Roadway 5.0
Strassejager
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- Mike
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Yes, the ever-present hype pertaining to Steeda rear shock mounts is just. They are incredible, period. Well built, extraordinarily easy to install (45 minutes or less), and the refinement to the overall ride is unparalleled.
The best "proof" of the ride improvement is subjective indeed, but nevertheless I'll share: a road I drive everyday is in decent repair, but is wavy and has scattered, repetitive, frequency-type bumps. This road has always bothered me due to the bounce and unsettled feeling it produced, and I shrugged it off as not improvable via car modification. Enter the Steeda shock mounts and this road was nearly like glass. Seriously. As another 6G member has stated, the mounts completely eliminate "after shocks"; you hit a bump and that's all of it.
Now for the BIG improvement...the Steeda rear sway bar. I installed this with hopes of eliminating understeer and improving the time to hit roll-center on any turn. Objective complete. The bar is on full-stiff, with the front bar the stock PP piece. The combination is absolutely intoxicating. I turn the wheel, and the car moves as one solid piece to EXACTLY where I point. I found myself screaming, "this is PERFECT" on the many test runs after install. It is really that good.
My last note that I test everything on twisty roads, not the track and not slowly putting about town. So many of you could benefit, perhaps, by a different setup. For those of you canyon or mountain road explorers out there, I may have cracked the code on the "perfect" setup (at least in my eyes).
More tests will tell when I execute a 2000km, 5 country, rally later this year through the Alps. Until then, enjoy the day, and thanks to Steeda for top-notch equipment and support.
- Mike
The best "proof" of the ride improvement is subjective indeed, but nevertheless I'll share: a road I drive everyday is in decent repair, but is wavy and has scattered, repetitive, frequency-type bumps. This road has always bothered me due to the bounce and unsettled feeling it produced, and I shrugged it off as not improvable via car modification. Enter the Steeda shock mounts and this road was nearly like glass. Seriously. As another 6G member has stated, the mounts completely eliminate "after shocks"; you hit a bump and that's all of it.
Now for the BIG improvement...the Steeda rear sway bar. I installed this with hopes of eliminating understeer and improving the time to hit roll-center on any turn. Objective complete. The bar is on full-stiff, with the front bar the stock PP piece. The combination is absolutely intoxicating. I turn the wheel, and the car moves as one solid piece to EXACTLY where I point. I found myself screaming, "this is PERFECT" on the many test runs after install. It is really that good.
My last note that I test everything on twisty roads, not the track and not slowly putting about town. So many of you could benefit, perhaps, by a different setup. For those of you canyon or mountain road explorers out there, I may have cracked the code on the "perfect" setup (at least in my eyes).
More tests will tell when I execute a 2000km, 5 country, rally later this year through the Alps. Until then, enjoy the day, and thanks to Steeda for top-notch equipment and support.
- Mike
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