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18" Falkens too tall?
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| 427BDR |
11-21-2014 09:21 AM |
^^^^agree. Only way to compensate for the taller falkens is to adjust the ride height
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| cycleguy55 |
11-21-2014 01:33 PM |
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Originally Posted by cbreez
(Post 1327024)
Why would that help? Help what exactly?
Shocks have no effect on a suspension "bottoming out", spring rates and clearances do...shocks have no effect on spring rate.
You discredit Gabriel shocks. Do you know the dampening rates on either the Gabriel's or the KYB's? Please share with us.
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Agreed, shocks have no effect upon spring rates, but they DO affect the rate at which the suspension will compress or rebound. A firm shock will provide greater resistance to these motions than a softer shock and, in some cases, that may be enough.
In this case, however, two fingers clearance seems tight to me. If it were my car I'd be looking at: a) increasing the ride height; b) lowering the tire height; c) firmer springs; or d) some combination of these. |
| eedeutsch |
11-21-2014 08:34 PM |
I can only tell my experience with my Backdraft. After about the first thousand miles, mine started to bottom out. I did adjust the rear ride height but it still would bottom out. I called the parts man at Custom Cars and he recommended the KYB shocks. I installed the new shocks and the bottoming out stopped. Upon inspection of the Gabriel shocks, one was completely dry and useless. This was after less than 2500 miles! That certainly does not make the Gabriel's that came with the car look very good to me. The KYB's solved the problem and were not very expensive.
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