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Shock absorbers

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Better quality.. Kyb were OK but I also wanted to level my ride which the bilsteins are capable of.

Sent from my LG-P970 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

Shocks are non load bearing/supporting and so not level anything.....do you mean on cornering situations.....flatter around turns.....

OK I will tell the mechanic to lower the front of my truck back down because the height adjustable bilsteins I had him put on are only an illusion lol

Sent from my LG-P970 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

See that SPRING around your shock brainiac? THAT'S what changes your ride height....from 0 - 2.5".....the shock itself is a hydraulic unit that bears no weight.....

Sorry chum, but that ain't quite true with some shock designs.....

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Better quality.. Kyb were OK but I also wanted to level my ride which the bilsteins are capable of.

Sent from my LG-P970 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

Shocks are non load bearing/supporting and so not level anything.....do you mean on cornering situations.....flatter around turns.....

OK I will tell the mechanic to lower the front of my truck back down because the height adjustable bilsteins I had him put on are only an illusion lol

Sent from my LG-P970 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

See that SPRING around your shock brainiac? THAT'S what changes your ride height....from 0 - 2.5".....the shock itself is a hydraulic unit that bears no weight.....

Sorry chum, but that ain't quite true with some shock designs.....

Guess I should send him the YouTube Demo on how the spring is mounted onto the struts and accompanying height adjustments one can make

Sent from my LG-P970 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

Shocks are non load bearing/supporting and so not level anything.....do you mean on cornering situations.....flatter around turns.....

OK I will tell the mechanic to lower the front of my truck back down because the height adjustable bilsteins I had him put on are only an illusion lol

Sent from my LG-P970 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile appSee that SPRING around your shock brainiac? THAT'S what changes your ride height....from 0 - 2.5".....the shock itself is a hydraulic unit that bears no weight.....

Sorry chum, but that ain't quite true with some shock designs.....

Production automotive application shock absorber?

They've got spring/air bladder/rubber adjustable.....struts - the spring bears the weight - in most cases the strut insert (shock) can be changed.......a shock absorber is exactly as it's name implies - it's a dampening device....

.http://www.google.co.th/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CBwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FShock_absorber&ei=f4siVNOlBozhuQSz24AI&usg=AFQjCNGEZ0DpmD34k2XcKtixjvLqtSZp6w&sig2=PhDgtQCu2QvvYRN5pEFomQ

Shocks are non load bearing/supporting and so not level anything.....do you mean on cornering situations.....flatter around turns.....

OK I will tell the mechanic to lower the front of my truck back down because the height adjustable bilsteins I had him put on are only an illusion lol

Sent from my LG-P970 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile appSee that SPRING around your shock brainiac? THAT'S what changes your ride height....from 0 - 2.5".....the shock itself is a hydraulic unit that bears no weight.....

Sorry chum, but that ain't quite true with some shock designs.....

Production automotive application shock absorber?

They've got spring/air bladder/rubber adjustable.....struts - the spring bears the weight - in most cases the strut insert (shock) can be changed.......a shock absorber is exactly as it's name implies - it's a dampening device....

.http://www.google.co.th/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CBwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FShock_absorber&ei=f4siVNOlBozhuQSz24AI&usg=AFQjCNGEZ0DpmD34k2XcKtixjvLqtSZp6w&sig2=PhDgtQCu2QvvYRN5pEFomQ

Nope, my Volvo 760 Estate had shocks that adjusted themselves for load.

I could load the back till the bumper near touched the ground (spring compressed), drive the car forward, touch the breaks and the rear would pop up. Do my trip, unload, move the car and it would self level again. How they worked I don't know but they did take the load off the spring.

Shocks are non load bearing/supporting and so not level anything.....do you mean on cornering situations.....flatter around turns.....

OK I will tell the mechanic to lower the front of my truck back down because the height adjustable bilsteins I had him put on are only an illusion lol

Sent from my LG-P970 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile appSee that SPRING around your shock brainiac? THAT'S what changes your ride height....from 0 - 2.5".....the shock itself is a hydraulic unit that bears no weight.....

Sorry chum, but that ain't quite true with some shock designs.....

Production automotive application shock absorber?

They've got spring/air bladder/rubber adjustable.....struts - the spring bears the weight - in most cases the strut insert (shock) can be changed.......a shock absorber is exactly as it's name implies - it's a dampening device....

.http://www.google.co.th/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CBwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FShock_absorber&ei=f4siVNOlBozhuQSz24AI&usg=AFQjCNGEZ0DpmD34k2XcKtixjvLqtSZp6w&sig2=PhDgtQCu2QvvYRN5pEFomQ

Nope, my Volvo 760 Estate had shocks that adjusted themselves for load.

I could load the back till the bumper near touched the ground (spring compressed), drive the car forward, touch the breaks and the rear would pop up. Do my trip, unload, move the car and it would self level again. How they worked I don't know but they did take the load off the spring.

YES - those have an internal pump which effectively brings the vehicle to it's preset height - they are only used for the rear of a vehicle they cannot work on the front....like a hydraulic dam on the inside pumped by the mechanical action of the vehicles motion....you're right - that would be the closest thing.....

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