, hence would revert to 15:15 or 16:15, maybe 16:16.

You get the sense yet that there's normally only 1 or 2 clicks in it.

Running at 18 or more was too hard for the road but maybe track!

Just try whatever and see what you like, but bet you come back to between 14 and 16

[bigdods]

Interesting. Now I've always run the rears softer than the fronts which I understood to be correct (for reasons that escape me after a bottle of wine tonight). Topcats obviously subscribe to this theory as they set the rears 2 clicks softer than the fronts which is about the same gap as I had on the previous adjustables.

[f@-pots]

Hi, harder on the front cos the front wheels load up more under cornering and braking. I set mine to 13 front and 11 rear, stops the bottoming I was getting over bumps but gives a reasonabe ride, Cornering and general handling soooooo much better than the stock items which were scary.

[roysum]

I have recently been told that there is only one type of shock to use.....Racing Reds, any opinions before I fork out my well earned cash ?

Roy

[bigdods]

roysum said:

I have recently been told that there is only one type of shock to use.....Racing Reds, any opinions before I fork out my well earned cash ?

Roy

Depends on who was doing the telling and what you want them for. I wanted something good for fast road use and was interested in Racing Reds but advised to go for Gaz Golds as they would best meet my needs. If I was tracking the car perhaps the answer would have been different.