Suzuki Club UK

ROBBIE wrote:coil conversion?

Would love to go that way but its the cost
i can do the work my self but its the cost

lightning wrote:

ROBBIE wrote:coil conversion?

Would love to go that way but its the cost
i can do the work my self but its the cost

thats what stops me doing it aswell

Sorry to bring up an oldies here, but.... my SJ is for on road use and a bit of green lanes, so I'm interested in softening up the suspension too.

LIGHTNING - what did you opt from in the end, and did it work?

Would the leaf spring Bedford rears / SJ back to front swap then benefit from softer shocks say the Procomp ES1000, and are the leafs a straight swap - some threads seem to say they are, other that the mounting brackets need to be relocated.

I think 410 parabolics are softer than standard

madfishpaul wrote:Sorry to bring up an oldies here, but.... my SJ is for on road use and a bit of green lanes, so I'm interested in softening up the suspension too.

LIGHTNING - what did you opt from in the end, and did it work?

Would the leaf spring Bedford rears / SJ back to front swap then benefit from softer shocks say the Procomp ES1000, and are the leafs a straight swap - some threads seem to say they are, other that the mounting brackets need to be relocated.

I went for Bedford rears leaf / and SJ back leafs up front swap still hard
One day will go for coil overs

What shocks are you running? they can play a big part in having a comfortable suspension set up, especially if they aren't the correct length and end up bottoming out or fully extending on road.

ScottieJ wrote:What shocks are you running? they can play a big part in having a comfortable suspension set up, especially if they aren't the correct length and end up bottoming out or fully extending on road.

could not tell you as i dont know sorry
What would you put on ?

I took my zuk to a pay and play yesterday to find the suspension is incredibly hard, I read that you can fit pro comp es1000's to an SJ but what about the front shocks with the pin mounts? And I can onl seem to find them in the US for a high price, what are astra shocks like? And are they a straight swap?
Also can rascal rears and rears up front be fitted alright with extended shackles? Or do I need to move the shackle mounts outwards?