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Mike Dent has sent me a pair of rear Protech shocks for evaluation on a road car so this morning i fitted em on .
You have to fit the top plates / bushes yourself but thats no biggy - just use your old ones .
Easy to fit at around 15 minutes a side .
Anyway these are adjustable from 0 to 13 so i initially set them on 7 . This is about as soft as id go , very smooth and progressive and certainly iron out any pot holes - handling on this however is slightly compromised .
So I went to 8 - handling improved and as with 7 potholes and speed bumps feel much less jarring .
I then tried 9 which is as far as ive got , handling is now the same as my previous factory HD shocks , jarring from potholes ( deliberately drove into a few for testing ) has been much reduced .
Adjusting is a 2 second job so trying various settings is dead easy .
Mike recons il end up on 11 but for now il stick with 9 until i get the " feel " of them .
:)
So far its all very favourable:)
From Mike Dent .
My design. Fast road protechs are what you buy from the website. 1/2 inch dia rods and their settings. The works Koni dampers i had copied are my settings but slightly altered. The dampers you have are Koni spec large dia rods but with shim pack moved down 5 so will not go as hard as a Koni in bump and rebound. I.E. if you drive these on 13 clicks the Koni at full hard would be at 18 so if you like 9 then the Konis can go twice as hard.
You have to fit the top plates / bushes yourself but thats no biggy - just use your old ones .
Easy to fit at around 15 minutes a side .
Anyway these are adjustable from 0 to 13 so i initially set them on 7 . This is about as soft as id go , very smooth and progressive and certainly iron out any pot holes - handling on this however is slightly compromised .
So I went to 8 - handling improved and as with 7 potholes and speed bumps feel much less jarring .
I then tried 9 which is as far as ive got , handling is now the same as my previous factory HD shocks , jarring from potholes ( deliberately drove into a few for testing ) has been much reduced .
Adjusting is a 2 second job so trying various settings is dead easy .
Mike recons il end up on 11 but for now il stick with 9 until i get the " feel " of them .
:)So far its all very favourable
:)From Mike Dent .
My design. Fast road protechs are what you buy from the website. 1/2 inch dia rods and their settings. The works Koni dampers i had copied are my settings but slightly altered. The dampers you have are Koni spec large dia rods but with shim pack moved down 5 so will not go as hard as a Koni in bump and rebound. I.E. if you drive these on 13 clicks the Koni at full hard would be at 18 so if you like 9 then the Konis can go twice as hard.