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10 Oct 2015 18:24 #153364 by jim
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What luxury that would be. Flick a switch for 4x4 and another for suspension adjustment.

Rhinoman wrote:

Halford wrote: now if only there was someway to attach stepper motors to the knobs to facilitate controlling the settings from inside the car :huh:


Voice coils are the most common actuator for active ride shocks - I'm still looking for some that are long enough for a Jimny.

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11 Oct 2015 19:12 #153424 by Halford
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playing with the shocks and for future ref the optimal tarmac settings for a standard weight Jimny is front = 9 / rear = 6 for best cornering/ ride comfort compromise.

couple of pics showing the stance







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11 Oct 2015 19:42 #153427 by NineCherries
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That looks the dogs danglies!!!!!! Guess I'm
Saving for new shocks then lol.

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12 Oct 2015 07:15 #153452 by Tadpole
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Looking good Mike ......... ;)

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12 Oct 2015 11:48 #153470 by grumyoldjoe
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Top job mate.
Will have to start saving some pennies now ive seen this.

Wine improves with age.
The older I get the more I like it
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12 Oct 2015 18:45 #153500 by Halford
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rear door strut update .............

they sent me a replacement end today



it seams obvious that this is what sould have be supplied with the strut .. but hey-ho

alls well that ends well :dry:



sorted

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12 Oct 2015 19:15 #153502 by Tadpole
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Good news for sure ..... ;)

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12 Oct 2015 20:51 #153524 by jim
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Glad you got that strut sorted. The jimny is looking more like a monster truck every time you post.

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12 Oct 2015 20:59 #153526 by Daniel30
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Glad you're it sorted mate :)

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22 Oct 2015 14:57 - 22 Oct 2015 14:59 #154175 by Halford
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met up with Gaz in his reasonably priced jimny today :laugh:

changed some soft squidgy cracked bits for some new stiff ones :woohoo:





feels so much stiffer now, but have yet to get used to it :blink:

weird driving it as it's supposed to feel :laugh:
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22 Oct 2015 17:49 #154190 by jim
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Are these the transferbox mounts? I checked mine recently and all seems okay but like a lot of things you dont know until you have removed them. How has it helped halford?

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23 Oct 2015 04:45 #154228 by Halford
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with the old ones you can squash the corners of metal plates together slightly, compressing the rubber (with its cracks and minor splits) , bit like a squidgy mallow biscuit.

with the new ones there's practically no give at all.

now I am not a [strike]dentist[/strike] spanner monkey, but it feels to me that this minor increase in rigidity had a major increase in car rigidity, driving on the road the car feel much tighter and more responsive, to try and explain the feeling it's like it used to go around a roundabout like a bus, lethargically yet controlled, whereas now it goes around like a mini - point and shoot, much easier to get the back end out

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also re; the rear engine (gearbox) mount - the stick doesn't jump about so much and gear selection is easier as before, infrequently I'd miss a gear, but I'd put that down to the body lift and stick realignement, but it wasn't :whistle:
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