Good effort and no editing fair play, im no mechanic but pretty sure the rear spring coil adjustment has to be at the bottom and the weight helps adjust the height.
Was looking into getting this kit for my z3 and I was wondering what you ended up doing with the sleeve in the rear? Did you reuse the old one or use washers? Cheers
I think your talking about the shock mount to the trailing arm. I did not use a sleeve or washers, just ended up getting a shorter bolt from the hardware store. ACE Hardware had a good selection.
I like the ride, it's stiffness is increased for my track driving but still street-able. I also like the adjustability so I can change the ride height as I move to a different class.
I will answer that with the assumption that the adjustment numbers claimed by MTS are for standard OEM ride height as a starting point, not sport. In the rear, I am 28mm low to std and there is about 10mm of adjustment left to go down. In the front, I am 15mm low to std and there is plenty of room left on the collar to get the remaining 65mm of adjustment.(however, depending on your wheel and tire combo.... that will contribute to the determination of how much of that lowering you can achieve before there are interference issues)
@@jordanabbott5269 it was on 16's and I had some rubbing to the height adjust locking collar. Shortly after I went to the 17s and the problem went away without spacers, I go in to the wheel/tire sizing a bit in that video.
how is the set up for daily use ? I am looking something that doesn't sit too low (reason: don't want too much -ve camber in the rear) & has compliant ride over normal roads.Does it scrape too much at its lowest setting ? Thanks !
This is a daily driver and I would say the ride is sporty but not unreasonable. Keep in mind I came from a very worn out suspension before this. With regards to the height, it is fully adjustable, I have it sitting 0.5" low to the stock sport height, there is a slight bit of camber in the back but I hope to remedy a portion of that when I replace the rtab's which are worn out. I have not driven it on the lowest setting so it can speak to any scrape scenario, but that is also gonna be dependent on the road conditions where you live. Or if your referring to wheel/body scrape then it's dependent on what wheel setup you have, non issue with my staggered style68 at oem sport height(no spacers)
@@driventofailure thanks for the insights. I was thinking between the street vs comfort coil overs they have. Did not find much difference between both in terms of specs.And these seem to be cheaper compared to comfort.and yes my concern was more about underbody scraping than anything.
Every time I ask someone why are 'coil overs' better than the regular set up, for example a koni adjustable shock. They can never tell me why? they heard coil overs are the thing to do so they do it. Like drones, yet nobody knows why? Has anybody actually looked into it and can answer the question? or is this another 'group think' anomaly.
A few things that come to my mind... coil overs or having the spring and shock integrated are typically tuned to work together optimally. Because the way they are nested the overall packaging uses less space allowing the suspension control to be mounted the furthest out on the control arm where the majority of the weight is, potentially better response to the road. The way they usually built also allows for adjustment in the ride height so you can manipulate the vehicle center of gravity to improve body roll which can affect suspension geometry and ultimately traction. I'm no expert, just some thoughts.
With coilovers the adjustability is infinite. I had KW v2 on my e36 then had it corner balanced after ward. My gosh car really felt it was on rails. The corner balance steps it up a notch. Corner balance is making the whole car weight balanced with driver weight in mind too. Can only do this with coilovers.
Hi mate! What is your experience after 2 years? Any problem? Still happy with your choice? Thx 👍🏼
Good effort and no editing fair play, im no mechanic but pretty sure the rear spring coil adjustment has to be at the bottom and the weight helps adjust the height.
I could see a case for it, but per the mfg install instructions... adjusting collar on top
How did you like the coilover? I like mine. I got the street version. I never used the rear spring. I ended up going with Eibach 857lb in the rear.
Nice install video. That color is dope!
Thank you! Yeah, when the sun hits it... it glows
did the geometry solve the tire rub?
Was looking into getting this kit for my z3 and I was wondering what you ended up doing with the sleeve in the rear? Did you reuse the old one or use washers? Cheers
I think your talking about the shock mount to the trailing arm. I did not use a sleeve or washers, just ended up getting a shorter bolt from the hardware store. ACE Hardware had a good selection.
You got driving review on them?
hey brother, awesome install! would you mind me asking where you got that beautiful wing!?!
Ebay, was called, JSP spoiler OE style... they color matched it and all. I don't think they had many left
Can I ask, how did you like the ride quality afterwards? what were the differences that you noticed?
I like the ride, it's stiffness is increased for my track driving but still street-able. I also like the adjustability so I can change the ride height as I move to a different class.
How much further do these adjust to go lower?
I will answer that with the assumption that the adjustment numbers claimed by MTS are for standard OEM ride height as a starting point, not sport. In the rear, I am 28mm low to std and there is about 10mm of adjustment left to go down. In the front, I am 15mm low to std and there is plenty of room left on the collar to get the remaining 65mm of adjustment.(however, depending on your wheel and tire combo.... that will contribute to the determination of how much of that lowering you can achieve before there are interference issues)
@@driventofailure ahh okay! Thank you! was it on 16s in the video??
@@jordanabbott5269 it was on 16's and I had some rubbing to the height adjust locking collar. Shortly after I went to the 17s and the problem went away without spacers, I go in to the wheel/tire sizing a bit in that video.
how is the set up for daily use ? I am looking something that doesn't sit too low (reason: don't want too much -ve camber in the rear) & has compliant ride over normal roads.Does it scrape too much at its lowest setting ? Thanks !
This is a daily driver and I would say the ride is sporty but not unreasonable. Keep in mind I came from a very worn out suspension before this. With regards to the height, it is fully adjustable, I have it sitting 0.5" low to the stock sport height, there is a slight bit of camber in the back but I hope to remedy a portion of that when I replace the rtab's which are worn out. I have not driven it on the lowest setting so it can speak to any scrape scenario, but that is also gonna be dependent on the road conditions where you live. Or if your referring to wheel/body scrape then it's dependent on what wheel setup you have, non issue with my staggered style68 at oem sport height(no spacers)
@@driventofailure thanks for the insights. I was thinking between the street vs comfort coil overs they have. Did not find much difference between both in terms of specs.And these seem to be cheaper compared to comfort.and yes my concern was more about underbody scraping than anything.
Every time I ask someone why are 'coil overs' better than the regular set up, for example a koni adjustable shock. They can never tell me why? they heard coil overs are the thing to do so they do it. Like drones, yet nobody knows why? Has anybody actually looked into it and can answer the question? or is this another 'group think' anomaly.
A few things that come to my mind... coil overs or having the spring and shock integrated are typically tuned to work together optimally. Because the way they are nested the overall packaging uses less space allowing the suspension control to be mounted the furthest out on the control arm where the majority of the weight is, potentially better response to the road. The way they usually built also allows for adjustment in the ride height so you can manipulate the vehicle center of gravity to improve body roll which can affect suspension geometry and ultimately traction. I'm no expert, just some thoughts.
@@driventofailure Thanks dude, you are the first one to respond and the answers make sense.
With coilovers the adjustability is infinite. I had KW v2 on my e36 then had it corner balanced after ward. My gosh car really felt it was on rails. The corner balance steps it up a notch. Corner balance is making the whole car weight balanced with driver weight in mind too. Can only do this with coilovers.
thankfully I’m fat enough on my suspension where I don’t need to do all this