Road springs

Whatcha. I'm beginning to think that I could have need of some new road springs as these aren't dealing with irregularities well any more. Standard height obviously and not genuine as Suzuki price is unnecessarily high. My track springs are suplex and I would use them but they are obscenely hard for using on the road because they are for cornering at silly speeds on circuits. So as far as I can see it's either suplex or kyb or unbranded rubbish unless I have missed something?

You have been in Dreadnaught with the current springs in it and will remember how composed she was. However now with the increasing deterioration of the roads round here she is starting to become just a little unsettled by some of the more severe cases that went largely unnoticed previously. I'm just thinking that a refresher might help. When I was in tread lightly was that with the kyb springs or did they come after that?

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I already use suplex for my track springs and they have been great especially for the cost but they have probably only had a hundred miles on them. Certainly they have not given me cause to have concerns about them as road springs.

I do expect to see some lift over current as Dreadnaught is maybe half an inch lower than the Spare Jimny just because of a hundred and five thousand miles.

sniper wrote:

Lambert wrote: You have been in Dreadnaught with the current springs in it and will remember how composed she was. However now with the increasing deterioration of the roads round here she is starting to become just a little unsettled by some of the more severe cases that went largely unnoticed previously. I'm just thinking that a refresher might help. When I was in tread lightly was that with the kyb springs or did they come after that?

Looks like your sorted now (got to love the community on this forum) but just to answer, when we met in Ripon, the car had KYB springs, on 15mm seats.

sniper

Ok that is useful to know. Just need a pair of rears. The listing I have stated the kyb rears as heavy duty which is probably marketing bs as they are the same spec as the factory ones.

Busta wrote: I've never replaced the springs, so how do these standard height aftermarket springs compensate for the lean? Do they have a longer OSF spring like the lift kits or a softer NSR spring like Suzuki use?

Dunno. My track springs require a 15mm spacer to correct for being 2 pairs. What these kyb and standard suplex do I don't know.