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Re: softer suspension

Post by lightning » Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:00 am

ROBBIE wrote:coil conversion?
Would love to go that way but its the cost :bawling:
i can do the work my self :mrgreen: but its the cost :bawling:

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Re: softer suspension

Post by ROBBIE » Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:20 am

lightning wrote:
ROBBIE wrote:coil conversion?
Would love to go that way but its the cost :bawling:
i can do the work my self :mrgreen: but its the cost :bawling:

thats what stops me doing it aswell :bawling:
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Re: softer suspension

Post by madfishpaul » Fri Mar 22, 2013 2:44 pm

Sorry to bring up an oldies here, but.... my SJ is for on road use and a bit of green lanes, so I'm interested in softening up the suspension too.

LIGHTNING - what did you opt from in the end, and did it work?

Would the leaf spring Bedford rears / SJ back to front swap then benefit from softer shocks say the Procomp ES1000, and are the leafs a straight swap - some threads seem to say they are, other that the mounting brackets need to be relocated.
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Re: softer suspension

Post by Tramp » Fri Mar 22, 2013 6:03 pm

I think 410 parabolics are softer than standard

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Re: softer suspension

Post by lightning » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:50 am

madfishpaul wrote:Sorry to bring up an oldies here, but.... my SJ is for on road use and a bit of green lanes, so I'm interested in softening up the suspension too.

LIGHTNING - what did you opt from in the end, and did it work?

Would the leaf spring Bedford rears / SJ back to front swap then benefit from softer shocks say the Procomp ES1000, and are the leafs a straight swap - some threads seem to say they are, other that the mounting brackets need to be relocated.
I went for Bedford rears leaf / and SJ back leafs up front swap still hard
One day will go for coil overs

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Re: softer suspension

Post by ScottieJ » Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:31 am

What shocks are you running? they can play a big part in having a comfortable suspension set up, especially if they aren't the correct length and end up bottoming out or fully extending on road.
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Re: softer suspension

Post by lightning » Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:04 am

ScottieJ wrote:What shocks are you running? they can play a big part in having a comfortable suspension set up, especially if they aren't the correct length and end up bottoming out or fully extending on road.
could not tell you as i dont know sorry
What would you put on ?

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Re: softer suspension

Post by Jay18 » Mon Dec 23, 2013 4:12 pm

I took my zuk to a pay and play yesterday to find the suspension is incredibly hard, I read that you can fit pro comp es1000's to an SJ but what about the front shocks with the pin mounts? And I can onl seem to find them in the US for a high price, what are astra shocks like? And are they a straight swap?
Also can rascal rears and rears up front be fitted alright with extended shackles? Or do I need to move the shackle mounts outwards?
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