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Originally Posted by KWIL
Shocks do not set ride height.
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I see that you are a professional engineer Ken so can you help me with this please?
Whenever I fit a shock absorber I have to raise the car body very high, beyond spring-determined height, in order to insert them. When the body is subsequently lowered the spring partially compresses but so does the shock absorber. A point of equilibrium appears to be reached. Surely this would depend upon the ability of both the spring
and the pressurised shock absorber to compress, wouldn't it?
If I removed my shock absorbers completely, would you say that the car's body height would be identical to that with the spring/shock absorber combination fitted?
I'd be grateful if you could explain where I am going wrong with this.
Simon