Series 2 GAZ shocks

New guy here. Anyone tried adjustable GAZ shocks, on a series 2a swb with parabolics from HST, from Larkspeed?
/Bisse

Why

Bobsticle said:

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Just because we're inured to the subtle ride and handling imperfections in our vehicles doesn't mean that we should discourage everyone else for seeking motoring Nirvana.

Ah yes, subtle.

I remember that.

Can you twot a cycle helmet out of a gas shock without risk of damaging your hammer.

Now that just was a thread.

Problem is that I often drive the truck lightly loaded with just a soft top. A few months a year I load it heavily for camping with hard top and roof tent. I like a soft ride but not bouncy. I'm interested in Heystee's parabolic springs, 2 leaves front and 2+1 rear (helper leaf). I think adjustable shocks could work to get the right dampening effect.
That's why.

I'd certainly be interested in how you get on with the changes, because I wasn't really joking - I've driven Series IIIs with parabolic springs (can't remember who made them) and standard leaf springs and because it wasn't back-to-back testing I couldn't say which was better when they were so far from comfortable.

I'm in the middle of a rebuild where new dampers are a given but could be persuaded to buy new springs if your experiment gets conclusively positive results.

I have no idea' if it's even doable. I thought maybe somebody have tried, that why I posted.

I think if you are going to do suspension mods then the two that I would be looking at would be:
1 A lockable anti roll bar on the front (like the Range Rover) but perhaps with a hand operated mechnism ts you have front anti-roll on the road but can un-lock it for offroad. i already have free wheel hubs so I have to stop before going offroad anyway. Some Series ambulances have anti-roll bars so the basic bits are about, its a case of cuttiing the bar and making a lock/free collar. (I'm sure its nothing like that simple!)
2 Electic shocks (the ones with ironpowder in the fluid) but only with paras, then you could switch between frim and long travel from inside. I have std springs so the options would be "firm" or "firm" so not much use to me without a spring change,

Thanks for the input!
I will look in to the anti roll bar. There is a guy on Youtube who make his own anti roll bar. As you say, the problem will be to connect/disconnect for road/off road use.
I have never heard of the ironpowder shocks, will look into that as well.

rob1miles => Magnetic ride control, is that what you mean? Otherwise I can't find it.
Anti roll bar or sway bar is for higher speeds so it's nothing for me I guess.

My series is a camper so its a bit top heavy when the rack is loaded up. Its on standard springs which are firm most of the time but bracking into a roundabout, even at 20 mph, can lead to some serious body roll, I'm used to it now but it alarms passengers. I doubt its an issue on a lightly loaded SMB but I can say with confidence that a well loaded LWB can lean a lot. My ideal would be a front anti-roll bar like the ambulances for on-road with the ability to quickly disconnect it for off road.
This is what i mean about the shocks:
https://www.monroe.com.au/trade-cor...oducts/229-monroe-intelligent-suspension.html
But haveing seen the examples - texting, facebook and make up, I think I'll ditch that idea!

Nothing wrong with having anti roll bars front and rear, as long you can disconnect them for off road driving. The shock-system is nothing for me, to advanced. I will keep on searching info regarding adjustable gas chocks. I have sent mails to dealers but no replay

Someone on the Seriously Series forum had a custom made set of Gaz dampers made for his SWB Series 2, so yes it can be done, no I dont know what the results were. I think they a fairly simple damper, there is only one adjuster that changes both rebound and compression damping simultaneously so only limited options to tune the ride.

Do you mean this forum?

Thanks!