Ridetech impressions
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Ridetech impressions I had been meaning to post a sort of review for a while now and will follow up with photos when time allows. I wanted discuss my rather fantastic experience thus far with my Ride Tech Coil Over shocks .
First let me say, I had been running on older model shocks that were, l as it turns out leaking on me. Driving on the old shocks even on day 1 was pretty bad. I remember wondering if this is what performance suspension was supposed to feel like? (though this was at least partially remedied with different spring rates it never entirely fixed the issue. )
Now the Ride Tech shocks. I ordered TQ remotes for the front with a heavier spring rate and HQ in the rear. for the remote reservoirs installation we had them mounted in the engine bay, for ease of access.
The Camaro Rides like a different animal all together, my dash used to rattle at freeway speed and it no longer does. Car soaks up bumps amazingly well. I have also found that the car seems to respond to small adjustments made in the shock settings. I can take a very tight corner which used to result in the rear stepping out . I do not experience this anymore, as well as the fact that nose dive has been dramatically reduced. Lastly I find it ironic but the Camaro seems to launch harder and put its power down now for straight line traction. It had trouble doing this before on old suspension .
First let me say, I had been running on older model shocks that were, l as it turns out leaking on me. Driving on the old shocks even on day 1 was pretty bad. I remember wondering if this is what performance suspension was supposed to feel like? (though this was at least partially remedied with different spring rates it never entirely fixed the issue. )
Now the Ride Tech shocks. I ordered TQ remotes for the front with a heavier spring rate and HQ in the rear. for the remote reservoirs installation we had them mounted in the engine bay, for ease of access.
The Camaro Rides like a different animal all together, my dash used to rattle at freeway speed and it no longer does. Car soaks up bumps amazingly well. I have also found that the car seems to respond to small adjustments made in the shock settings. I can take a very tight corner which used to result in the rear stepping out . I do not experience this anymore, as well as the fact that nose dive has been dramatically reduced. Lastly I find it ironic but the Camaro seems to launch harder and put its power down now for straight line traction. It had trouble doing this before on old suspension .
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Not the best photo but does demonstrate the mounting arrangement . I will try to get more as soon as time allows.
Really feels like a vast improvement to me and those whom I have taken out in the car!
Really feels like a vast improvement to me and those whom I have taken out in the car!
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In the Front 600 and in the back 200. 12 inch spring Hyper Co.
The only gripe I have if I can really think of one is that the shock adjuster is at the top of the body and hard to reach. I may eventually mount them inverted for easier **** access.
The only gripe I have if I can really think of one is that the shock adjuster is at the top of the body and hard to reach. I may eventually mount them inverted for easier **** access.
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I should also say Ride Techs Customer Service is Grade A + the triples were custom valved. Sent the Dyno sheet with the shocks as well which i thought was pretty cool ! A rep called me and discussed what I would be doing with the car and then they put them together . The process took about a week and a half and they were in contact with me promptly whenever I had a question.
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