Front damper options?

Post by **Ali** » 04 Jun 2007 10:20 pm

Alright guys,

Anyone had any good experiences with particular front dampers? Just been out for a drive and noticed it felt a bit "choppy", got home bounced the front drivers side and boing boing

after just over a year and i've done less than 6k since i've had it, the price you pay for having it silly low I guess. Not in any rush (got two weeks till a demo im doing) so can order the dampers from anywhere rather than rushing out to get the same thing again from the local parts place. From vague memory I thought I paid about £80 last time, so any recommendations??

cheers

Ali

Post by **petefarrell360** » 05 Jun 2007 01:23 am

Juat fitted some Monroe MR 960's to mine, literally finished tonight, so I can't really comment until it all settles down. It did seem to corner flatter without so much body roll and didn't bounce about quite so much though. I'll let you know how they go, however, I can't seem to find them listed anymore, I got them unused and boxed as a job lot of parts.

Pete

Post by **Chris_C** » 05 Jun 2007 09:51 am

Ali wrote: (got two weeks till a demo im doing)

Doing demos now? Nice one mate, theres nothing better than having people want your skills!

Post by **foggyjames** » 06 Jun 2007 01:50 am

Remember us when you're famous and in Teh Fast and Teh Furious: Trampdrift!

Sounds like there's not much out there other than Konis (good luck...) for the front, unless you get a bit creative.

cheers

James

Post by **Carl** » 06 Jun 2007 07:27 am

I see Buy Parts By are stocking KYB front inserts again...

Post by **Ali** » 06 Jun 2007 11:34 am

I'm quite happy to "represent yo" if anyones got any V3M stickers kicking about haha, does stuntman still do them??

Post by **Nikdev** » 09 Jun 2007 07:12 am

What about the Volvo R sport dampers?

Post by **foggyjames** » 09 Jun 2007 11:21 am

If you can find them...

...although I thought they only did them for B14 cars. I'd have expected the valving to be different for the (much heavier) 360s.

cheers

James

Post by **Nikdev** » 09 Jun 2007 11:33 am

foggyjames wrote:If you can find them...
...although I thought they only did them for B14 cars. I'd have expected the valving to be different for the (much heavier) 360s.

Much heavier?? Is the b14 made of alu or something? How much is the difference?

Smedberg are using those on his 360 Rally car

Yes i know they probably are hard to find, but it`s same with koni`s

Post by **foggyjames** » 09 Jun 2007 11:47 am

I think the R-Sport ones are probably much, much harder to find than Konis. In fact, those shocks don't look like the R-Sport ones for the 300 series I've seen before - I wonder if they are 2/7/900 series ones - the struts are very similar to a 300, so I bet they could be made to fit. I'll ask...

EDIT: I read again...he says they are from a 340. D'oh

B14 3dr is ~950kg, while a B200 3dr is ~1050kg - most of which is located in front of the front axle - putting a lot more load on the front suspension.

cheers

James

Post by **clitti** » 09 Jun 2007 01:51 pm

All this talk about buying uprated dampers."BUYING",Thats a word we cardis hate to use.Whats wrong with moddin your existing dampers then.As far back as i remember i have used quite a simple conversion which is strip your old dampers down,pour away the squirrels p*ss that volvo fill them with,cut a coil off your old springs,fill the shocker back up with EP90 gearbox oil,rebuild and there you have it.A lowered, hardened front shock that cost about 50p.Ha we are so tight in Ceredigion my friend dropped a quid over a bridge near the coast and called the life boat out to find it for him(joke)

Post by **A M R** » 09 Jun 2007 02:47 pm

erm where? is that annother made up place like 'kuala lumpur'? lol

Post by **clitti** » 09 Jun 2007 05:11 pm

At least i don't live in Llanfiangel-ar-arth or Gwarllwyneidos...!!!!!!!!!!!?

Post by **foggyjames** » 10 Jun 2007 02:21 am

I know you can re-valve many shocks, but I've not heard of changing the oil before - ingenious!

cheers

James

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