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rocky, rollin and bouncin'
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rocky, rollin and bouncin'
since fitting the 15x7 alloys with 31" tyres the rocky
bounces and rolls more then a basketball.
it had 28s on it previously.
by setting the infamous 3 stage dampers to hard it settles
the roll a bit, but increases the bounce, skipping me
across corners(marginally).
is it the higher COG? or the wrong wheel-nut combination?
im seriously crapping meself when goin around dodgy roads.
anything help
Lucas
bounces and rolls more then a basketball.
it had 28s on it previously.
by setting the infamous 3 stage dampers to hard it settles
the roll a bit, but increases the bounce, skipping me
across corners(marginally).
is it the higher COG? or the wrong wheel-nut combination?
im seriously crapping meself when goin around dodgy roads.
anything help
Lucas
MULL
Ferozius wrote:Why did you change to bigger tyres Spartacus ??
You've gone and changed all the geometry of your driveline and steering components.
Surely you didn't think it would drive the same ??
Simple fix = Reinstall your sway bars, change back to 28" tyres and drive it !!
So in this thread you're saying don't fit larger tyres Besty?
If you want to keep the tyres Spartacus you'll find the shocks will make a big difference. My Feroza's rear end used to skip all over corners on rough tracks with the three setting electronic shocks, it's a lot better now with decent aftermarket ones.
One question Besty - to my thinking larger tyres won't change the suspension geometry? The COG will be higher and cause more roll through corners. I can only see the geometry changing by doing a suspension lift ?
David
Murcod wrote:So in this thread you're saying don't fit larger tyres Besty?
Absolutely !!
If he isn't happy with the way that it handles and
Spartacus wrote:im seriously crapping meself when goin around dodgy roads
Then he should change it back to what he was happy with.
When I did my build-up, I started around the 36" Swampers, but after driving them on the road, the handling was absolutely Sh_tful, I scared myself driving this thing......so I changed down to a smaller tyre !!!
[color=orange] BESTY [/color]
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Murcod wrote:One question Besty - to my thinking larger tyres won't change the suspension geometry? The COG will be higher and cause more roll through corners. I can only see the geometry changing by doing a suspension lift ?
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I managed to get about 4 inches by winding the torsion bars up about 3 inches and then at the top and bottom of the suspension arms drilled new holes and put spaces in. It has slightly changed the camber but that gave me almost another inch.
I didnt do it personally, it was done by a profesional, but due to the nature of the work i wont say who.
I didnt do it personally, it was done by a profesional, but due to the nature of the work i wont say who.
ok adding spacers make sense in terms of dropping the arms down a bit.... but you still have to worry about ur diff angle, not to mention chamber, toe, and a few other things.... maybe you did get it that high, but i think your going to have some serious problems in the future in terms of your driveline unless you did correct all this. i've had 3 professionals tell me the only way i was goin to go higher than 2 to 2 and 1/2 inch high with the torsion was if i either modded the arms by dropping them down and rewelding them, then extending the driveline, etc etc etc. alot of $$ was told i'd be better off putting in a solid axle. and that seems to be the best answer.. but that wont be anywhere in the near future... if you can tell us how you got it up that high... i will do the same to my rig soo fast... provided it doesnt screw up the drive line and what not. honestly though, i'm skeptical about it because like i said, i had 3 guys look at mine and they are really good in what they do. so i'm sure they would of thought of something like that if it was possible and for a reasonable price.
[quote="simplypv"]its a Strine thing and i just dont understand![/quote]
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