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20 Jan 2018 17:00 #188617
by Scimike
Yokohama Geolanders, Sony head unit, NAUTILUS Air Horn, DRL conversion, Rear cargo space, Elvis Bobblehead, transfer Guard, Indian hanging Elephant, Koni Heavy track dampers, Custom SS exhaust, Voodoo Doll, Adventure Rack with LED ight bar, vintage ERIBA caravan usually attached (yes it's slow)
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Hi All,
Just after a bit of feedback from those that have fitted a steering damper. Does it make the steering heavy and has it improved or made worse the driving experience of your jimny.
Ours does not suffer "wobble" all the time, but some roads or pot holes can induce it a little, and on motoways the steering will "shuffle" as we go along. Not a real big issue, but the £80 for the kit has me interested if it will calm the Jimny "fidgety steering", allowing me to doze off at the wheel:whistle:
Any experince? Worth it, waste of money etc
Thanks
Mike
Just after a bit of feedback from those that have fitted a steering damper. Does it make the steering heavy and has it improved or made worse the driving experience of your jimny.
Ours does not suffer "wobble" all the time, but some roads or pot holes can induce it a little, and on motoways the steering will "shuffle" as we go along. Not a real big issue, but the £80 for the kit has me interested if it will calm the Jimny "fidgety steering", allowing me to doze off at the wheel:whistle:
Any experince? Worth it, waste of money etc
Thanks
Mike
Yokohama Geolanders, Sony head unit, NAUTILUS Air Horn, DRL conversion, Rear cargo space, Elvis Bobblehead, transfer Guard, Indian hanging Elephant, Koni Heavy track dampers, Custom SS exhaust, Voodoo Doll, Adventure Rack with LED ight bar, vintage ERIBA caravan usually attached (yes it's slow)
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20 Jan 2018 17:12 #188618
by Mraz
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I fitted Tough Dog RTC damper and love it. Steering is now a whole lot better and just hard enough (now it's comparable to my VW Polo, before it was somewhat toy-like).
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20 Jan 2018 17:35 - 20 Jan 2018 17:36 #188619
by Daniel30
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It was the first thing I added to mine just smooths the steering out like a normal car
worth it in my opinion

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20 Jan 2018 17:46 #188621
by Riccy
J999 MNY, ULYSSES M18 VVT with ITB's Dyno tested at 130hp
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Very worth the money for the imrovement

Very worth the money for the imrovement

J999 MNY, ULYSSES M18 VVT with ITB's Dyno tested at 130hp
Pickup/tipper, R7me gearbox & 6.4 Rocklobster, 31" Toyo MT, 2x ARB air locker 3.9 diffs in braced axles, 6" total lift, Floating rear conversion, Raptor painted, CB, Recaro's, Caged, etc, etc...
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02 Feb 2018 22:47 #189060
by Scimike
Yokohama Geolanders, Sony head unit, NAUTILUS Air Horn, DRL conversion, Rear cargo space, Elvis Bobblehead, transfer Guard, Indian hanging Elephant, Koni Heavy track dampers, Custom SS exhaust, Voodoo Doll, Adventure Rack with LED ight bar, vintage ERIBA caravan usually attached (yes it's slow)
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Thanks for the comments everyone.
Went for it and fitted the Armstrong "nothing special" damper kit. Have to say it's well worth the money in my humble opinion.
The steering feel is still fairly light but the car feels better on the road. That slight wander has gone along with the 45mph wobble feel that it had intermittently. Good accessory, very happy.
Went for it and fitted the Armstrong "nothing special" damper kit. Have to say it's well worth the money in my humble opinion.
The steering feel is still fairly light but the car feels better on the road. That slight wander has gone along with the 45mph wobble feel that it had intermittently. Good accessory, very happy.
Yokohama Geolanders, Sony head unit, NAUTILUS Air Horn, DRL conversion, Rear cargo space, Elvis Bobblehead, transfer Guard, Indian hanging Elephant, Koni Heavy track dampers, Custom SS exhaust, Voodoo Doll, Adventure Rack with LED ight bar, vintage ERIBA caravan usually attached (yes it's slow)
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03 Feb 2018 05:14 #189062
by Lambert
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I have one for Ermintrude but quite honestly it is on a shelf. The thing is that if a Jimny is set up correctly on stock suspension it shouldn't have need of a steering damper. If it does then that points to something being in need of attention be it kingpins, wheel bearings, bushings, steering rod joints, wheel balance, dampers or whatever, if something is at the end of its service life even if it hasn't actually failed it can present in some subtle ways that fitting a.steering damper will mask. On lifted cars though the entire system can be fitted new and still have need of a damper simply because of the size of the new bigger tyres. Fundamentally the design of the Jimny suspension is about on the limit of what it will suffer in standard form in terms of tyre size and weight, increasing this requires additional assistance for the system to cope.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
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