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rear suspension question

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Range Rover Blues:
Lowered mounts don't really give more travel in the same way that longer dampers do, they just move the available travel further down. 

With standard dampers this is fine because there is 2" of travel wasted by the design (LR engineers simply put the damper at mid-travel at ride height).

I'm watching with interest because I have some -"2 mounts to add to my lifted truck with plus 2" dampers and I was assuming I'd need longer bumps just in case I ever overcome the springs and bottom out.  In truth the truck will sit on one wheel and still be 2" clear of the bump stop, but this is how it should be.  What I don't know is whether the spring will coil bind before it can reach a stndard bump stop the way that normal springs with spacers on them do.

clbarclay:
The bumpstops should only touch the axle in extreame circumstances, so if lower the bumpstops would cause them to touch the axle frequently then raising the mounts would be a better option.


--- Quote ---iv noticed recently while driving my 300 tdi the rear seems to bounce a little too much
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If this bouncing is not to do with a serious problem such as dampers bottoming out or axles hitting bumpstops then it is likely due to a miss match of springs and dampers.
One of the issues with damping is over damp will cause problems as well as under damping, and to complicate matters further the damping ratio will change with spring stiffness. It should be possible to eliminate the bouncing by either changing the spring stiffness or dampers. Knowing just what to replace them with is the difficult part, which reminds me I really out to be getting on with some coursework :(

whits:
its only been bounsing over the last week or 2 realy, was fine before, i think its the leaky damper that is the problem
what im after is good articulation on the rear, what are the best setups on the rear whithout going to the expense of the likes of scrapiron's extreme kit

whits:
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whits:
help cant even see my own pics

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