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I am getting a set of Bilstein shocks. These shocks are yellow. I have a PW/B Cooper with JCW wheels. The JCW wheels are very "open" so its easy to look inside of it. I am afraid the yellow shocks doesnt look right on my car.
Can you see the yellow shocks easy if you stand next or behind the car?
Maby someone have a pic of a MINI with yellow shocks
Is it a good idea to paint the shocks black? Or is this not nessesary?
here... i ran outside in the freezing cold for you!
Now that is a dedicated NAM member, willing to brave the cold just to snap a helpful photo!
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It's not a good idea to add another layer of paint onto the dampers, because it might affect the damper's ability to dissipate heat, especially if you choose the wrong paint.
When you drive your car, the dampers transform kinetic energy into heat, that's why they get warm after driving for a while. As you should know, the hotter the damping fluid, the less viscous it is, hence the damping ability changes. In an ideal world, we want a constant damping fluid temperature for constant damping behaviour.
That's one of the reasons why some of the more expensive racing suspension have larger damper pistons and damper tube diameter to hold more fluid, to minimise the effect of damper fluid heat up and improve the damping stability.
here... i ran outside in the freezing cold for you!
this is straight at the wheel
this is angled a tiny bit to look for the konis specifically
and the last shot is from under the back, close to the muffler... only place i can get the konis to show
Thanks for you great help kyriian The pics looks great
What tire size are those Dunlop Studless? Is it the same size as your tires on the Subzero wheels?
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Originally Posted by Hubert
Hi Maaij,
It's better to leave your dampers untouched.
It's not a good idea to add another layer of paint onto the dampers, because it might affect the damper's ability to dissipate heat, especially if you choose the wrong paint.
When you drive your car, the dampers transform kinetic energy into heat, that's why they get warm after driving for a while. As you should know, the hotter the damping fluid, the less viscous it is, hence the damping ability changes. In an ideal world, we want a constant damping fluid temperature for constant damping behaviour.
That's one of the reasons why some of the more expensive racing suspension have larger damper pistons and damper tube diameter to hold more fluid, to minimise the effect of damper fluid heat up and improve the damping stability.
Thanks for the info. I will leave it like it is now
