Dave TBG
Patiently waiting...
- Joined
- Jun 10, 2018
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- Location
- New Jersey
- Vehicle(s)
- '19 EB 201A, '86 Porsche 944
My thinking at the moment is, wait. The rear upper shock mount is the easiest single suspension piece to change so there is no reason that it has to be done together with anything else. If one of the current choices were a standout to me, it would be on my car, but none stands out as "perfect" in my eyes.
As I see it, they all offer less restricted movement, that's great but I don't know that this makes a huge difference on the street. For track use, every little bit helps, but that's not how I use my car. How much movement does this pivot point ever see? A couple degrees?
Clearly, the factory designed this as a sacrificial failure point. I'd like to retain that function. BMR clearly went too far with their original design, I'll be interested to see how the revised version works out. The others all claim to be stronger than stock. How much stronger and how much is too much?
I have no use for the additional clearance most of them offer, I don't expect to ever run anything wider than a 285/35-19. YMMV on this one.
What I would like is a little extra travel. I'm only a half inch lower than stock but I wouldn't mind getting that half inch back. I'm keeping an eye on the revised BMR and the J&M, I'd like to hear from a few users with a few thousand miles on them. OTOH, I'd be surprised if Steeda doesn't come up with something that adds that travel in the near future. For now, I'm gonna wait. I have other mods I can do while I'm waiting.
As I see it, they all offer less restricted movement, that's great but I don't know that this makes a huge difference on the street. For track use, every little bit helps, but that's not how I use my car. How much movement does this pivot point ever see? A couple degrees?
Clearly, the factory designed this as a sacrificial failure point. I'd like to retain that function. BMR clearly went too far with their original design, I'll be interested to see how the revised version works out. The others all claim to be stronger than stock. How much stronger and how much is too much?
I have no use for the additional clearance most of them offer, I don't expect to ever run anything wider than a 285/35-19. YMMV on this one.
What I would like is a little extra travel. I'm only a half inch lower than stock but I wouldn't mind getting that half inch back. I'm keeping an eye on the revised BMR and the J&M, I'd like to hear from a few users with a few thousand miles on them. OTOH, I'd be surprised if Steeda doesn't come up with something that adds that travel in the near future. For now, I'm gonna wait. I have other mods I can do while I'm waiting.
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