So speaking to a car design professional about noise and “trackters” it was interesting that while there is nothing we can do regarding modern car incremental gains in manufacture techniques, like properly isolating aluminim and steel with thick, durable, electric and chemical isolating and vibration damping adhesive (hello... JLR...) one of the biggest game changers in modern car, van and especially SUV/4x4 noise reduction, apart from the well documented dyanamat, foam, etc: is the advancement in shock absorbers that can greatly reduce road noise, especially as speed increases from
side road to motorway cruise speeds... something I can find nothing on. and I mean nothing. anywhere. He also suggested having been in one of the latest heritage defenders and older defenders that the huge difference in refinement is pretty much all
down to two things; a) sound damping and b) superior suspension damping in his humble opinion! There are whole threads, even forums dedicated to the former but nothing I can find on the latter!
does anyone know of or has anyone bought dampers / absorbers that reduced road noise?
are the new standard ones sold by all the usual stockists modern shock absorbers or the same old stuff kept on running?
the only upgrades I can see either lift (don’t want) or enhance off road (nice but..) are there any others that take advantage of what we have learned in last 20-40 years???
side road to motorway cruise speeds... something I can find nothing on. and I mean nothing. anywhere. He also suggested having been in one of the latest heritage defenders and older defenders that the huge difference in refinement is pretty much all
down to two things; a) sound damping and b) superior suspension damping in his humble opinion! There are whole threads, even forums dedicated to the former but nothing I can find on the latter!
does anyone know of or has anyone bought dampers / absorbers that reduced road noise?
are the new standard ones sold by all the usual stockists modern shock absorbers or the same old stuff kept on running?
the only upgrades I can see either lift (don’t want) or enhance off road (nice but..) are there any others that take advantage of what we have learned in last 20-40 years???
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