Originally Posted by
UrabusDenis
Hello,
I am confused with the set-ups by the pros, concering droop&rebound. I know this has been asked many times, but what does it mean eg. when in MBX6 setups Savoya (Euros 2010) writes "maxi rebound", both front and rear? Does that mean the rebound stop (as marked on the MBX6 setup sheet) has the smallest value in milimeters (meaning full droop) or the biggest value (meaning basically no droop)? Compared to onroad where droop, downstop and ride height are measured very differently it can get a little confusing dealing with rebound stop, shock length and spring adjustment.
Ride Height is going to be measured from the chassis bottom to the tabletop. This will generally look like 23mm front, 27mm rear. You can try eyeballing it with a ruler or cut a straight piece of tubing to the desired dimension and hold it under the car with your needle nose pliers. Measure at the flat area not where the antidive is built in (front angle).
Rebound/Droop is the distance between screws holding your shocks in place. It will look something like 103mm front, 127mm rear. The screws to change this dimension are called Droop Screws and are located on the bottom of each arm toward the inside, resting on the chassis. They are not setting droop, but are setting the rebound dimension. Since you do not want your shock bottoming out on every jump you want to set this screw to your max shock travel minus a little touch so that it never bottoms out. Now this dimension, that gives you Renos "Maxi Rebound", will be the longest you can get without hitting the shock bottom.
Hope that clears it up for ya,