HARD/SOFT wots better

[HUNGLIKEAMOUSE]

ok silly question time again just bought a 94 surf and everything is a little vague to me? ive read up everything i think i need to know and wot it all does EXCEPT!! wots the hard and normal button do shows a pic of a shocker but dont seem to make any differnce on either setting? help guys please ????

[sammy]

ok silly question time again just bought a 94 surf and everything is a little vague to me? ive read up everything i think i need to know and wot it all does EXCEPT!! wots the hard and normal button do shows a pic of a shocker but dont seem to make any differnce on either setting? help guys please ????

Hellooo and welcome!!

Hard/soft affects the stiffness of the rear suspension! Try driving without it on down a bumpy road for a couple of minutes then switching it on, should feel all the bumps alot more.
Its useful if your towing a weight or have heavy in-laws making the rear end sag!

I think though(guys correct me if I'm wrong)that when some people replace the shockers, they can fit ones that dont link up to the switch so they just stay the same stiffness.

I only switch it to hard when I'm flying up a motorway with evil bends -it doesn't seem to sway as much-but that could just be me.

Any way hope this helps.

Sam

[Linda]

I think though(guys correct me if I'm wrong)that when some people replace the shockers, they can fit ones that dont link up to the switch so they just stay the same stiffness.

Sam

Yep - you're right. I fitted gas shocks... no hard and soft now but a better ride off road!!!

[Sparky]

Hard/soft should affect all 4 corners, if the OE shocks are still inplace.
if you slowly pump breaks whilst moving you will feel the bonet dip, if you then swith to hard there is virtualy no dipping.
there fore if any one out there has modified there shockers and has a redundant switch they wish to sell please let me know.

[HUNGLIKEAMOUSE]

Cheers

hey cheers guys guess my switch isnt connected then as theres no difference no matter wot i do lol oh well looks prety on the dash cheers people

[Guest]

hey cheers guys guess my switch isnt connected then as theres no difference no matter wot i do lol oh well looks prety on the dash cheers people

This depends on where the importer put the rear fog lamp switch, however if he put it in the panel next to the switch (that's if yours is on the right of the steering column like mine) then he might have forgotton to reconnect it. There is a noticeable difference on mine when you switch it to soft - the car wallows like a whale (or a New York Taxi). I only use soft on nice straight smooth motorways, I leave it on hard everywhere else.

Cheers

[HUNGLIKEAMOUSE]

Funny you should say that the rear fog switch is right next to it on the dash shame its such a pig to get that part of the dash out or id have a look see if theres wires floating around but as a train driver we dont do much work on motors lol i cant even change oil filters sad huh lol but thanks again

[Guest]

Funny you should say that the rear fog switch is right next to it on the dash shame its such a pig to get that part of the dash out or id have a look see if theres wires floating around but as a train driver we dont do much work on motors lol i cant even change oil filters sad huh lol but thanks again

It's only 4 screws and a bolt, actually that side is the easiest to remove, should take you all of about 2 minutes if you are brave.
Cheers