UPDATED: Replacing Rear Shocks: Reducing the rear end bounce.

[markboris]

Ahh ok. I did find this German site that appears to have front and rear spacers for the Mach-e. However they're very expensive.

www.spaccer.com

a 24mm set front and rear would cost $843.xx before shipping and VAT fees, etc.

WAAAAY too expensive for spacers. For two years now I've had a lowered GT and have not had a single problem. I know some cannot lower their cars any more than they are because of driveway issues, etc., but I don't consider 1" to be much of a drop.

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[markboris]

I was thinking by the way, would it not be possible to have the inner washers and oil of the original shocks (of my SR RWD) replaced to improve the shocks?
I'm not sure if the original shocks can be opened at all.

OEM shocks are permanently sealed. Not serviceable.

 

[azerik]

I was thinking by the way, would it not be possible to have the inner washers and oil of the original shocks (of my SR RWD) replaced to improve the shocks?
I'm not sure if the original shocks can be opened at all.

Not cost effective. Anything can be done, for the right price.

I wonder if anyone has ever gone the other direction and tried the softer valving non-GT front strut on a GT. .

The prem 4x weight is within a couple lbs of the GT so it's essentially what any premium with the GT (eibach)springs is. Realize the biggest difference is where the piston is in the shock stroke at ride height, it's about a 1/2 inch higher in the stroke, just past the 'goldilocks' if there ever was one for these cars. That's why I was leaning towards the GT struts but those too will be a little under 1/2 higher than the goldilocks zone. Currently I've been toying with 20 to 30 lbs of dead weight in the frunk to help break what's left of the sharpness in the front end when hitting sharp bumps. It works. But in return I now have just enough weight/tire pressure combo to cause harmonic bounce in harmonic bounce roads. It's one or the other but so far i can't have both. Someone just needs to build a drop strut and some drop shocks. But again it'll be better, but no silver bullet. I've come up with a way to make a new rear shock mount but finding a matching shock that's ~2inches shorter and has a sweet spot at ride height for a 5k lb car is the hard part. I really with KW would break the hold on the rear shocks they make and sell them separately.

 

[FlowDesign]

OEM shocks are permanently sealed. Not serviceable.

That sucks.

 

[HuntingPudel]

That sucks.

As @azerik said, anything can be done with enough money. From my point of view the amount of cubic dollars that would be necessary to modify the stock shocks is not worth it. ?‍?

 

[giwu42]

The MachEVlog guy interviewed a Ford rep regarding the 2025 Mach-E, and one thing they talked about was how they re-tuned the suspension to reduce rear-end bounciness. Hopefully we can retrofit whatever change they made!

 

[Toreus]

The MachEVlog guy interviewed a Ford rep regarding the 2025 Mach-E, and one thing they talked about was how they re-tuned the suspension to reduce rear-end bounciness. Hopefully we can retrofit whatever change they made!

Came to the forum for the first time in months looking for this exact discussion. 2.5 years into ownership and the only thing I don’t like is the ride, particularly with a young child in the back. Not car savvy enough to try some of the other solutions that have been put into this sub-forum over the last few years. At this point I’d be willing to pay Ford a couple grand for a retrofit if it’s a good softening. Still way cheaper than buying a new MME.

 

[intoMME]

I would love to know what the actual changes are for the 2025 suspension. i tried looking up his vlog, but could not find that video. I think they just need stiffer shocks. They are under damped.

 

[giwu42]

11:30 mark

 

[HuntingPudel]

I would love to know what the actual changes are for the 2025 suspension. i tried looking up his vlog, but could not find that video. I think they just need stiffer shocks. They are under damped.

From the language I heard in the video I am guessing it wasn’t just the dampers that were changed. I might be wrong. We will have to wait until the replacement parts list for the 2025 models is in the system So that a comparison can be done. ??

 

[Dysan911]

Wow, that is hopeful. Maybe it'll be an affordable solution for folks where we can just purchase the new parts, whether that be the springs only or shocks or both, and get closer to a normal car ride.

 

[markboris]

Wow, that is hopeful. Maybe it'll be an affordable solution for folks where we can just purchase the new parts, whether that be the springs only or shocks or both, and get closer to a normal car ride.

If I had to take a guess, both the springs and shocks were changed. As soon as the parts catalog becomes available for the '25's, we will find out.

 

[HuntingPudel]

If I had to take a guess, both the springs and shocks were changed. As soon as the parts catalog becomes available for the '25's, we will find out.

Yep, and if it’s both the springs and shocks, depending out your roads the Koni solution might be palatable and cheaper. ??

 

[azerik]

Well, seeing as the GT now has magnaride, they didn’t have to tune much if anything.

 

[markboris]

Well, seeing as the GT now has magnaride, they didn’t have to tune much if anything.

Correct, they did not change anything on the GT. Only the Select and Premium got the suspension upgrade for '25.

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