As I stated earlier, I had the Aeon bumpers installed and did a test run. The operative word is "a". I have been using a course that included several road surfaces including a stretch of rough dirt road that goes up to the local pistol and rifle range. After I made the first post installation run someone decided that after the very wet (for us) winter, it would be a good idea to grade the dirt road and take out all the ruts. Without going into a lot of extranious information, I believe it may have been done at this time as the Sheriffs' Department had a week of Officer Qualifications scheduled. We now have a better road but I lost my test track. So I am stuck with only one set of data and some empircial observations.
As I stated the harshness of the ride seems to be less. Also, as everything settles in, the rear seems to have a more solid feel. The fellow that did the installation said he noticed the same thing. I haven't noticed much of a change in the front. Anyway here is the data plot for the only post installation run:
The junk at the beginning is from the device beinning installed on the truck after being activated. Then there is a pause while I warm up the engine before setting off on the run. There is a second pause on the rough section when I stopped to fix the Range gate.
The run stops abruptly as a new data file is created. I plan to merge the two files and cleanup the extraneous pauses and compare it to the original preinstallation runs. That will take a while.
As an aside, does anyone know where I can obtain a suspension seat for the FG? I tried United Truck Center last summer but they said they can't get them now even though it is still on their website. I found a used seat from a FK/FM that from the picture looks like it might work. Will it? My skinny old butt will appreciate it.
I will post when I get the raw data files completed if someone would like them to play with.
