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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 05:12 PM
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I was on 680 and just passed the oakland tunnel. Then hit a slight bump in the road and almost bottomed out! The ride is VERY bumpy and feels dangerous, it feels like i caught some air! anyone else experience this and is the problem because of the stock shocks
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 05:53 PM
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question is... how long have you been running them? the gf's are low.
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 06:01 PM
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You shouldn't bottom out, even catching a little air. The ride is "stiffer" because of the 30% increase over the stock springs....I would suggest some Tokico shocks for your lowered Z.
BTW I drove with my Gf's with stock shocks for 15K miles before I added the tokicos.
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 09:09 PM
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Stiffer spring require more dampening, your stock shocks don't cut it , and with the extra load put on them/piston being in a different part of the stroke , they wear out quick. D specs should be your shock of choice. If you want to play , you have to pay.
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 09:18 PM
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i've had them on for about 10k miles. Hey bornslippz so how much of a difference did you notice once you got the tokicos?
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