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ghost_masterCL
10-03-2006, 02:09 AM
so who all keeps their coilovers on through the winter.

I did this last winter (first one with the coilovers) and I noticed it gets REALLY bouncy/harsher when it gets colder out.

I alos blew two shocks and am not sure if it was because of the cold or not.

IF it's because of the cold, what can I do to prevent it from happening again? Adjust the dampening? take them off?

thanks.

They are D2 RS coilovers btw.
HONDA GHANDI
10-03-2006, 09:31 AM
It shouldnt affect the ride with colder temps. The shocks should heat themselves after a few miles. The mag-chlor on the roads tends to lock up the spring perches though. That would be the only reason I would take them off, of jsut not drive the car on shitty days.
HondaPower
10-03-2006, 09:49 AM
One of my coilover perche is stuck. :(
Nate
10-03-2006, 10:57 AM
Were you on stock shocks?
ghost_masterCL
10-04-2006, 10:21 PM
no, had D2 Rs coilovers, which are spring/damper/upper and lower perches.

the ride seems bouncier on really cold days already. I haven't had a chance to drive it really far yet though in the cold.

that's kinda why I want a corner balance because too much weigh on one side might have been the problem wiith why they blew last winter.
STIBungy
10-05-2006, 12:11 AM
Seems like shitty coilovers if the shocks blew just from the temperature change.
ghost_masterCL
10-05-2006, 01:26 AM
well I don't know exactly why they blew, but I think it's because of that because the book that came with them said their operating temp range went to -5 degrees C, and I drove around when it was nearly -5 degrees F one time which is like -15 C.

I had to get home somehow.

they haven't had problems since though.
marcrx5
10-05-2006, 11:26 AM
The bouncy ride in the winter probably has to do with the road contracting, not the suspension. There's a road right by my house that is perfectly smooth during the summer, but every winter (for the past 7 years) there are some bumps that I can get air on if I drive fast enough. A stiffer suspension just amplifies small changes in the road from the weather.
ghost_masterCL
10-05-2006, 03:22 PM
^^ that makes sense. I might just notice it more too since I'm cold, and stiff. lol