50 lb stereo messing up my rear suspension

did someone here say that dampers compensate for weak springs? i'm just asking because i don't see that anywhere...point it out if i missed it, i'm not being a smartass, i just didn't see it.

anyway, springs for a given car are designed for a certain damper...if you take the damper and change it's valving to be softer, the resting compression will be more and the spring is now compressed more. a change in valving will yield a very negligible change, depending on the rate of the spring, but a damaged damper that has lost most of its oil will rely alot more on the spring and in turn the spring will compress even more than a simple valving change.



haha...this isn't an exige or mclaren....unless you are literally racing more than daily driving, creature comforts are more than appropriate.

Dampers have nothing to do with the sagging of a car. Dampers don't do anything when the car is just sitting there. Springs support the car and do what springs do, absorb energy from the road. However after they absorb this energy they want to release it right back. This wouldn't make for a very comfortable ride though, so dampers dissipate the energy after it has been absorbed by the springs.
 

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