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Originally Posted by ///1M
Obiwun,
Do you prefer the Ohlins to stock?
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Hi ///1M,
I only installed my Ohlins two days ago and I haven't had a chance to take a long drive yet and its been bucketing with rain here so it's a little hard to feel how the car really handles when it's so wet.
Ride quality wise, my initial impression is the increased spring rate is very noticeable. I come from a rally car background where I use shocks worth $10-15 000 with softer springs and the ohlins setup feels stiff, the car feels a little over sprung to me. Where my rally car would float and 'breathe' with the road in a damped manner the 1M is still quite unsettled on our rough country roads. But as i said, it early days for me and I still need to tune my ride heights and damping.
Around town the DFV seems to improve some of that low speed jiggle that you get over small sharp ridges. Overall, I wouldn't say the ride is a great improvement over stock. It is improved in some areas but compromised in others by the stiff springs. But if the handling increases are as great as people say then I would say its a worthwhile investment.
I will report back when I have a little more experience on the ohlins setup.
///T