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Modified V Standard drive quality
22 Jul 2020 15:15 - 22 Jul 2020 15:26 #225461
by Scimike
Its a bit like car tyres, some people (again not me) are saying they should be changed at X years as the rubber goes off etc. Fact, Fiction or just driving sales, I don't know!
I can confirm you can't detect all failed dampers on an MOT test. My Jimny was passing each year with a damper that offer no damping at all, the only way you could tell it had failed was when I removed it from the vehicle to fit better quality dampers. Here is a picture of the naughty damper, its the one on the left which should be the same extended length as the others!.
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)
Replied by Scimike on topic Modified V Standard drive quality
Hi Roger,It not my recommendation, its simply an article I have seen online that suggests this interval.Roger Fairclough wrote: How can you recommend changing dampers at 5 years without introducing mileage covered! Then you would need to factor in the type of roads driven on as pure motorway driving on a decent surface (relatively speaking) to rough country roads has a marked effect on wear. At the moment damper condition is covered by the MoT and that's as it should be as the majority of people would not be able to point to a damper if you asked them to.Roger
Its a bit like car tyres, some people (again not me) are saying they should be changed at X years as the rubber goes off etc. Fact, Fiction or just driving sales, I don't know!
I can confirm you can't detect all failed dampers on an MOT test. My Jimny was passing each year with a damper that offer no damping at all, the only way you could tell it had failed was when I removed it from the vehicle to fit better quality dampers. Here is a picture of the naughty damper, its the one on the left which should be the same extended length as the others!.
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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