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SuspensionSprings, struts, coilovers, sway-bars, camber plates, and all other modifications to suspension components for Clubman (R55), Cooper and Cooper S (R56), and Cabrio (R57) MINIs.
Search for the How-To's in the 1st gen [R53] sub-forums, there are some lowering spring install how-tos. Installing coilovers are virtually the same as springs; the tools needed are all the same. The only differences involve the feature set of the coilovers [spring pre-load, damper length adjustment, damper valving adjustment].