4Boogie, from the pic it seems you went for a whole Eibach setup, or are the control arms and camber plates another brand? They look similar to the Eibach ones...

As for the coils...they look good, let us know how they ride when you fit them!!

 

Is there a preferred coilover for a street auto-x setup?

 

The control arms are supposed to be Eibach but they are really SPC. The camber plates are Texas Speedwerks. I'll post pics when its done, hopefully tomarrow or Sunday

 

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pics??

 

I ended up sending the camber plates back to TSW, they didnt work with these coils. I happy with the coils except the springs are a little soft. Ride height changes when the car is full of gas or heavy passengers, I wish they were a little stiffer. I still have plenty of room left on the coils to go lower if I had smaller wheels. With these 18's and tires that are a little too wide I cant get it lower and still drive it, I'm rubbing when I hit a dip it the road now

 

How come they didn't work? What was the problem?

 

They could have worked with a special nut. I was told the my coils were made to stock specs instead of having extended spindle like most. Jeff at TSW said he would rush me the nuts to make the m fit but my car was torn apart in a place were I couldnt leave it for that long. I woulda had to re-install the stock struts, wait for the nuts and take the front end apart again. I chose to go without plates.

 

ah, ok then, thanks for clarifying, I'm waiting a set of TSW plates myself so I was a bit worried there, lol.

 

I wish that more of these reports would include how stiff that you all thought the springs were compared to stock. Also it would be good to hear the what the springrates are for front and rear so that we can dail in what is stiff vs soft.

 

Lookin' good 4Boogie!

 

It's not always easy to know the spring rates, especially with progressive springs.

 

Yeah... it is just tough to decide. I want fairly stiff but streetable spring rates, lower dampening adjustments (so I don't have to take the coilovers off each time I want to adjust them) and great quality. At this point I am looking at the M7, but they don't come with camber adjustment in the front.

 

i honestly can't figure why (aside from $, and limited to 1.5" drop) anyone wouldn't get the bc's with the swift coilover replacement springs. very nice linear springs that can be damped comfy ie stock or hard for the track. best handling mod i've done...and i've done a lot

 

I think you have two options, Bilstein PSS9 or the Harrison ones (contact ninjlao for info on those). I don't know of any other coilover with lower dampening adjustment (which I'd like to have too). The PSS9 are great quality, you can find feedback here, the Harrisons look to be very good too, but I don't think anyone has tried them yet, I could be mistaken though.

I have feedback on the Bilstein PSS (only height adjustable) from people I know on an Italian forum and they all say those are very good handling wise but also very streetable. I reckon the PSS9 have the same spring rates, but you can tune the setup through the dampening settings.

Both those I suggested don't have camber adjustment included though. I think only BC, Cross and maybe Leda have it.

 

Because I already have camber plates and because I don't want to have to deal with 32 setup positions especially if the setting is on the top of the shock. I know they are good but I don't want to cut holes in the car and without those adjusting them can be a pain.

 

BTW, check out the damping adjuster on rear coilovers of the Harrisons and the M7. I've got a C-note on it, just for laughs.

 

Stance = M7

 

Finally got around to my install/alignment, the coils still need to settle but here is a picture of the car as it sits now, still need to lower the front another inch or so...

 

I can't understand why anyone would buy and drive a Miata. But they do, because, to each his/her own. Everyone has different needs and taste.

 

Just installed a set of M7's last weekend. First look at these things, they are massive, look to be very well made. The double locking ring's made out of metal, seem at first to be a better way than KW's plastic ring and set screw. Only hope they settle in well and lower some more. I was running M7 springs and the OEM struts, and that combo was lower, but we will see. As TSW is not selling camber plates right know, I went thru Outmotoring to get some Vorshlags. Seems like they have changed the design from the TSW set up and the perch was WAYYY to thick, the stem dosen't get close to comming thru Called Aaron at Outmotoring and no problems in returning them, thank you Aaron Went to Hotchkis camber plates and really like them, they are made just for the Mini, they fit the holes perfectly. Right now they are on full soft, to settle in, very smooth ride, but a little to soft for me. Will soon start to firm them up and they should be a awesome street coil

 

somebody is sell the kw v2 for 900 and i was wondering if i should jump on it

 

yes yes yes


and then you can just trade me for my bilsteins

 

hahah your funny
but i dont know how good they are

 

The KW v2's are around $1800 new. The regular V2's have very weak springs, they cant take much weight. The Texas Speed Works version of the KW's are much better designed system.