Thread: P38 ride - it seems hard and jiggly

Ahh, it was you, Peter, who had the shocks to which I referred earlier, not Scouse.

If I recall correctly, Boge were the OEM shocks.

Originally Posted by p38arover

Gahh! We could have supplied a set of old springs and shocks to fit to it before it went to TRS!

Yeah, but I was hoping that Andy would buy it and then we could all have had a go at it.

In retrospect, I should have bought it myself... but I wasn't planning on buying another P38A until I saw that Hardy was selling "the Tractor".

Such is life with a P38A - we live, learn, spend, enjoy, break stuff, spend, enjoy, forget, spend...

Originally Posted by PaulP38a

Yeah, but I was hoping that Andy would buy it and then we could all have had a go at it.

In retrospect, I should have bought it myself... but I wasn't planning on buying another P38A until I saw that Hardy was selling "the Tractor".

Such is life with a P38A - we live, learn, spend, enjoy, break stuff, spend, enjoy, forget, spend...

Damn lot of spending with a Rover!

Originally Posted by p38arover

Ahh, it was you, Peter, who had the shocks to which I referred earlier, not Scouse.

I can still give you a shock or two.



Just call me for a price on a new P38 part .

Originally Posted by Scouse

I can still give you a shock or two.



Just call me for a price on a new P38 part .

Since when does that shock a Rangie owner anymore?!

But being the owner of a VW Caravelle (T4) I can tell you that VW prices can put Rangie prices in the shade. And VW are meant to be the people's car! (Volks Wagen means People's Car). $150 for a small and very basic switch - not a sensor, just a switch - being just one example. As you can imagine, I repaired the switch!

Willem

I recall someone mentioning the P38 shocks were revised to give better ride quality. I don't know what point in time this happened, but I do remember not being overly impressed with the 96 P38 that i was given a ride in around 2000. It did have low profile tyres though.

My P38 ride had more jiggles than all the tea bags at a Liptons convention so I recently replaced the Armstrong HT adjustables (only 8,000 Bris-syd-Cbr highway kms ) with stock standard OEM via mailorder from Graeme Cooper...

2 weeks ago did a 3,500 km trip Bris -Cbr- Sydney-Bris but this time included the gravel roads via Bathurst/Sofala/Kandos/Tenterfield/Beaudesert etc

Massive improvement in comfort, no feeling of fade on the corrugations, even SWMBO got lots of confidence driving on the dirt road sections

The bushes which came with the new shocks were also a big improvement on those with the Armstrong shocks ...the NVH factors on road joins/broken tar and corrugations definitely improved

Just thought I'd let you guys know what happened. I bought a set of OE shocks and steering damper and fitted them today. The ride improvement is remarkable - my wife commented on it within the first half kilometre. Also a quieter ride. So I am appreciating the difference. It has surprised me. I didn't think the difference would be that much.

Willem