3wt suspension oil – where from at more reasonable value?

Wanting to find some 3wt suspension oil for charger fork dampers for less money than rockshox want for it

Rockshox offer 120ml for £6
(Epic bleed solutions offer 100ml for £6)

Rockshox do 455ml of 3wt but ‘rear suspension fluid’ for £9+. Why would it only work for rear shocks?

You can get rock oil (or whatever its called) suspension fluid or crc, 500ml for £6, just they don’t do a 3wt

What happens if you mix grades of suspension fluid? eg four parts 2.5wt to one part 5wt would average 3wt, but does it actually mix in as simplified a way as that?

Biketart have 1 Litre bottle for £22.75 at the mo. I could not be bothered to do the maths to see if that worked out cheaper

Plus there are 10% off codes kicking around at the mo

https://www.biketart.com/components-c4/forks-shocks-c20/suspension-spares-c83/rockshox-pike-suspension-oil-0-w30-1-liter-bottle-p15428

Think I’m using some maxima stuff. Look at the viscosity of the rockshox stuff and find an alternative that way. Pvdwiki has a useful chart on their site.

I had the same problem a while back. Caved in and got two bottles from Epic.

Expensive stuff.

What happens if you mix grades of suspension fluid? eg four parts 2.5wt to one part 5wt would average 3wt, but does it actually mix in as simplified a way as that?

No.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscosity#Viscosity_of_blends_of_liquids

(or http://www.peterverdone.com/wiki/images/7/7f/Red_Line_Mix_Chart.pdf )

Go to your local motor factors and buy some synthetic motor bike fork oil . The last oil I bought was from an Auto jumble and it was around £8 a litre.

Motor bike shop is your friend especially one that specialises in MX which usually carry a wide range of different weights cheaper than mtb suspension oil

It’s this stuff rebadged, isn’t it?

http://www.777mx-shop.co.uk/maxima-hi-performance-shock-oil-3wt-1513

12 quid a litre here, which isn’t too bad.

Yep, looks like the stuff I’m using.

https://www.bird.bike/product/maxima-3w-oil-for-charger-dampers-946ml/

Probably as mentioned above but that’s what you want.