Spheres
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Spheres
Can anyone help I have fitted front spheres to the rear of my bx which has made the ride lovely and soft but which ones would be best at the front to give a softer ride
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I have used CX spheres in a BX but I lowered the pressure to decrease the length of travel.
I also fitted a set out of a wreck we once bought and I had heard (from someone who was thinking of buying it before it was wrecked) that this car was very unstable. Upon fitting the front spheres off this car to my 16V, I was most impressed at the way it rode, but when I had to brake hard as I approached a sharp corner on a dirt road and the car began to "tail wag" I was just as unimpressed and therein lies the story; larger volume spheres (500cc) with higher pressures can allow the suspension to travel further, which is why in a lot of cases they feel softer and floatier which is alright whilst everything is going kosher, but in the advent of an emergency it can be the difference between the car handling it as it was intended, or suddenly becoming highly unstable and sending the lot "rubber side up."
Alan S
I also fitted a set out of a wreck we once bought and I had heard (from someone who was thinking of buying it before it was wrecked) that this car was very unstable. Upon fitting the front spheres off this car to my 16V, I was most impressed at the way it rode, but when I had to brake hard as I approached a sharp corner on a dirt road and the car began to "tail wag" I was just as unimpressed and therein lies the story; larger volume spheres (500cc) with higher pressures can allow the suspension to travel further, which is why in a lot of cases they feel softer and floatier which is alright whilst everything is going kosher, but in the advent of an emergency it can be the difference between the car handling it as it was intended, or suddenly becoming highly unstable and sending the lot "rubber side up."
Alan S
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