Plokmijn27
Forum Member
- Joined
- Jul 13, 2017
- Messages
- 2
- Location
- Seattle
- Car Year
- 2005
- Car Model
- Forester XS
- Transmission
- Auto
So here's my situation:
I have recently purchased a dirt bike (Yamaha yz250 2-stroke), and my method of transport is with a motorcycle rack on the back of my 05 Forester https://goo.gl/images/bWN7aI <-- That is what I am referring to, a lot of people directly reference towing, when this is related to tongue weight, and the full weight of the bike is supported by the suspension (about 212lbs).
My car can handle this, but just barely. It has my suspension very close to bottoming out in the rear, and lifts the front to the point where steering is "floaty".
Another issue being that the bottom of the rack scrapes when going up driveways, which hasn't proved to be too crucial, but it happens, and in the long term isn't good.
My idea to combat this is to get new springs and struts for the rear and probably king springs lift springs with 1.1in lift , and to either leave the front alone, or get the "oem" king springs which still lift about 1/4 in.
This would obviously have the ride height taller (and possibly stiffer?) in the rear, than in the front, to compensate for the extra weight in the rear.
That is my idea, but I also know next to nothing about suspension, and would like to hear ideas that would be good for my particular situation.
Is it an inherently bad idea to have taller springs in the rear than in the front? Would there be any drawbacks to a suspension setup like this that I should know about?
I appreciate any information
Also, I considered risers, but the issue also concerns suspension travel, which risers will do nothing about.
I have recently purchased a dirt bike (Yamaha yz250 2-stroke), and my method of transport is with a motorcycle rack on the back of my 05 Forester https://goo.gl/images/bWN7aI <-- That is what I am referring to, a lot of people directly reference towing, when this is related to tongue weight, and the full weight of the bike is supported by the suspension (about 212lbs).
My car can handle this, but just barely. It has my suspension very close to bottoming out in the rear, and lifts the front to the point where steering is "floaty".
Another issue being that the bottom of the rack scrapes when going up driveways, which hasn't proved to be too crucial, but it happens, and in the long term isn't good.
My idea to combat this is to get new springs and struts for the rear and probably king springs lift springs with 1.1in lift , and to either leave the front alone, or get the "oem" king springs which still lift about 1/4 in.
This would obviously have the ride height taller (and possibly stiffer?) in the rear, than in the front, to compensate for the extra weight in the rear.
That is my idea, but I also know next to nothing about suspension, and would like to hear ideas that would be good for my particular situation.
Is it an inherently bad idea to have taller springs in the rear than in the front? Would there be any drawbacks to a suspension setup like this that I should know about?
I appreciate any information
Also, I considered risers, but the issue also concerns suspension travel, which risers will do nothing about.