Gidday Folks
The new struts and springs went in the rear of Roo2 this morning. Some photos will follow when I get around to it.
The Pedders units have one more turn in the spring (7 vs 6 in the OEM SLS unit), and no SLS unit (of course). The spring coils in the Pedders also seem to be very slightly thicker, but I will have to run the micrometer over them. Anyway, it's not the thickness that's relevant, but the steel and other attributes of the spring that give a given spring a particular compression/rebound rate.
With the same crap in the back (BUT - plus a steel spare wheel/tyre = nearly 20 Kgs), the car is sitting 25-30 mm higher in the rear than before.
Driving is more telling. It is not particularly firmer so much as more progressive or smoother. A bit hard to describe. The ride is
less harsh than before, while feeling more directionally stable and in contact with the ground better.
Going over known speed humps at 40 Km/h, the car doesn't bounce anywhere near as much as with the old rear end. Not as "sharp" on either the approach or the departure over the hump. In fact, particularly noticeably smoother on the departure side of the hump.
Jason at Lucas Automotive did the whole job in short order. Lucas and I talked about all sorts of technical stuff for about 2 hours. I learned a lot. He also reckons that he hadn't thought of one of my suggestions ... We can all learn from each other .... :iconwink:.
One thing I can tell you all is: do
NOT do handbrake turns in your Subies. I have seen the resulting damage to the centre diff, and it wasn't pretty!
It will be interesting to see how it handles having the trailer on the back. Not ATM, however. Flaming cold and wet here
. A good day for indoors, or going out for lunch with a mate a bit later ...
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. It's all about rear suspension problems - everyone's, not just mine.
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hehe 
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