I've been shopping for coilovers and have looked at KW, ST, and H&R. The car is my DD and the parking garage I park in at work has hellacious speed bumps (about 3-4 per floor... it's insane) so I'm reluctant to lower the car more than 3/4" or so to ensure I don't scrape.

The only coilover I've found that will to it is the H&R Street but there seems to be very few people who run them. I found one local guy who raves about them but wanted to see if there are others.

Todd

 

168k on my H&R coil-overs. I'm a little to laid back this afternoon to rave, but I'll be replacing them this winter with the same setup.

No complaints.

Cheers,

Charlie

 

I have the H&R RSS coilovers and I feel that the ride is a bit too stiff for me. About to change them out this weekend and they will be going on the market for for sale soon.

 

I had the H&R Streets blew them out in 6 Months. But I also take my car the the Nurburgring twice a month in the summer. I think for daily use they would be ok. I am I'm the military and we have speed bumps at every gate. I do think that also helped in their early demise.

 

ST/KW are popular within the Euro market. They make a great coilover with a warranty unlike others.

Here is a thread I started with commonly asked questions

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...coilovers.html

 

I've seen the thread but it doesn't solve my not wanting to lower more than 3/4 inch problem.

 

Ya the min drop for the 90608 kit is 1.2"

 

If all you want is 3/4" don't even bother with coilovers. Get TSW springs and Koni shocks. Done.

 

OR, you could go with KW coilovers and the special Vorshlag camber plates they're using for the B-Spec MINI. The class specs require that the car has at least 6" of clearance below the rocker panels, so they can only drop the car 3/4".

So Vorshlag are specifically designing adapters to increase ride height accordingly so they can still use KW coilovers.

 

Yep. We're waiting to hear back before we made them an option. But between a different spool stack and an additional top ring spacer it should give back about 3/4" to 1" of the drop the KWs have.

 

Hey Jason, I had been talking to Matt Pelligrini about buying a set of your plates through you guys before I found out I had to buy them through MINI of Charleston to eventually be B-Spec legal. He was very helpful in confirming that the played for the KW V1 are the same as what would be used for stock suspension parts, as well.

Anyway, I put in an order with Brad (actually, Matt Hair) at MINI of Charleston last week for a set of plates, knowing that the necessary spacers may not ship right away. That's not an issue for me because I am not worried about ride height restrictions just yet. Just to clarify, though, the changes to the plates for B-Spec height restrictions should just require the addition of some spacers, washers, etc., correct? No major components will change?

Basically I am hoping to use the plates without height adjustment for the time being and throw in the other pieces when necessary to meet series rules.

Thoughts?

 

Yep, if Brad uses the new spacers and spools I sent him then he can order the "B-Spec" plate and it will just be the right combination of parts that we already have in house, unless he's done something that I'm not aware of. We aren't doing anything custom except for the combination of parts. We're not machining or welding up anything.

All that aside, if this is for B-Spec it HAS to come from MINI of Charleston. They did all the technical and political work to get a suspension approved and get the MINI in the game!

 

Well, I've concluded that my last post was confusing! Haha

I will try to clarify:

I ordered your camber plates from Brad at MoC so that they will be 'legal' in B-Spec.

That said, because I won't be in B-Spec right away, I was hoping to use the plates, but not use the B-Spec height adjustment until I need it.

What is the easiest way to go about that? Is the height adjustment made by just *adding* a few spacers that I could just leave out for the time being? OR is the height adjustment made by using a few *different* parts?

Basically, with what you are supplying Brad, will I be able to install that without the height adjustment and just add it later? Or would I need to get a few different parts from you guys to eliminate the height adjustment until I need it?

Hopefully this post was more clear than the last one

Thanks Jason

 

The height adjusting parts are just additional parts. It's a spacer that goes below the spool in the radial bearing, another spacer that goes on top of the top ring above the main plate and a custom extended top nut. You can use the B-Spec plate without these parts and be lower or with these additional parts and you should be in-spec.