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Vehicle & Technical => Range Rover => Topic started by: benbenukuk on February 29, 2008, 16:14:23

Title: steering damper
Post by: benbenukuk on February 29, 2008, 16:14:23

Hi, what will the advantage of getting a uprated steering damper be over the std one I have on my rrc, I read somewhere that you need one if you fit bigger tyres? thanks.  Ben

Title: Re: steering damper
Post by: Guardian. on February 29, 2008, 16:31:02

i have just changed mine, buy a standard genuine one, the uprated is total tosh, they are normally gass filled and this makes you drift to the left slightly as its always pushing 1 way as opposed to just damping in both directions.
cant wait o see the replies to this one. :D

Title: Re: steering damper
Post by: Pete on February 29, 2008, 21:02:46

 As Guardian says. Stick with the standard item.
 Pete.

Title: Re: steering damper
Post by: Guardian. on February 29, 2008, 23:07:26

PS WE RUN 35 / 12.5 / 15'S BFG MT'S

Title: Re: steering damper
Post by: Range Rover Blues on March 02, 2008, 04:16:07

And IIRC you don't have castor correction :-k

I found the same on ours, fit a gas damper and it pulled to the right so I fitted a HD oil only damper (can't remember but it might have been a Gabriel).  Once I fitted castor correction I found that a gas pressurised damper made no difference to the handling.