Adaptive CATS shocks vs standard shocks?
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#22
One of the wires got twisted and broke on my CATS rear shock which sent the car into a suspension fault/stiff mode. I just decided to replace them with standard shocks. The other side rear wire was twisting as well and probably wouldn't have been far behind. I have 20" BBS wheels and honestly don't note any ride difference. My primary reason for the standard shocks, though, was that it's a 20 year old British car and I'm not getting any younger and just like to simplify things when the opportunity arises.
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#24
One of the wires got twisted and broke on my CATS rear shock which sent the car into a suspension fault/stiff mode. I just decided to replace them with standard shocks. The other side rear wire was twisting as well and probably wouldn't have been far behind. I have 20" BBS wheels and honestly don't note any ride difference. My primary reason for the standard shocks, though, was that it's a 20 year old British car and I'm not getting any younger and just like to simplify things when the opportunity arises.
#25
IIRC I believe the module is still there, but simply unplugging it will remove the fault message. That's what I did when the wire broke and I got the message since CATS was inoperable at that time anyway.
#26
Makes sense thanks. Would you say the car has more body roll in corners now that the CATS has been removed or can you not relaly tell any difference. I don't corner the car to it's limits but it's nice how flat the car stay around a corner at the moment.
#28
For the driving that I do, which also includes some curvy back roads, I personally don't note much of a difference. It seems a little more soft with normal driving, which I like. I'm sure I took it into more extreme curves I'd notice a difference but I haven't tried it yet.
#29
Interesting, I thought the default was soft mode. I ask because once I got the fault the car got and stayed very stiff, which for me was a motivating factor to get the problem taken care of.
#30
I did try it by unplugging the front shocks. It was a very harsh ride, far too harsh. I didn't get much above 20mph it was that bad.
#31
Also its worth bearing in mind that not every fault on the CATs system displays the fault message. A broken wire to a shock will trigger the message. A faulty sensor won't.
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