Oil weight with tapered piston

[DaveG28]

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?

[bigred5765]

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

[mikeyscott]

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

[GRIFF55]

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

[mikeyscott]

Also depends if hole size etc changes etc.

Ghea Schumacher piston holes are bigger I reckon.

[Cockerill]

Originally Posted by mikeyscott

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'.

[MattADH]

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