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Thought some of you might like to see some of the behind the scenes shots of shock and geometry tuning we were up to this spring and summer before we released the JK suspension. We really focused on the best all around suspension for a vehicle that sees use beyond rock crawling, this involved trailer towing with the vehicle full of people and gear, high speed stability, ride comfort, and durability. This is the suspension you want if you're into exploring and using your vehicle for real world tasks.
This is a "one bump" event we hit to evaluate full travel events at speed, this helps significantly with certain aspects of shock tuning, but also makes things like bump steer and rear axle steer immediately apparent.
Here are some shot of testing bumpstops and hard landings. This is kind of fun at first, but after a while isn't so much fun anymore.
This is the 300 foot skidpad, Jim can wear a set of brand new BFGs down in about 4 hours out here. We've really put an emphasis on safety and roll stability with no bad habbits on this suspension, but its testing like this that verifies the math. Notice how "flat" the vehicle is behaving, You can really "see" the G's if you look close at the tires on the Jeep.
Here is Jim in the 700ft slalom...I was watching a stock vehicle go through this at the Jeep specified maximum target speed of 58mph, the inside front tire was lifting a couple inches off the ground. These photos were taken at between 58 and 60mph (on 35s!) without lifting a tire. The beauty of this is that articulation is not affected at all. Again, if you look close, you can see how much the tires are under load on the right side of the vehicle. Again, notice how flat the car is staying even while at the limit of adhesion.
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This is a "one bump" event we hit to evaluate full travel events at speed, this helps significantly with certain aspects of shock tuning, but also makes things like bump steer and rear axle steer immediately apparent.
Here are some shot of testing bumpstops and hard landings. This is kind of fun at first, but after a while isn't so much fun anymore.
This is the 300 foot skidpad, Jim can wear a set of brand new BFGs down in about 4 hours out here. We've really put an emphasis on safety and roll stability with no bad habbits on this suspension, but its testing like this that verifies the math. Notice how "flat" the vehicle is behaving, You can really "see" the G's if you look close at the tires on the Jeep.
Here is Jim in the 700ft slalom...I was watching a stock vehicle go through this at the Jeep specified maximum target speed of 58mph, the inside front tire was lifting a couple inches off the ground. These photos were taken at between 58 and 60mph (on 35s!) without lifting a tire. The beauty of this is that articulation is not affected at all. Again, if you look close, you can see how much the tires are under load on the right side of the vehicle. Again, notice how flat the car is staying even while at the limit of adhesion.
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