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Originally Posted by churchx
What would put me off most though, are very short maintenance/rehaul intervals that i've heard on real rally shocks. Like every 1K miles or after each heavy race and such. Though of course if one won't actually abuse it to rally-ish multi meter jumps, cutting across ditch, going at 150-200kmh over rocky road, that should keep wear less .. still probably expected mileage less then that of OE like shocks. Yes, rally suspension allows to do wonders and seems magic like .. but not sure it's that good for long mileage daily driving role (even price aside).
With no budget limits for top-notch suspension for daily driving (or "normal" track) i'd rather think something like CSG Penskes (which also each is custom made/valved/sprung IIRC).
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I’m going to use Ohlins dirt covers, and simply give them a general clean every now and again, with these measures my builder is confident of 1 to 2 years of (my) driving between ‘checking’, not necessarily full servicing. This should be about 15000km hard road use (including lots of dirt) per year.
The reality of stress and wear in even hard road use has almost no real equivalence with high end competition rallying... where a rebuild is advised at around 350km for an extremely rough dirt rally up to about 1000km on ok tarmac.
It’s also good to bare in mind that these dampers already have a much higher quality of sealing against internal damage than is ‘ normal’.
As Leo explained to me, they should effectively last a lifetime... but it’s maintaining them at their %100 peak which is what takes commitment.... which is relevant to any discussion about dampers cheap or expensive, custom or off the shelf. I suspect most dampers are actually way less than ‘fresh’ after 2 years.
We don’t have salt on our roads, so I don’t know of the normal effects of salt on any dampers.