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Old 12-31-2005, 02:41 PM
Skippy Skippy is offline
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300D-firm, with a hint of harshness on bad pavement. Shocks/springs presumed OEM or OEM-like replacement. It could probably use all new bushings, but it's okay for now.

Lincoln Town Car- when I bought it it was a soft, floaty, wallowing PIG. Now I have Police Interceptor front shocks, KYB Gas-A-Just in the rear, and S-rated tires aired up to 36 psi at all four corners. I was going to put in late-model cop springs, but Ford was in the middle of changing suppliers when my old springs went bad and there were none to be found, so I had to settle for NAPA regular springs. It's still a little softer than I'd like, but much closer to the "firm but not harsh" ride that I want.

Samurai- HARSH This thing is sprung so stiff that the only time I've ever bottomed the front end was when I hit a 10" half round obstacle (oops) at about 25 mph and caught a couple feet of air before I landed. I have LT235/75-15 tires on it, and at 20 psi it actually rides decent on pavement. I had them up to 30 once, and that didn't go over so well. Oh yeah, stock springs, 2" shackle lift.
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83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
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