Overdamped, Underdamped (was WTB parts for 87 1/2 Coupe)

[Huw Powell]

> Underdamped means the springs will overwhelm the shocks on rebound ... bouncy ride
> And overdamped suspension [means] the shock overwhelms the springs ... "harsh" or unyielding

I don't think there is confusion over what they mean.

>  If you payed careful attention, you'd
> actually notice that there would be a very rapid side to side rocking,
> but most people miss it, thinking it's an up an down or fore and aft
> bounce.

and if you paid careful attention, we are saying that this is not the
case in our experience with our cars.  this is not some theoretical
thing, no "bouncy ride" here and no "very rapid side to side rocking
motion," at least not when the car is moving under its own power...

> On Sun, 06 Jan 2002 22:12:31 -0500 Huw Powell <audi at mediaone.net> writes:
> >I was gonna chime in (well, I guess I am), when I put the lowering
> >springs on my Coupe (eibach?) it got or had a new set of fairly
> >generic
> >aftermarket struts/shocks, I *think* they were boge... but might have
> >even been less ostentatious than that.  All I know is the ride is not
> >too soft, or underdamped, or any of that.

> >
> >> Not in my experience...
> >> I've used Eibach's and H&R's with Boges on my 4kqs...
> >> not underdampened at all..

>> >> At 07:57 PM 1/5/02, you wrote:
>> >> >If you are planning to use H&R or Eibach (or any other lowering
>> >springs),
>> >> >Boges would be seriously underdamped, resulting in a bouncy ride. I
>> >would
>> >> >personally go with Bilstein, Koni or Tokico Illuma5.

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Huw Powell

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