Ohlins or Nitrons

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As per title Ohlins or Nitrons :confused:

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Difficult discussion as there is a lot of opinion. I have driven cars on road and track with both and if budget isnā€™t an issue then Ohlins all day every day, they are just a better built, better engineered damper (in my opinion).

JSR have also commissioned a one way Ohlins 46mm damper that is Class A LOT legal, and is an awesome damper based on my two way valveing and setup.

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Worth also considering ā€œlead timeā€ for servicing. Nitron did mine recently in 1 week, but Iā€™ve no idea on Ohlins.

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'bout the same for Ohlins. Mine done recently at Mick Gardner took a little longer but only because they needed some new parts (they were a bit shagged!).

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Donā€™t forget there are also Quantum dampers available. Iā€™ve been running some 2-ways this year and they are a very, very nice damper.

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As Sean says itā€™s all about cost, the cheaper Ohlins are not quite as good as the even cheaper Nitrons, however spend a bit more and the Ohlins are then much better than the equivelent Nitron, all IMHO :wink:

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Iā€™ve been thinking about swapping my 1-way nitrons for 2-way Ohlins.

ā€¦the Ohlins in the classifieds are very tempting!

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[quote=N17VES]Iā€™ve been thinking about swapping my 1-way nitrons for 2-way Ohlins.
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Any particular reason? What is wrong with the Nitrons?

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Ride quality namely. Looked into having them revalved, but I do know the Ohlins ride a whole lot better.

The only thing that puts me off Ohlins is was I was always led to believe that the exige/vxr220 standard fitment ones were very poor quality and prone to breaking.

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Dont forget Dynamic Suspension, I had 2 ways and they are good quality, original preferred Motorsport Lotus dampers.

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Why not do the same as Boothy - spend a day at Nitron, & get them set up to your personal preference? What suits one person, may well not suit another - even more so on track. Trouble with 2 way adjustables is that there can be too many variables affecting the ride quality/handling etc eg state of tyres/suspension geo/ride height/arb adjustment.

MarkA is our resident expert in this field - he is a suspension engineer for Nissan, & prior to that for Rover. Additionally, heā€™s probably done more laps of the 'Ring over many years, than anyone else on here, in his professional capacity.

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All S2 owners have ā€œlapped a few 'ringsā€ in their time yā€™know Rob :confused:

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My Nitrons ride the road great now, they are constantly being updated and re engineered.

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Thanks for the input guys next week we should be the proud owners of some Ohlins courtesy of Junks :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: