Irontires

[Belgium Cuda]

 My chally feels like a car without suspension and tires made of steel.
 Does the age of the tires have an influence on this?
 Front 235/60 and rear 295/60, new shocks and the rest ok.
 Any bright ideas? 

[HP2]

Shocks. Good shocks can make a world of difference in how a car feels. Bad shocks can make even the best combination of parts feel awful.

[RusTy/SE]

Air pressure maybe?

[Belgium Cuda]

 Have older hijackers in the rear, tried different airpressures in the shocks
 and in the tires.

[MEK-Dangerfield]

If you have air-shocks, we have found the answer to your problem.   


  Mike

[Belgium Cuda]

 You mean you can get that feeling even if they are not so much pumped up?

[Hopalong]

Are the shocks from KYB?  I had a set on a car I used to own and hated them.  It felt like I could have removed the springs to make the ride about like.  Trucks should ride like trucks, cars should not.

[MEK-Dangerfield]

You mean you can get that feeling even if they are not so much pumped up?

I had air-shocks that were only pumped up halfway. It still road stiff. I went back to regular shocks, and put in new leaf springs to lift the rear the way I wanted it, and it rides much better now. I don't have to worry about the fillings getting knocked out of my teeth if I hit a bump. 


  Mike

[GoodysGotaCuda]

Air-Shocks are band-aids for wrong spring height, tire sizing, or both. And ride like its on bricks. I just have the summit adjustable drag shocks on the back of my car with s/s springs. Shocks are like $26ea, not too bad of a ride. The fronts are just stock monroes, i'll be swapping out for the summits up front so i can run the 60/40 around town and 90/10 on the strip.

-Mike

[Belgium Cuda]

 Thanks, will get them Hijackers off. Putted them on years ago due to wrong
 backspace but that's not a problem anymoore.