SRX rear suspension

[Ride.Race.Live]

yea... ejcamaro... and i do got to say... I love the viper shocks/skid in mine... alot more comfy... but i do miss how it looked like when it was droped with the stock stuff in there...

 

[snomofo]

The Viper/RX-1 skid is a good upgrade simply because of the affordability and ease of installation, they bolt right in. The viper skid WILL absorb the bumps better, just don't expect a huge improvement, but it is better. I'll bolt a viper skid in an SRX anytime, simply because it's an upgrade, and you can sell your SRX skid and recoup almost all the cost, it's a no-brainer for me. Now if you're looking for a Cadillac ride that eliminates the bumps all together you'll be looking elsewhere. I have an Expert-X and I love it, although once you get into raising the back that much you really need to do some major mods to the front end to match the ride height. Once all these mods are done you really don't have an SRX anymore, all the character is gone, if that makes any sense to you. My advice is go with the viper rear and set your shocks/calibrations up to what you need and call it a day. If you want to go with a better skid in the future you can always sell the Viper skid for what you bought it for.

X2 - with the exception of loosing ALL the character of an SRX.

Granted the CG is higher and a bit of the "on rails" is gone, but if you use longer radius/tie rods (I used Venture) along with Viper shocks up front, you're not only increasing susp. travel but widening things too (over 2" if I remember correctly). Along with 2-3" of sag out back, it's pretty close but agreed it isn't quite the same. Sure makes a difference with those blind holes that come from nowhere.

Being the cheapskate I am, this was the most cost effective choice and after tweeking things (medium spring preload and high on the rate adj. - hey, I guess I've made it into big guy status at 230#), I've been quite happy.

Again as others have mentioned, if you haven't had the original skid out, it needs service and if you fix all the OEM defects (bushings, w-arm, etc) and play with the adjustments and still aren't happy, get some shocks/springs and control rods for the skid and radius/tie rods and viper shocks/brackets and you've just made it a Viper with SRX power.