this is where Iām headed. My weight fluctuates but itās only a few hundred pound. Not ideal for coilovers but with the adjustable coil Iām hoping I can stiffen it up enough. If I occasionally blow through the travel the air bump will save it.
I was running 37 and now that you mention it, that may have contributed. I had chalked it up to the Falcon's digressive valving. I haven't had them on the 40s yet.
The final piece to that puzzle for me is coilovers. Just need to make a decision on what I want to do.
Initially I had 37 all the way around with the 40" Pats. The ride was decent but occasionally you would feel the lugs. Went to 40 up front and 38 in the back. Completely smoothed out the ride and brought the tread pattern closer to the lines.
I know the Patagonias are designed to ride on the crest of the tire and don't sit flat but that still seems like a lot of tire pressure. But if it's working for you, then no need to change it.
99.9% sure he is talking about tire pressure...
My experience is that they are made to be worked and don't respond well to small inputs. Also the rebound on the lowest(er) setting is obnoxious.
Spring retention kits are no good because that means the spring is not sized correctly so you end up with 0 preload, and that only allows for more impact force which leads to more damage.
I'll add a asterisk to this, spring or shock can be sized wrong. If your setup is using the shock as limit strap and the shock is to long then short springs can fall out, hence the spring clips, a better solution would be to use a limit strap to keep a little tension on the spring at full extension while also now moving the full extension force from the shock shaft to the strap, aka less shock abuse.
I DO run limit straps in the rear, as soon as I installed the pro-x upgrade I added limit straps.
Cool now that i look harder at your max travel post i see the black strap on the inside. I though all the cool kids run Red straps
