Silver Ecstasy
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You know the feeling! That feeling when you're cruising down the highway in spirited fashion, and you taking a long sweeping turn when the road suddenly dips down, and your steering wheel gets all light and loose while the car bounces up and down trying to handle it?
Or what about when you're heading in a completely straight line and you hit some imperfections in the road, and all your car can do is bounce up and down?
The Speed3 is a fantastic piece of machinery but I still cannot believe how they tried so hard to make this thing a "wild child" but softened it's insides so much that the compromise between comfort and performance becomes too much. I don't think a rock hard ride is necessary, nor is it necessary to lower the car for "performance". But, i've taken these same roads for years in many different cars and I've really grown to despise the "lack of confidence" feeling as you're wrestling the car to track nice and smooth. Almost feels somewhat amature, as if you're pushing the car to do something it wasn't meant to do. Maybe you can relate, maybe not.
1) Fix 1: Lowering Springs. There's a ton of options for lowering springs. Some have said it completely fixes the bounce, only to be compromised by a slightly harder initial shock of hitting that imperfection or rut.
2) Fix 2: Dampers. It's been said that this is ultimately the weak point in our cars. COBB tends to think otherwise, saying the dampers are perfectly fine and the springs are ultimately much too soft for the car. Dampers would seem to be culprit in this situation, yet there are many people who have also used lowering springs on stock dampers with very satisfying results and long use.
Post up what you were aiming to improve, and what the conclusion was? I'm expecting a lot of these posts to be "lowering" related. It seems as that will be another cost to pay no matter what.
Or what about when you're heading in a completely straight line and you hit some imperfections in the road, and all your car can do is bounce up and down?
The Speed3 is a fantastic piece of machinery but I still cannot believe how they tried so hard to make this thing a "wild child" but softened it's insides so much that the compromise between comfort and performance becomes too much. I don't think a rock hard ride is necessary, nor is it necessary to lower the car for "performance". But, i've taken these same roads for years in many different cars and I've really grown to despise the "lack of confidence" feeling as you're wrestling the car to track nice and smooth. Almost feels somewhat amature, as if you're pushing the car to do something it wasn't meant to do. Maybe you can relate, maybe not.
1) Fix 1: Lowering Springs. There's a ton of options for lowering springs. Some have said it completely fixes the bounce, only to be compromised by a slightly harder initial shock of hitting that imperfection or rut.
2) Fix 2: Dampers. It's been said that this is ultimately the weak point in our cars. COBB tends to think otherwise, saying the dampers are perfectly fine and the springs are ultimately much too soft for the car. Dampers would seem to be culprit in this situation, yet there are many people who have also used lowering springs on stock dampers with very satisfying results and long use.
Post up what you were aiming to improve, and what the conclusion was? I'm expecting a lot of these posts to be "lowering" related. It seems as that will be another cost to pay no matter what.
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