kcdusk wrote:After market suspension. As far as I can tell, it does two things.
1. Even with a comfort or medium upgrade, it gives a stiffer ride so it handles better when loaded up
2. It provides some lift, say anywhere from 20 - 50mm.
Don't both these things result in a worse ride for the majority of the time? I do allot of camping, thousands of KMs a year. But I'm still only doing maybe 10 - 15% of my total KMs under those conditions. Which means 85% of the time with aftermarket suspension I have a stiffer ride and the car is higher which also degrades handling.
I agree aftermarket suspension improves the situation when your loaded up and/or towing. But for most people, even dedicated campers/travellers, thats still only a small % of the time.
Is this right, or what am I missing? Can aftermarket suspension somehow be "better" than standard around town?
daryn wrote:kcdusk wrote:After market suspension. As far as I can tell, it does two things.
1. Even with a comfort or medium upgrade, it gives a stiffer ride so it handles better when loaded up
2. It provides some lift, say anywhere from 20 - 50mm.
Don't both these things result in a worse ride for the majority of the time? I do allot of camping, thousands of KMs a year. But I'm still only doing maybe 10 - 15% of my total KMs under those conditions. Which means 85% of the time with aftermarket suspension I have a stiffer ride and the car is higher which also degrades handling.
I agree aftermarket suspension improves the situation when your loaded up and/or towing. But for most people, even dedicated campers/travellers, thats still only a small % of the time.
Is this right, or what am I missing? Can aftermarket suspension somehow be "better" than standard around town?
Congratulations ksdusk,
If I could I would send you prize and announce you as new member of the month, you took the time to do some reading and found the most appropriate place for your first ever post and questions here. I wish everyone was like you, can we clone members......hmmmmmm
Seriously, well done and I am sure you will get the answers you are looking for
smouch1975 wrote:Several people have mentioned arse end squeck with the 'Ultimate Suspension'.
Should this occur in mine, once fitted
Is it possible too transfer the Mitsubishi 'Silencer Kit' over to the Ultimate Leaves
I think from memory there is one extra leaf in 'Ultimate's' so it would mean only three of the leaves been "silenced".
Thoughts please
srb wrote:After taking it up to Fraser Island just after Christmas on the stock suspension i knew it was time, the ride was uncomfortable and dangerous. The stock suspension is so rubbish!
So a trip to Ultimate for them to weigh each corner of my truck i think even they were surprised to see so much weight over the ass. So they built me custom leaf springs with comfort coils up front and custom valved Aussie Ryder twin tube gas shocks all round. Oh and got them to replace my brake lines while they were at as well. It now handles better than ever!
kcdusk wrote:My understanding is that springs give the car the 'Lift". What advantages, if any, are there to simply replacing standard shocks with after market shocks and not replacing springs?
My thinking is this may help with corrugations and towing, without possibly making the car taller & unstable? A kind of compromise.
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