LiquidSpring Suspension

wgoldman wrote:

FloridaRosebud wrote:

mc.cc wrote:

FloridaRosebud wrote:

doxiemom11 wrote:
If it's a Ford chassis, do the cheap handling fix first. That improves the ride and performance.

Already done that, plus it has new shocks, new rear sway bar (Hellwig), and proper tire inflation (after weighing the MH). Handling is much better but it still rides rough.

Al

It's good to know there is no magical fix for our F53's. I was hoping if I sank some more money into a sway bar that it would be that one last secret miracle. I'm thinking I should probably just keep my thousand bucks and chaulk it up to normal.

I hear you. In truth, it's a truck chassis, so it rides like a....wait for it....a truck. :R

That said, my handling improved a ton doing the above mods and tweaks. I can now drive it with one hand if I wanted and not be stressed. I'm just looking for smoothing out some of the ride without moving to a DP. The change to Koni shocks appears to help some (I've not done that yet) but most of the reviews on-line and comments from fellow RVers say it's marginal. At about $1500 for the shocks and install I'll wait until my Bilsteins wear out before I do that. The reviews of the liquid suspension, however, have been very good. I am just looking for someone on this site who has actually done the install and their real world thoughts.

Al

I guess that would be me . . . I had the LiquidSpring system installed in my 2017 Tiffin Open Road a little over a year ago and have driven 13,000 miles since then. I wrote my original review in the blog post below, and I've added some more recent impressions in the Comments section below that article. Of course, I'd be happy to answer any specific questions here.

From springs to LiquidSpring, part 3: Road test

-- Bill

Hey Bill!! I'm the guy that you've been communicating with on the iRV site. I was looking to see if there were other folks who had gone down the same path here. I told my wife we need to budget for the changeover next year if possible. We'll see if my budget allows for it.

BTW - the accelerometer reading are great showing the difference in ride (I'm an engineer who has had vibration analysis training - the app you used is pretty basic and it's response time probably doesn't show the entire story - one with quicker response time and a true 3 axis accelerometer would probably show even more of a difference.)

Al

Al