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**Cameroon** · 05-19-2002, 01:27 PM

Sorry to take so long with the rest of the pics. Apparently there is a conspiracy against me, when I got home from airforcefocus' my power was out til 4:30am, this weekend (today actually) is my wifes birthday, and have to go to work in about an hour and a half. I'm going to hit photoshop tonight and try to get the pics all sized and put little arrows and stuff so they make sense. I figure if I'm gonna put 'em up I should at least make 'em usefull.

Having driven around for a couple of days I'm really begining to think these components just may be the euro trend setup. Before when I'd go over bumps the car would bounce it's little bit and it would feel like the shocks would grab everything together doing all the work. The ride of thw S2 was actually much bumpier and jerky feeling than it is now. I drive down the same crappy Pico Rivera roads (supposedly this year they are gonna resurface the residential streets) and it's smoother and so controlable, like these springs and dampers are ment for each other. My gut feeling (only time will tell for sure) is that the S2 dampers should hold up just fine, they really are a lot firmer than the standard focus. I know because I have one of each. When I drive my wife's car it feels like a buick compared to the S2.

05-19-2002, 01:27 PM	#11
Cameroon [FJ] Specialist Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wherever peculiar people congregate Posts: 5,382	Re: SVT spring swap Sorry to take so long with the rest of the pics. Apparently there is a conspiracy against me, when I got home from airforcefocus' my power was out til 4:30am, this weekend (today actually) is my wifes birthday, and have to go to work in about an hour and a half. I'm going to hit photoshop tonight and try to get the pics all sized and put little arrows and stuff so they make sense. I figure if I'm gonna put 'em up I should at least make 'em usefull. Having driven around for a couple of days I'm really begining to think these components just may be the euro trend setup. Before when I'd go over bumps the car would bounce it's little bit and it would feel like the shocks would grab everything together doing all the work. The ride of thw S2 was actually much bumpier and jerky feeling than it is now. I drive down the same crappy Pico Rivera roads (supposedly this year they are gonna resurface the residential streets) and it's smoother and so controlable, like these springs and dampers are ment for each other. My gut feeling (only time will tell for sure) is that the S2 dampers should hold up just fine, they really are a lot firmer than the standard focus. I know because I have one of each. When I drive my wife's car it feels like a buick compared to the S2.