Rear stabilizer bar gonna reduce understeer and give more balanced feel. Rear stabilizer from 450 ForTwo can be mounted with custom brackets or even full 450 rear subframe with dion tube can be used. They have same mounting points to chassis but parking cables are different. Custom parking cables seem to be needed
@@SmartRacer my 2005 roadster (61hp) is without ps and it's amazing. Except you are parking xD then I miss the privilege of just turning the wheel in a standstill
@@daftdigital nope, part of the removal process is to take off the worm drive from the motor. If you don't remove that, you get the same spongy steering but without the assist at low speed
I do think that for road use, smaller wheels are better due to meatier tire wall. I got mine with the sought after 17" allloys, and I will put 15" wheels so that I can get back some tire wall. The roadster isn't made for perfectly smooth highway, it is made for harsher B roads (in my opinion), tire wall is really useful for harsher roads and actually improves handling quite a lot in real life scenarii. I would also not lower the car. You would then need stiffer suspension and be warry of any speed bump. Wheel spacers is also awful, it creates too much force on the bearings at the wrong place. As I primarily road driver with track experience, I drive at standard height, soft spring and damper settings but stiff anti roll bars to get a plush ride but less body roll. I do think most people do not understand that bigger wheels, stiffer suspension etc... Only works on perfectly smooth track settings. In real life, you want a smooth car and you would actually drive faster on B-roads with a more compliant suspension.
Hi, few weeks ago you posted some pictures of Smart Roadster with a manual gearbox. It is a lake that i am very interested in having more information on, the forfour gearbox directly couples in the roadster engine block? I would appreciate if you could provide me with as much information as possible, thanks and best regards.
I've heard of workshop who found some bolt-on manual gearbox from some Mitsubishi kei-car. Since ForFour have mitsubishi engine there are chance that bolt pattern can be same, but not sure about it. If it was that easy there definately would be conversion kits for sale and there are none of them. I think the biggest problem can be in fitting clutch pedal because it would require to cut and weld frame to get rid of leg rest
My question is can you improve the freaking shitbox transmission in them... Also spacers are not really a good thing for suspension on any car, you're better off getting different offset wheels with wider tires. Which are a pain to find.
Proper adjustment of clutch actuator, greasing as well. Running on 30mm spacers for 6 years now, no issues. Lorinser wheels and Japan Racing is common choice for Roadster today
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Rear stabilizer bar gonna reduce understeer and give more balanced feel.
Rear stabilizer from 450 ForTwo can be mounted with custom brackets or even full 450 rear subframe with dion tube can be used. They have same mounting points to chassis but parking cables are different. Custom parking cables seem to be needed
An easy and free mod is to disconnected power steering. Improves steering feel, reduces twitch, takes 5 minutes.
Agreed 👍
Some models are already without ps
@@SmartRacer my 2005 roadster (61hp) is without ps and it's amazing. Except you are parking xD then I miss the privilege of just turning the wheel in a standstill
Wonder if you can install a toggle switch to turn it on and off?
@@daftdigital nope, part of the removal process is to take off the worm drive from the motor. If you don't remove that, you get the same spongy steering but without the assist at low speed
Nice video 👍 Q: was yours originally a Brabus ?
No, standard 80
@@SmartRacer excellent. Same as mine , I'm on my second one. Last the flat back. I prefer the coupe . Your helpful films are really good man . 👍
I do think that for road use, smaller wheels are better due to meatier tire wall. I got mine with the sought after 17" allloys, and I will put 15" wheels so that I can get back some tire wall. The roadster isn't made for perfectly smooth highway, it is made for harsher B roads (in my opinion), tire wall is really useful for harsher roads and actually improves handling quite a lot in real life scenarii. I would also not lower the car. You would then need stiffer suspension and be warry of any speed bump. Wheel spacers is also awful, it creates too much force on the bearings at the wrong place. As I primarily road driver with track experience, I drive at standard height, soft spring and damper settings but stiff anti roll bars to get a plush ride but less body roll. I do think most people do not understand that bigger wheels, stiffer suspension etc... Only works on perfectly smooth track settings. In real life, you want a smooth car and you would actually drive faster on B-roads with a more compliant suspension.
I agree with you, trackline wheels with 15" tyres is best option for Roadster
I replaced the battery with an LFP one which weighs 2.6kg. The difference on handling could be felt a little
That is great upgrade!
can you link me some aftermarket options for spoilers? i cant seem to find any :/ Thanks man! love your videos
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Glad you enjoyed it
Hi can you tell me the model of your wheels please,thank you
Made by ATS in Germany, Michalak Design 17"
@@SmartRacer thanks
Very beautyful car
Hi, few weeks ago you posted some pictures of Smart Roadster with a manual gearbox. It is a lake that i am very interested in having more information on, the forfour gearbox directly couples in the roadster engine block?
I would appreciate if you could provide me with as much information as possible, thanks and best regards.
Done by Brabus, require programing of ECU as far as I know
I've heard of workshop who found some bolt-on manual gearbox from some Mitsubishi kei-car. Since ForFour have mitsubishi engine there are chance that bolt pattern can be same, but not sure about it. If it was that easy there definately would be conversion kits for sale and there are none of them.
I think the biggest problem can be in fitting clutch pedal because it would require to cut and weld frame to get rid of leg rest
I want to buy coilovers so bad :/
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My question is can you improve the freaking shitbox transmission in them... Also spacers are not really a good thing for suspension on any car, you're better off getting different offset wheels with wider tires. Which are a pain to find.
Proper adjustment of clutch actuator, greasing as well. Running on 30mm spacers for 6 years now, no issues.
Lorinser wheels and Japan Racing is common choice for Roadster today
Nothing wrong with the transmission if clutch adjusted and calibrated correctly. Just don't use full auto mode, it's not great.