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Latio Suspension advice? Bumpy ride
Gone with the wind:
After changing it, is it less comfortable for the rear passengers? Or it it better?
The ride is just right for me. Comfortable or not is very individual.
pizzaboy:
1stly some owners change aftmkt coilovers to make their car looks lower, as original suspension makes the tyres and wheel archs looks very far apart thus not so sporty lookin. Comfort wise depends on wat brands and model u choose from.
2ndly some owners change their coilover because they drive hard and play corners and bends at high speed thus the need to change to aftmarket coilovers eg. teins, bc, cusco etc etc... if you were to drive in that manner with original shocks i think 1 fine day ur car will flip and overturn very soon.
tayyw76:
--- Quote from: Gone with the wind on February 20, 2009, 12:31:49 AM ---ok, let me share with you about my experience.
My latio is also less than 2 month old. I found the original suspension too soft too. If you read one of the thread on Coilover GB, you will find my big complaint there! The Latio back seats with 3 passengers (total weight less than 150kg), the tail pipe can hit the ground when went over the car park hump.
Anyway, cut the story short. So eventually, I complaint to TCS and it was kind of them to admit that the Singapore Latio suspension is comfort oriented. They scheduled a time slot for me to change my latio rear spring to Japan version, which is alot stiffer. The reason given by TCS was Japan road is alot better and flat compared with Singapore road which is bumpy (better tell LTA to buck up :D)
After the upgrade, the ride was alot firmer and handling also improved. Personally, I like it alot better. Today, I just installed the front strut bar and rear anti roll bar to further enhance the road holding, now the car can take sharp corner very well and the ride is alot more steady that you will not feel the car rocking during high speed (I was on Lornie road this evening, going at 110km at some stage, and taking the winding/under construction Farrer road around 80km without problem). The steering response is sharper with the bars installed and also eliminate most of the body roll.
All this is achieved without lower the car suspension, original shocks and Japan spec rear springs, stock 15' rim and tires. I am very satisfied.
For those new latio owners, I learnt TCS has limited stock of Jap spec springs. So you might want to do it quickly, not sure they will bring in more when the stock finished. TCS will change the rear springs FOC if you complaint the ride is too soft to your liking and your latio can not even take 3 passengers at the back!
Good luck!
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Just went to TCM Jurong service centre and tell the advisor that latio sedan spring very soft and he say that he can change it to the latio sports spring as its harder... Pls note that all original spring are all from japan.....
Carmodz:
--- Quote from: pizzaboy on February 23, 2009, 01:06:30 AM --- if you were to drive in that manner with original shocks i think 1 fine day ur car will flip and overturn very soon.
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bro...u remind me of someone siah...
maxngck:
--- Quote from: tayyw76 on February 24, 2009, 11:55:57 PM ---Just went to TCM Jurong service centre and tell the advisor that latio sedan spring very soft and he say that he can change it to the latio sports spring as its harder... Pls note that all original spring are all from japan.....
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i tot both sport and sedan using same spring :confused1:. so did u change it?
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