Awful Ride!

CVH and Zetec tuning, suspension and braking mods.
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Awful Ride!

Postby mattyashy on Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:09 pm

Since I put my 16"s (195/50/16) on my car you feel every bump in the road, as I would have expected. Still got standard suspension on my car, so what suspension would people recommend to make the drive a bit less bumpy, bearing in mind i want to lower it at least 40mm.
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Postby Oranoco on Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:17 pm

Ride comfort is traded off in the intrest of handling and performance. Assuming you are on a aMk3 or 3,5 Fiesta your tyres are th ewrong profile, you really should be using 195/45/16 or better still 195/40/16.

You just won't get the drop you want and retain a nice comfy ride I'm afraid
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Postby mattyashy on Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:21 pm

But is there no suspension out there that will improve the ride slightly? Oh yeah, btw my tyres are 195/45/16, got it wrong last time.
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Postby Raymondo on Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:30 pm

I found my old konis improved the ride over standard, and improved the handling obviously.

It didnt lower it much though, only about 25mm, thats on an si.
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Postby Oranoco on Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:42 pm

The best compromise would be to use 4 brand new standard dampers or Koni top adjustables set to soft and use a progressive rate spring with no more than a 25mm drop
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