Bean Bandits Levin 'Globetrotter'

[jondee86]

(12-25-2014 12:18 PM)NoHachi Wrote:  If you want compliance over these kinds of disturbances, the places to
look are tires with high and supple sidewalls, rubber control arm bushes
and rubber top mounts.

I usually have 60-Series, but have 55-Series at the moment, as decent
14" tyres are getting hard to find. Rubber bushings... yes. Rubber top
mounts... yes. And that is one of the questions on which there does not
seem to be a lot of information.

All coilovers replace the rubber top mount with a metal/metal camber
plate, and I have always wondered just how much difference this makes
to the noise/vibration transmitted to the chassis ? In industrial practice,
putting even a relatively thin layer of rubber in compression between
surfaces can make a decent reduction in transmission. So would putting
say 4mm of rubber between the camber plate and the tower be a good
move ? Has anyone tried this kind of isolation ?

Just curious really... as it seems to me that if you wanted to sell
coilovers for upmarket cars, keeping the noise/vibration increase down
would be a good selling feature.

Cheers... jondee86