The first autobuffer appeared in the 90s of the last century. As always, this device was invented by accident. It was invented by Korean resident Jung Soo. At that time, he was selling car accessories in his hometown of Busan. During breaks, when there were no clients, the inventor often thought about how to make car trips more comfortable and enjoyable. His back hurt and driving on uneven roads caused severe pain.
- 2 What is unique?
- 3 Advantages of shock-absorbing pillows
- 4 Cons
- 5 What is the alternative
- 6 DIY installation: step-by-step instructions
6.1 Instructions
What is autobuffer
An autobuffer is a shock-absorbing cushion that is placed on a car spring between the coils. Its main task is to ensure comfort and safety of movement, reduce operational loads on the vehicle’s suspension, and extend the service life of springs and shock absorbers.
Prestige class cars are equipped with air suspension, which compensates for impacts from potholes and holes. What should drivers of middle-class vehicles, of which there are many more, do? Thanks to a Korean inventor, a solution has been found. Today, TTC autobuffers are sold all over the world and are available for 90% of car models.
TTC interturn cushions are made of polyurethane with the addition of a special chemical composition. This innovative product is used in the production of sneaker soles from the famous manufacturer Nike. A special chemical formula and unique design give the pillows a memory effect, that is, they are able to regain their shape after physical activity.
Korean manufacturer TTC produces shock-absorbing inserts for springs of 90% of cars
It is impossible to make an autobuffer yourself, or at least problematic and unsafe. Although many car owners remember the artisanal method that our fathers and grandfathers used - installing a piece of rubber or a tennis ball between the coils of the spring. This solution increased ground clearance, but did not improve comfort in any way. Over time, the rubber became hard or crumbled, and the ball could fly out at any moment. A homemade auto buffer led to uneven load on the suspension. The spring could burst, and the shock absorber struts failed much more often. Therefore, you should not experiment with your car and expose your life to unjustified risk; use patented and proven means.
Autobuffers - a scam or a reality?
First, let's look at all the pros and cons of autobuffers.
, which are presented as such by online stores selling these products, then we will explain each of the points and summarize with real pros and cons.
On landing sites for sellers you can usually find a lot of advantages, even to the point that buffers will bring you income. Let's look at a few typical ones.
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Now let's talk about the disadvantages, and the real ones. The only risks of use are associated with the springs. When a conventional spring mechanism operates, the load is distributed across all coils simultaneously, but when installing an auto-buffer, one coil becomes inactive and the same load is distributed to the rest, which reduces their service life by 10-20%.
There is a small chance that the springs will not withstand such an overload and will burst, but this happens extremely rarely and if your mechanism is new, then there is nothing to be afraid of, but if you already have sagging old springs, then you should think about this too.
I hope we answered what autobuffers are needed
for real. Even if you are going to take them anyway, just google “buy spacers for springs” and you will find a bunch of analogues 3-5 times cheaper. At least don't overpay.
Now you know whether to install autobuffers
, and if you are a happy owner of autobuffers, then leave your feedback in the comments and help enlighten those who are still in doubt after reading this article.
scouring the vast expanses of the Internet, looking for improvements for the car, I came across the site autobuffer.ru/ off the representative of the Korean company TTS that produces this device and the reviews on the Internet are laudatory and everything is super duper and the price is 8600 rubles all around (((...and the hand reached for the wallet
I follow the link where to buy and get to …autonota.ru/shop/avtobafery/ which, in theory, are or should be the same off-person. and here is the first surprise and wariness, and the hand returns to its place. Everywhere they say use only the Original TTC product! the rest are all fakes and will ruin your car! But ! the second line after the “original” buffers is “Autobuffers from TPR”? which are much cheaper. The material from which TPR pillows are made is thermoplastic rubber.
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Explain to me, a fool, why shout at all corners about the advantages of urethane buffers and immediately produce and sell low-grade rubber ones? marketing - well, well.
further more... I found, as the offline online store says, the site Autobuffer...autobuffers-tts.rf/ it’s strange that on the main site they don’t know about this store of theirs... and the representatives (particularly in Kazakhstan) are different. and what’s most interesting is that the size chart is different. and now I think that this is another scam. Does anyone have experience using these buffers? I'll be glad to hear
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