25wt oil all round? on a xx4 ..

[xx4-nutter]

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whats the conciquences running this:

front: piston 57, green spring

rear: piston 55, red spring

all the rest of the car is on standard set up, nothings been changed or modified, its all kit..

any one know what this would make the car like ? im thinking of trying it at york tonight.

Garry D.

[Northy]

Well, the front is more damped than the rear, but without the rest of your set-up you can't say much else tbh.

G

[super__dan]

If we say "usual" (common)set on a xx4 is say 40wt orange front silver or green spring and rear is almost always 30wt blue piston red spring

So on the front you've got 25wt black (2 sizes smaller), which would be noticably softer I imagine. On the rear you're 5 wt lighter and 1 hole size smaller, which imagine would be a wafer softer.

Springs wise it's fine, but on high grip it might wallow about a bit too much and the front lift and dive a lot on brakes. Might grip roll more.

That said if you're on old tyres it might be fine ;)


Incidentally I run a red piston and 35wt on the front, which has similair static damping but a shade more pack. This was Ellis idea as the X5 has the weight a shade further forward. I like it like this thought it hardly feels any different.