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Upgraded front shock springs for the ScaleArt Unimog Unimog motorhome model

author:Machine Jack
Upgraded front shock springs for the ScaleArt Unimog Unimog motorhome model

Why upgrade?

What are the disadvantages of the shock absorber spring of the original car? It makes people want to replace it.

After our careful study, there are two obvious problems with the shock absorber spring of the original car:

1. The total length of the spring is too short, which makes the total suspension travel restricted by the spring and cannot be fully released.

2. Its hardness is on the high side, which affects the simulation of the driving attitude.

Upgraded front shock springs for the ScaleArt Unimog Unimog motorhome model

What are the benefits of upgrading?

1. The suspension stroke can be completely released, so that the wheels are closer to the ground when driving on extreme road surfaces, and the probability of the wheels losing driving force off the ground is reduced.

2. More closely resembling the attitude of the real Unimog, the suspension system absorbs vibrations transmitted from the road surface more efficiently.

Upgraded front shock springs for the ScaleArt Unimog Unimog motorhome model

Will the upgrade destroy the structure of the original car?

This upgrade is completely non-destructive and does not damage any of the structure of the original car.

Upgraded front shock springs for the ScaleArt Unimog Unimog motorhome model

First, remove the front suspension shock spring from the original car

Upgraded front shock springs for the ScaleArt Unimog Unimog motorhome model

The spring on the right is a new spring that is about to be loaded into the car

It can be seen that its length is significantly larger than that of the original car

But this does not cause the head of the car to go up

Because it's softer than the original car spring

Upgraded front shock springs for the ScaleArt Unimog Unimog motorhome model

Install the attachment parts for the new spring

Upgraded front shock springs for the ScaleArt Unimog Unimog motorhome model

Paint the new springs

Upgraded front shock springs for the ScaleArt Unimog Unimog motorhome model

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Upgraded front shock springs for the ScaleArt Unimog Unimog motorhome model

In addition to the two advantages mentioned above, the new spring has a much better look – it has more laps and looks closer to the Unimog prototype.

Upgraded front shock springs for the ScaleArt Unimog Unimog motorhome model

How do you determine if a car's suspension system has excellent performance?

The first is that the foundation should be good - not too soft, not too hard.

Upgraded front shock springs for the ScaleArt Unimog Unimog motorhome model

If it is too soft, the vehicle will lose its effective support, the driving stability will be reduced, and the posture will not be too beautiful.

If it is too stiff, the vehicle will be affected by the undulations of the road surface and produce more obvious bumps, and the driving state will show a bouncing state, and when encountering cross-axle road conditions, the wheels will also leave the ground earlier and lose driving force.

Upgraded front shock springs for the ScaleArt Unimog Unimog motorhome model
Upgraded front shock springs for the ScaleArt Unimog Unimog motorhome model

Ideally, when one of the wheels is lifted to the limit, the suspension has just run out of compression stroke, the rear wheel on the same side does not hang off the ground, and the travel of the other wheel is fully released.

Through the above two pictures, I believe you have seen the significance of this modification and upgrade.

Upgraded front shock springs for the ScaleArt Unimog Unimog motorhome model

It's not a big deal to just change the two springs, but there's a lot of twists and turns to get the right springs.

In order to achieve the perfect performance of a top-of-the-line model, it is definitely worth the time to repeatedly tune and match the right materials.

Because I believe that beauty is always in the details.

The following short video will show the actual effect of this modification more intuitively, if you happen to have this modification need, please contact [Robot Jack].

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