Oil weight with tapered piston
 

For those who've tried tapered pistons...do you generally change the oil weight you use in the shocks when you change to them?? Thicker or thinner if so?

matty went up 5wt on the rear front didnt seem to matter much,

Simlar to what I found too - increased 7.5 - 5wt

i changed nothing mate, just found them better over small,sharp bumps:thumbsup:

Also depends if hole size etc changes etc.

Ghea Schumacher piston holes are bigger I reckon.

I'm pretty sure they are the same, or at least feel the same in a shock, to me anyway.

When I went to tapered piston's I stuck with the same oil, although it might be worth going up 2.5 as they do feel a tad 'softer'.

My experience was with the Associated B4. I needed more pack on the rear of the 2WD so went to a #2 smaller hole piston from a #1 and kept the same oil. Unfortunately, with a standard Associated piston, the rear suspension couldn't rebound quick enough so I had to go back to the larger hole option. Then when the Ghea tapered pistons came out, I was able to get the best of both worlds. The oil was again left the same and the piston was changed from an AE #2 to a Ghea #2.

HTH