Softer Shock absorber options

Ricks70Duster340 said

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.

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I don’t think better shocks are going to solve that problem for you. If you’re bottoming 1.03’s you probably have a ride height/bump stop issue to deal with.

1.03’s shouldn’t be anywhere close to bottoming at the stock ride height. As you lower the car with the torsion bar adjusters you lose suspension travel. Bigger bars help compensate for that, but you can still lower too much. My car for example is as low as it can go, even with 1.12” bars and modified bump stops.

That’s the other thing, if you’ve lowered the car but are still running stock height bump stops you’ll bottom out all day long. I run 3/8” tall lower bump stops. I also run taller upper bump stops, which re-centers the range of travel around the new lower ride height.