love it! I'll probably shoot for about the same ride height but with a mildly aggressive wheel and tire setup.

 

Got mine installed today. Overall very happy. The bc kit installs no issues and is pretty straight farward. No drilling or modification of any bodywork or stock suspension parts.

Overall, the ride is definitely a bit stiffer. I would say it is more bouncy than anything, it's not very harsh over bumps and rough roads however. I think I need to play with the dampening a bit, may need I be set stiffer to match the springs rates.

I haven't played with the height much, I'll do that later when I install my new wheels. It's maybe an inch to 1.5 inches lower right now. Drove it hard without rubbing. Handles much better over standard suspension, feels like it's on rails with very little body roll.

I'm running 5mm spacers front an rear. The rears clear fine but I just added then to match. I actually got the front on without spacers but the clearance was very close so I figured I would run the spacers to be safe.

Only thing is with 5mm spacers and stock wheels the collars from the hub barely (if at all) connect with the wheel. Luckily the stock bolts are conical so I'm not getting vibration or anything. Just not sure how safe it is to run like this? Anyone with more knowledge care to chime in?
The stock collars are like 10mm at least but the stock wheels centerboard tapers in over about a 5mm area.

 

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Yes!

 

My KW's should be here this week!

Hopefully get them fitted a week on Wednesday

 

Looking good Danger Dan! I recommend stiffening the dampers until you don't notice the bouncy feeling. Bouncy comes from the dampers being too soft for the spring rates.

 

Damn those coils look good. I installed the nm Springs and am very unhappy with them. Ride is comfortable, but the drop is not good. It dropped a bunch in the back and the front didn't even drop, looks pretty goofy. I guess they are going to come out with some updated Springs in October to actually drop the front. Kind of a bummer but what can you do. They did tell me they would sell me just the front Springs. Should have just bit the bullet and got coils😢

 

thanks, Yeah thats what i plan on doing, i think its mainly just the rear that needs it. I gotta tweek the ride height soon with the new wheels anyways.

man that sucks, its nice that they will sell just the front springs at least. If I were you id probably hold out and get a set of coils whenever you can.

 

The same thing I noticed. It looks better in pictures than it does in real life.

 

No pics yet, but I'm very pleased with the BC coils. The lack of camber plate in the front is frustrating, especially since we didn't get a discount, but there's very little room at the top so I can see why they left it off. Hopefully they'll develop one in the future that will fit.

The shocks have 30 different damping settings so you can definitely find the right firmness to suit and the shock body can be raised and lowered separately from the spring (so you can set your spring load and then lower the actual body of the shock, retaining travel).

They come with 5mm spacers but since I'm not on the stock wheels I didn't need them.

So far I have the shocks set at a 10 front and rear and the ride is nice. Firmer for certain but not jarring. It looks like there is plenty of room for going low.

 

I installed my BC Coilovers last weekend and am very pleased with the handling and looks. The installation was pretty straightforward, but still an all-day event. I ended up raising the car and removing the wheels four times before getting the correct ride height.

After trying a few different ride heights, I finally settled on a 1-inch drop front and rear. Only a little bit noticeable drop, but it suited my taste.

A damping setting of 13-clicks out from the stiffest setting gave me a stable ride without being too harsh. The car feels much more connected to the road, and has no bounciness or a rolling-over feeling during fast cornering. Road bumps and roughness are definitely more noticeable than before, but I like that feeling. Adjusting the front damper settings is easily done under the hood. The rears are a bit harder, and requires jacking up the car a few inches to reach over the tires to access the adjusters. Adjusting all four corners takes about 5-10 minutes. Ride height adjustment takes much more time, and requires wheel removal.

On Monday I took the car in for a wheel alignment. I was told that the camber was barely within spec. Any lower than a 1-inch drop would have put the camber out of spec. Interesting that the rear wheel alignment was out of spec and the front alignments were just within spec. The car has about only 5000 miles on it and I've never hit any big potholes, but the shop said its common for new cars to be delivered with mediocre alignments.

The instructions that came in the box were pretty vague. I'd suggest searching YouTube for tips on spring pre-load, installation, and adjustment. Especially review installation for the rear's which have separate shocks and springs. [http://www.infinitig37.com/infiniti-...oilovers.html] provides installation instructions for BC's on an Infinity, which has a somewhat similar rear suspension.

Kevin.

 

Thanks for the info...any pics of how she looks with the 1" drop all around?

 

Lowered 1-inch. Kevin.

 

It just won't stop raining, so here it is. I want to come down some more all around, but until I get the front wheels sorted this is probably the best I can do
IMG_7535 by jasonwithers, on Flickr

IMG_7541 by jasonwithers, on Flickr

 

what are the specs on those wheels?

 

18x8 et 32

I may actually move to 17's eventually. I didn't think they would be big enough to fill the wheel wells but I think they'd look pretty good after seeing it lowered on 18's. Lots more to choose from in that size.

 

Any rubbing at all with 18x8 ET32??

 

just needs about -3 degrees of camber up front! :D

 

I know right, haha? I'm not sure what to do with them. It pokes too much for my liking and I don't really want to spend a lot of money working on such cheap wheels. Once the powerflex bushings are offered I'll get a set of those but there isn't a vendor in the states that sells them yet. I think they give -.75 degrees. I'm going to drop it by the shop sometime this week to see how much they can give me.

It rubbed a ton in the rear, there's a huge lip on the rear fender arch. That material is all gone now and you can't tell anything was removed.

The front rubs some if I hit a big bump while I'm turning. It's rubbing the outside edge of the arch, which sucks, but I'm going to be replacing them with euro arches once I get this sorted anyway.

I'm trying to convince ESM to offer an 18x8 et 35+ for the new MINIs, no idea if they will or not though.

 

Methinks you went too low, looks a little strange IMO. You might end up losing a wheel arch lol. Can you raise it if you had to?

 

Height looks good. I agree with you in the poke, it would be great if you could bring it in just a hair.

 

The less wheel gap it has, the better it looks I'll definitely be going lower.

 

To be honest, Vic... I wouldn't go any lower. Looks spot on.

 

Wheels mounted. 18x7.5 with 215 40 summer tires.

Offset is 45 but had to add 3mm spacers to the front as the clearance was maybe 1mm. Ride is way better without the run flats . Run flats and coilovers are a bad combo.

Stiffened up the shocks and the ride is much better. I'm 8 clicks from full stuff in the rear and 12 clicks from full stiff on the front