Hydropneumatic suspension

>Buying a French car in the US
>Buying a French car in the US with Hydro suspension
You have to be either insane, have a lot of money, or both.

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>>15453827
QUICK JETTISON ALL HUB CAPS NOW!!!

>>15453827
That file name.

>>15453827
>the younger coupe, startled by the elder's threat display, tries to make itself look bigger to avoid being preyed upon.

>>15453693
Good coilovers let you adjust damping and ride height independently.
On a somewhat related note, my new-ish Ram has adjustable air suspension, if that counts.

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>>15453925
But not spring rate, and not in a way that you could just push a button from the inside to raise the car to go over speedbumps.

Granted, I don't know enough about suspension design to really say that it matters, maybe I should just be looking at airbags or coilovers with a hydraulic lifter, but there's so much cool valving you can do with hydropnuematic, and the ability to raise it up without making it ride like a truck (with airbags when you raise it up you also stiffen the springs, not sure if long term running on raised coilovers is really recommended) is a really nice feature.

>>15454076
Jeep grand Cherokee suspension is adjustable.

I think the same system is on ram.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_ZF5yBjl0c

>>15454076
I have a xantia with hydropnematic and from seeing the system I think you coud just buy a old trashed xantia for like 200 buck and rip out the suspention system and put it in another car. with a bit of skill I think it sould be doable.

>>15453876
keks

>>15455527
The only real problem with the Citroen system is that the fluid is hydrophillic as fuck, and water fucks up the pumps

An old trashed xantia will likely have duff suspension parts

>>15455602
mine didn't and in france and europe you will allways find one in the junkyard near where you live so even if you pump is dead you go and get a new one for cheap.

>>15455614
Fair enough, but I've never seen a 10 year old (or older) citoren in Scotland with functional suspension

>>15453693
Sadly hydropneumatic suspension is only used in construction equipment nowadays, but honestly just get airbag suspension if you want to make a DIY car of that nature. It'll be very difficult to retrofit the suspension from a citroen into another car.

>>15455625
Most of the hydropneumatic cars here in portugal have fully working suspension despite their otherwise poor overall condition. Hydropneumatic suspension is much more reliable than people think it is, it just requires plenty of attention.

>>15455641
Poortugal is dry though, here in Scotland it rains like 250 days a year so there's a much higher chance of water fucking up the system

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The minor gain in comfort of hydropneumatic suspension over air suspension isn't worth the monumental headache of trying to retrofit hydropneumatic suspension. Maintenance isn't trouble free either. Just get an air suspension installed and be done with it.

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Hydropneumatic suspenion is rad until it gives out

Its a lot more upkeep than your average leaf & spirings, but they do improve the ride quality and can be set up more "precisely" for different driving methods with different settings

Still; I wouldn't want a DD with it that doesn't have a warranty

>>15455670
There are many 30 year old cars here with hydropneumatic suspension that works perfectly. The truth is it's more likely to get struck by lightning than have the suspension give out in these cars.

Don't forget that citroen had already been perfecting this suspension for two decades, so it had to be well built and reliable even by the 80s.

>>15454432
That's not hydropneumatic, though.

>>15455625
I live in south of france. but without knowing where the anon live you can't tell.

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>>15455695
Yea, but you get a similar result.