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Old 08-26-2010, 07:24 PM   #1
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Improving ride of F53 chassis

Looking to improve the ride on our 2008 Sightseer 29R. Have seen articles on the Sumo Springs and the Mor/Ryde products that claim to greatly improve the ride. Sumo Springs are not due out until Sept., but the Mor/Ryde seems to have been out for some time.

Does any one have experience with Mor/Ryde how well they work?
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Start with some Koni shocks, they take the bang out of those expansion joints.
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Looking to improve the ride on our 2008 Sightseer 29R. Have seen articles on the Sumo Springs and the Mor/Ryde products that claim to greatly improve the ride. Sumo Springs are not due out until Sept., but the Mor/Ryde seems to have been out for some time.

Does any one have experience with Mor/Ryde how well they work?
I get a great ride on my 08 F53. How is your tire air pressure? An over inflated tire will give you a hard ride. I keep my 235/80 22.5" at 85 which is 5 lbs over the table for my weight. I had weighed each wheel weighed separately.. Koni shocks may or may not do anything, but IMHO there's nothing wrong with the Bilsteins.
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Start with some Koni shocks, they take the bang out of those expansion joints.
INMHO Koni's are way over priced and way over HYPED
Maybe a 30% improvement on ride.
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I dropped my front tire pressures to 75#'s (still OK according to weight & Hankook) and that improved the ride considerably. Nice soft Monroe RV shocks helped too. I also replaced the worn out swaybar bushings with polyurathane bushings from Ebay. I just bought and installed Sumo springs but haven't had a chance to shake loose of winter snow for a test drive.
IMHO, the two biggest factors in F53 ride are wheel base and weight distribution. My 34 ft.MH with the 228" WB has very little rear overhang & with air bags on the back to level the ride height and transfer the resulting weight forward, the MH tracks true and is relatively unaffected by trucks and cross winds.
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