Softer Shock absorber options

72bluNblu said
Exactly the problem with soft springs and stiff shocks. The ride quality is stiff because the suspension is overdamped, BUT, the springs are really soft so on big bumps/dips the suspension still bottoms out because you don't have enough wheel rate to control the input and the shocks can't compensate and keep the suspension from bottoming.

You need larger torsion bars to keep the suspension from bottoming out, and better shocks to control the larger bars so your ride quality doesn't suffer.

I am running 1.03 TB's and new 5 leaf rear springs. The new bars did slightly stiffen up the ride, but not appreciably. The rear springs on the other hand really stiffened things up as the old ones were very tired. Again, I am not opposed to getting better shocks but just wanting to know if that would help eliminate the bottoming when I am going fast and the road dips. That is the only time I see this happen.