H&R Avant / RS2 rideheight pics

[Jamo]

What rear dampers are you using on yours Jamo?

Ben

Mine are Koni's all round same as Madpugger, hmm I spot a theme..........

[Error404]

how many coffins are in the boot Jamo?

[Jamo]

how many coffins are in the boot Jamo?

I can always make room for one more Error404

[madpugger]

Mine are Koni's all round same as Madpugger, hmm I spot a theme..........

I can't see that the dampers would change the ride height? I know they have a certain amount of gas pressure, but you can push any shock in by hand so the weight of a car would overcome differences with no notable ride height difference between brands.

[Jamo]

I can't see that the dampers would change the ride height? I know they have a certain amount of gas pressure, but you can push any shock in by hand so the weight of a car would overcome differences with no notable ride height difference between brands.

Koni shocks have shortened shock travel over OEM RS2 / S2 ones

[madpugger]

Koni shocks have shortened shock travel over OEM RS2 / S2 ones

That stops the shock bottoming out for sure, but the ride hight is set by the spring which sits between the turret and the wishbone, i.e. Koni in or no shock at all, it should sit at the same ride height...

Unless I am remembering wrong and the spring sits on the shock itself on the rear?

[Jamo]

That stops the shock bottoming out for sure, but the ride hight is set by the spring which sits between the turret and the wishbone, i.e. Koni in or no shock at all, it should sit at the same ride height...

Unless I am remembering wrong and the spring sits on the shock itself on the rear?

spring load, on oem shocks springs won't be under pre-load due to the excess travel on koni's the spring will be under pre-load prior to shock travel.

Will allow the spring to uncompress further and affect the ride height

[Sonic]

Having just changed from billies to koni's, the rear does seem to sit lower (coupe not avant).

[Nuvo]

When lowering a car by 40mm>, you really need to use a shortened shock otherwise you will shorten the life of the damper as it would always be under compression. Running a shortened shock also prevents the spring from coming free from the turret or top mount on full rebound.

A standard shock will always be under some compression when used with a shortened spring, this in turn will have the effect of limiting the spring from compressing as much as it would with a shortened shock.

It is perfectly normal to see a drop in ride height when using a shortened shock for the above reason.

I would also expect the stiffness of the shock could also have an influence on the ride height.

[Lloyd]

Cheers Dest, for some reason my rears are a lot lower than yours on the H&R springs, I'm seriously considering putting stock springs on all round

Are your dampers tired? New dampers raised my car maybe 2"

[Jamo]

Are your dampers tired? New dampers raised my car maybe 2"

2"

What's the shelf life of Koni dampers?

[M_GORDON]

Mine, with OEM springs and Koni dampers with around 50k kms

Too low

[mcandmar]

Mine sits lower than those shown. The H&R's were second hand but the shocks/bushings are all brand new.

[Jamo]

mcandmar that looks like mine, how does it drive / ride in this configuration?

[mcandmar]

I dont have a problem with it, i've never been aware of any bottoming out or hopping around on bumpy roads. If anything the lack of suspension travel at the front is more of a problem, you have to watch for big bumps and really slow down for speed ramps.

Only issue i had was fitting the 18's, with 15mm spacers the tyres rubbed on the rear wheel arches. Went to 10mm and it was fine, closer to what it should be anyway as i think the difference in offset is 8mm with the Avus wheels.