Compression and Rebound Damping
Dampers are a crucial part of your suspension system, helping you to control the springs movement and further adding stability and comfort to the chassis. With our adjustment options you can further fine tune the behavior of your vehicle to your likings.
Compression Damping
A damper is permantenly moving to either absorb featres or transfer them to the chassis. Compression damping occurs during the damper’s compression stroke. It is divided into high-speed and low-speed damping, which refer to the velocity of the piston rod, not the vehicle’s driving speed.
Low-Speed Compression Damping
Low-speed compression damping controls slow suspension movements such as body roll, pitch, and weight transfer. It allows you to adjust baseline comfort and influence how the vehicle behaves during cornering and braking. Additionally, it determines how many road irregularities are transmitted to the chassis and how many are absorbed within the damper stroke.
High-Speed Compression Damping
High-speed adjustment manages fast and intense compression events - such as hitting potholes or landing from jumps. It allows you to fine-tune bottom-out resistance, overall comfort, and traction.
The high-speed compression damping can be adjusted via the purple dial, while the low-speed compression damping is set using the internal needle valve.
Rebound Damping
Rebound damping controls how the damper extends. The rebound damping is directly counteracting the springs will to extend and is crucial for overall balance, stability and traction.
Low-Speed Rebound Damping
Similar to low-speed compression damping, low-speed rebound damping has a significant impact on general ride characteristics, such as vehicle pitch and roll behavior. It also affects ride quality and comfort. Typically, low-speed rebound damping is tuned to provide maximum comfort while still maintaining control over the vehicle body.
High-Speed Rebound Damping
High-speed rebound damping determines comfort and traction during rapid extension movements. For example, this setting can prevent the shock absorber from topping out after fast rebound events, such as landings after jumps.
All Reiger racing dampers, as well as the MT-RC 2.5, feature adjustable low-speed rebound damping and a fixed high-speed rebound setting. The Performance SP-RC 3.0, due to its design, allows adjustment of rebound damping in both the high- and low-speed ranges.
