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  • 4 weeks later...
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Now that you have had the DMS suspension for a while...

What is your impression?

I've not driven the car for a month as I've been away so no further feedback to give. It will be interesting driving it again with a month break. I'll post up if there is anything to report.

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Well I've still hardly driven it but my initial impression was it was still a little too hard for my journey to work. I've been at Techsport this morning and they took me through how to adjust the set up. Very simple once shown. We took the bump settng from 15 (tarmac rally setting) to 20 (softest). We left the rebound on 1 (0 softest, 3 the hardest). The difference is massive. The car rides like a limo, but lacks the lovely controlled feel of the 15 setting. It's still more than enough for suburban driving and for Sunday drives and the track it's no more than a careful half hour of adjustment to set things up for higher speeds.

I'm happier than ever with my choice of adjustable suspension, and the support that's come along with them. I'll keep fiddling with the settings and post up any results. The pity is I don't drive it enough......

Now that you have had the DMS suspension for a while...

What is your impression?

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Well I'm off to the track this weekend and will be adjusting the suspension to see what difference the settings make in this environment. Any suggestions about how to progress from a point of view of softer to harder on both bump and rebound and perhaps how these relate to each other i.e. I'm it's not recommended to have the slowest rebound with the fastest bump etc.

I'm thinking full soft bump, to medium to near to full hard (kersnip) with the rebound following 'to suit'. I'm going to do large adjustments to the bump as I suspect a couple of clicks (out of 21) will not really be felt (by my ass anyway).

Any suggestions appreciated. I'll probably ring DMS and ask them for their opinion too.

EDIT. DMS say to have it on 12 for bump and 1 for rebound. Progress bump by 2 clicks at a time and leave rebound alone. Said 12 was good for the dry and 14-15 good for the wet (getting softer. The softest is 20). If you're at full hard on the bump he said you need harder springs as body roll should be mostly controlled by this and not the damper. Hopefully I'll not find that happens.

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Well I never adjusted the suspension as it was a very wet and cold day and it seemed sticking with the softer setting was most prudent.

First time on the track with the DMS fitted and I was really happy. Sandown has some nasty bumps coming onto the main straight and a fairly large dip just prior to the braking point for turn 1 and I was really impressed with the compliance and control in these areas. Understeer was really under control and oversteer only happened if you applied the throttle and was very controlable (your choice). Body roll was pretty respectable as judged by the pit lane. I was keeping pace with a 997 GT3 and a few other good cars so I'll assume my overall speed wasn't too bad (no timing). I did get convincingly munched by an R35 GTR though...

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Never heard no rumours..... :laugh: The car has been locked in my garage since last Nov due to a large house renovation that blocked the driveway. I'm recently back in the house and about a week away from getting her out. It'll be interesting to drive her again as I've driven my other 32 GTR daily for the last 7-8 months and now know her intimately. She runs overly low and stiff Jap Spec Tein SS so the comparison will be interesting.

Care to elaborate on the reported issues with the DMS product?

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Never heard no rumours..... :laugh: The car has been locked in my garage since last Nov due to a large house renovation that blocked the driveway. I'm recently back in the house and about a week away from getting her out. It'll be interesting to drive her again as I've driven my other 32 GTR daily for the last 7-8 months and now know her intimately. She runs overly low and stiff Jap Spec Tein SS so the comparison will be interesting.

Care to elaborate on the reported issues with the DMS product?

I have heard great things from the rally world, but on this forum(and this forum only) people whisper of reliability issues, yet I have never seen anyone post up saying their DMS have failed.

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Um, I'm essentially looking for some coilovers and for them to be installed and set up correctly. Unusually, I've hit a brick wall with my preferred GTR fettler.........They reckon the stuff I need is 'very hard to get hold of' and it might just be a little too hard......Frustrating.

So, I'm asking for a recommendation of a suspension specialist or GTR workshop that will do this for me. Also, anyone who knows their shit about how to set up an R32 GTR, any advice or help you can offer would be gratefully received.

I've got the following already

Adjustable swaybars

Adj castor and front camber

Most bushes replaced

Cheers.

ive got the gtr coilovers if u need it! i just change mine to a aftermarket one 0431762826 giv a call if u want it.

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ive got the gtr coilovers if u need it! i just change mine to a aftermarket one 0431762826 giv a call if u want it.

lol. I'll take them....and your crack pipe. :)

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