Tiggs wrote:
I paid closer attention to the van's ride yesterday. On smoother roads it does have a decent ride, I feel little transferance of road conditions up through the steering column. The worst part of the trip the rhythmic bounce the van experiences traveling over the expansion joints. If I could just get a handle on that, I would be much happier with the ride.
Yup. That's how they all feel. They are actually a little "smoother" than the Fords, but have way more bounce, or even wallowing on bad roads, simply because they are WAY under-damped. The springs are a little soft too for full loads, but if you aren't running at GVWR, keep them as is since stronger springs will worsen your unloaded ride.
Monotube shocks fix the under-damped problem, and as a bonus they'll last a whole lot longer and have a lifetime warranty
