...so I took my '06 Seneca 35GS over to Truck and Trailer USA in West Palm Beach and they installed front and rear Trac Bars, front and rear sway bars and a Reflex Steering Stabilizer. In at 0800 and done by 1600.
BEVAR wrote: ...so I took my '06 Seneca 35GS over to Truck and Trailer USA in West Palm Beach and they installed front and rear Trac Bars, front and rear sway bars and a Reflex Steering Stabilizer. In at 0800 and done by 1600.
All I can say is WOW...what a difference...
Beave
Beave,
I had all the above done plus Konis and SUPERSPRINGS. I just got back from a 3400 mile round trip to Orlando with a few detours in between from the Texas panhandle. I got into a horrible rain storm between Melbourne Beach and Orlando with so much water the onan quit running and the a/c belt started slipping... but the handling,,, you wouldn't even have known I was in a bad thunderstorm.
When I left Florida headed back to the Texas Panhandle I set the cruise on 70 and it handled better than most suv's I've owned. I was able to drive about 700 miles each day and it really wasn't tiring, not one white knuckle experience the whole trip.
You will be glad you did it and it is worth every penny if you log lots of road time.
I did not have one failure the whole trip, everything worked fine and I didn't even lose one screw, the tool box stayed closed the entire trip. I am more than pleased with my 35GS now that the handling issues are behind me.
I am heading out on a 2,000 mile trip Saturday so I am looking forward to seeing what the difference will be. I did another 2,000 mile trip 6 weeks ago so I will have a good benchmark.
On my 34SS, I've only invested in the koni's. The rear springs were upgraded and a 4 wheel alignment was done on Jayco's dime. I'm currently on a trip in the mid west and it is handling fine. I haven't hit those famous panhandle cross winds yet (I will later this week) so the acid test isn't complete.
2007 Jayco Seneca 34SS
2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee toad
We had the same done on our little Phoenix Cruiser model 2350. It's built on a 2007 Ford E350 chassis and is a short 23.5 feet long. The work done was miraculous. The federal government should mandate every RV chassis be equipped with these upgrades direct from the chassis manufacturer, for safety sake.
- wheel alignmnet
- 1-3/8" front sway bar with poly bushings by Roadmaster
- 1-1/2" rear sway bar with poly bushings by Roadmaster
- rear trac bar by Henderson
- Koni shocks all around
- Safe-T-Plus steering stabilizer
cost - $3900 installed, and worth every penny
Bought new in June 2007, Phoenix Cruiser-2350
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Don't you wonder why mfg's don't offer a super duper deluxe whiz bang suspension option. Seriously what a waste of everyones time and money.
Let me just order the best shocks, sway bars, etc from the get go.
I always have to either add or pull of OM stuff and put on stuff that works, so I'm paying twice, plus the time and energy etc to have work done.
I'm not only blaming MH's but all vehicles. It's not like they have to keep several options in stock, just the best Bilstein, Koni, and a great sway bar etc. that goes for tires also, keep you OM tires and let me get what works.
Several of my last vehicles I had to pull shocks off at 1k miles and put shocks on that worked, and YES what a difference - why do I have to do that. I understand the OM shocks are like $5.00 ea and good ones are 10 times that, so let me pay and pay once.
kendall69 wrote: Don't you wonder why mfg's don't offer a super duper deluxe whiz bang suspension option. Seriously what a waste of everyones time and money.
Let me just order the best shocks, sway bars, etc from the get go.
I always have to either add or pull of OM stuff and put on stuff that works, so I'm paying twice, plus the time and energy etc to have work done.
I'm not only blaming MH's but all vehicles. It's not like they have to keep several options in stock, just the best Bilstein, Koni, and a great sway bar etc. that goes for tires also, keep you OM tires and let me get what works.
Several of my last vehicles I had to pull shocks off at 1k miles and put shocks on that worked, and YES what a difference - why do I have to do that. I understand the OM shocks are like $5.00 ea and good ones are 10 times that, so let me pay and pay once.
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