Does anyone DEFINITELY KNOW the actual dampening rate of the AGX's at the various settings. I installed them on my car yesterday to compliment the prokit, swaybar, tower bar and AVS 100's I put on about a year ago, and the car does feel much better – but I am curious whether anyone knows what the actual rates are though?
I did 25K miles in Atlanta traffic over the last year, and when going over an overpass on the interstate, where the pavement drops about and inch or two for 30 feet and then goes back up, the car really jumped up...as if the stored energy in the compressed spring could no longer be controlled by the stock strut as it was released. I didn’t lose control or anything, but it did start to bug me after a while. People drive FAST in Atl and it is not uncommon to hit overpasses at 70-80+, when the effect can become quite pronounced.
Anyway, I know that guys like to play with the AGX settings, but as far as I am concerned, shocks and springs should work in collaboration and be matched. I set the AGXs at 4 and had some fun hard cornering earlier today, but I was essentially using the shocks as stiffer springs in that case, which is not a good thing to be doing from a part reliability and driving predictability standpoint. I have done some searching and have found some setting numbers and %stronger estimations, but would be curious if anyone knows for sure how the AGXs compare to stock. In my thread from last year, I tested the prokit, so we know how much stronger they are than stock. Can anyone help? I will post the Eibach thread below for referenc, but basically, the rears are about the same and the fronts are 65% stiffer than stock. The drop was 1.2 inches front/rear. Thanks!
I did 25K miles in Atlanta traffic over the last year, and when going over an overpass on the interstate, where the pavement drops about and inch or two for 30 feet and then goes back up, the car really jumped up...as if the stored energy in the compressed spring could no longer be controlled by the stock strut as it was released. I didn’t lose control or anything, but it did start to bug me after a while. People drive FAST in Atl and it is not uncommon to hit overpasses at 70-80+, when the effect can become quite pronounced.
Anyway, I know that guys like to play with the AGX settings, but as far as I am concerned, shocks and springs should work in collaboration and be matched. I set the AGXs at 4 and had some fun hard cornering earlier today, but I was essentially using the shocks as stiffer springs in that case, which is not a good thing to be doing from a part reliability and driving predictability standpoint. I have done some searching and have found some setting numbers and %stronger estimations, but would be curious if anyone knows for sure how the AGXs compare to stock. In my thread from last year, I tested the prokit, so we know how much stronger they are than stock. Can anyone help? I will post the Eibach thread below for referenc, but basically, the rears are about the same and the fronts are 65% stiffer than stock. The drop was 1.2 inches front/rear. Thanks!