Coilovers
 

I'm after some advice from those who are in the know with coilovers as I want to lower my car.

I have read up on here that the best way is coilovers so that you don't ruin the handling but have no idea whether the ones I'm looking at are any good or not in terms of spec.

Both brands I think are pretty unheard of but I'm not a label whore and don't want to pay the earth, I'm more concerned with what they do rather than the sticker on the side.

GarageR sell these ones:

BC Racing Coilovers

but I have also been recommended these by a friend who has a set on his S2000:

MeisterR Zeta-S

MeisterR Zeta-R

The BC Racing and the Zeta-R's look very similar from what I can gather but do I really need pillowball top mounts? I've read they are similar to a rose joint set-up but am still unsure what exactly they do and whether they will make the ride a lot harder?

I've also read up using the searches and know that I'll need a set of front and rear anti-bump steer kits and am debating whether to get driveshaft spacers or swap the CV buckets like in this thread:

CV Bucket Swap

Has anyone had any experience in doing this? I've done CV joints etc myself before so wouldn't have thought I'd have a problem doing it but wasn't sure how much work is involved compared to just fitting spacers.

My car is a daily driver and I do about 16k miles a year so don't want something that's going to be too agressive or cause fillings to fall out of my head so any advice that can be offered would be great.

Cheers,

Alex

I bought BC's from Rob. Excellent product, service and price. No regrets.....

I've no idea what difference pillow ball mounts make, but both S2000Si and I bought at the same time, he took the standard BC spring rates and I went 2kg/mm softer, and the ride is fine in both our cars.

Cheers,
FB

Who said you need pillow ball mounts? Makes little to no difference on our double wishboned cars.

Mine's been lowered for 3 years. No drive shaft spacers, no messing with CV buckets, and no problems whatsoever.

Ah ok thats good to know. No one has said that I need the pillowball top mounts, I was just wondering what the difference is as the BC's have them and the more expensive MeisterR's have them too. They cost about £50 more than with rubber mounts so didn't know whether they are worth the extra?

FatBloke, are yours 8kg/10kg then rather than 10kg/12kg like their website states?

Dembo, are you running anti bump steer kits front and rear as well? How much lower than standard would you say yours is without the need for spacers or swapping the buckets?

Cheers.

Yep, that's right. There's nothing wrong with them and they work well for what I was trying to achieve, which was a good upgrade but still compliant enough to keep the wheels on the road on bumpy B-road corners, but I reckon the BC standard package would be just fine.

As for spacers etc, I haven't used any of them, but I only lowered by about 15-20mm.

FB.

My advice - don't skimp or buy unknown / unproven brands. Suspension is pretty important!

If people have the BC's and rate them then it's probably a good sign. But check things like spring rates and other things first.

I went for Tien as a middle end option but got lucky with the price. They are very good imo.

Check this recent thread out ;)

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showt...&#entry18537091

Thanks for the advice guys, really appreciated and thanks for the link too loftust, some good reading in there...looks like the BC's are a good choice on a tight budget!

:thumbup:

What is the comparison in handling on the road, - standard v BC s ??

:)

Oooh yes. Made a world of difference.

I think mine's lowered about 30mm at the front, and about 20mm at the rear, so not all that low at the back. I never liked that "dog scraping its arse" look that some go for. I'm not saying you won't have the drive shaft problems if you do the same, but that problems aren't the certainty that some will have you believe.