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Martin_1962

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Suspension upgrades
« on: 19 September 2006, 12:58:32 »
What options do I have? need firmer rear end and a little less roll.

Thanks
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Re: Suspension upgrades
« Reply #1 on: 19 September 2006, 15:26:25 »
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What options do I have? need firmer rear end and a little less roll.

Cut down on the chips and cycle rather than drive!  ;)
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Re: Suspension upgrades
« Reply #2 on: 19 September 2006, 15:43:02 »
That was soooo asking for it!  ;D
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Re: Suspension upgrades
« Reply #3 on: 19 September 2006, 15:48:16 »
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What options do I have? need firmer rear end and a little less roll.

Cut down on the chips and cycle rather than drive!  ;)
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Re: Suspension upgrades
« Reply #4 on: 19 September 2006, 18:08:47 »
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That was soooo asking for it!  ;D
I'll second that ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Suspension upgrades
« Reply #5 on: 19 September 2006, 18:23:01 »
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liposuction?  ;D
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Re: Suspension upgrades
« Reply #6 on: 19 September 2006, 22:41:59 »
Tke the dog for a walk in the car !!!  :P
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Re: Suspension upgrades
« Reply #7 on: 20 September 2006, 09:43:04 »
The Bilstein sets are vey highly regarded......not cheap though (shop around).

What mileage has it done, it might simply be that the shocks are a bit worn with some free travel in them.
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Re: Suspension upgrades
« Reply #8 on: 20 September 2006, 09:46:39 »
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Re: Suspension upgrades
« Reply #9 on: 20 September 2006, 10:32:47 »
Yes I am overweight!

My car is 2001

85000 miles

Having a large tank in the boot doesn't help. and when towing it is bouncy

I will do some research - surprised no one has changed theres
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Re: Suspension upgrades
« Reply #10 on: 20 September 2006, 11:13:59 »
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85000 miles

Having a large tank in the boot doesn't help. and when towing it is bouncy

I will do some research - surprised no one has changed theres
I had my rear ones changed at about 90k. I hadn't really noticed a problem but they were weeping and I certainly noticed it was better with the new ones :-)
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Re: Suspension upgrades
« Reply #11 on: 20 September 2006, 19:54:04 »
Needs to be stiffened a bit as well

Open to ideas
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Re: Suspension upgrades
« Reply #12 on: 20 September 2006, 20:01:57 »
Apparently there are some little blue pills available  ;D


sorry - frivolous, but well........... ;)  
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Re: Suspension upgrades
« Reply #13 on: 20 September 2006, 20:04:26 »
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Apparently there are some little blue pills available  ;D


sorry - frivolous, but well........... ;)  

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Re: Suspension upgrades
« Reply #14 on: 20 September 2006, 20:19:56 »
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Needs to be stiffened a bit as well

Open to ideas

I seem to remember when I towed a caravan, there were plenty of adverts in the caravan mags. to stiffen up suspensions.
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Re: Suspension upgrades
« Reply #15 on: 20 September 2006, 20:38:35 »
When I was looking at uprating a few months back there were uprated springs available for the rears only under the guise of heavy duty. The other option is Monroe load leveller shocks as there is a listing for thm but I have never gotten round to pricing them as they also list for the load levelling system on the Meega.

On-line Autosport are advertising Bilsteins at &9 front and 46 rear - www.tuning.co.uk. I think that is who OmegaV6CD was trying to point me in the direction of but I didn't realise On Line was a company and it didn't come up in any searches.

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