Does any one have any experience with these? Feedback/info would much appreciated.

 

I have the new Outmotoring Coilovers which use the Koni Adjustable Shock and H&R Springs. Great set-up. The Konis are adjusted to the softest setting and the ride is similar to what my MINI felt like when I had runflats on it. Firm enough to give you a sense of security in the twisty's and comfortable enough to use as a daily driver. Furthermore, it handles like a slot car.

 

Those are not coilovers. That sounds like a Sport Kit. I am trying to get some feed back on the coilovers.

 

For your information Mr. Know-It-All, they are coilovers. Check the link below and then, you can send me your appologies. http://www.outmotoring.com/mini-coop...coilovers.html

 

You are right. I some how missed that. But, I am still trying to get feedback on the Actual Koni coilovers:

these here

 

yes....the Sport Kit and Outmotoring's kit are different things altogether

 

Call Aaron at Outmotoring and he should be able to lead you to someone he's sold the actual Koni coilovers to.

 

i have the kit myself, and i think it's fantastic. the spring rate isn't too hard to cause any real bounce or harsh ride. the adjustablity is quite good too, although i'm only set on almost full hard. but thats only because i like my ride like that.

i don't have alot of miles on it yet, but from the couple hundreds km on it. i still think it's fantastic, much better than springs in my opinion. especially on how low i can set my car to. there are no finger space between the fenders~

hope that helps alittle~

 

I will try to answer the question, since we have sold over 12 Koni coil over kits.

The internals of the koni coil over shocks, are very similar to the koni yellows,
same behavior on the track or on the road.
they also use the same adjustment.

Regarding the spring rates, Koni does not give out any info, we were just told that the spring rates are 25% stiffer than stock, again very similar to the Koni Sport Springs,

The only noticeable difference, is obviously, with the coil overs you can lower your mini a lot more, but at the same time, the coil overs are noisier (springs rattle) than the Koni Sport kit (koni yellows and koni springs).

So here is my recommendation:
Koni Sport kit for the street,
and Koni coil over kit for the track......or for drivers who want to lower their mini 2" or more.

Hope this helps

 

So what's the least amount of drop the Koni Coilovers allow for?

I have a new set in the box in my garage, and I'm trying to decide if I should keep them or sell them. If i keep them, I'll run them pretty soft and tall day to day, and only dropping for occasional track visits. My 235's wont allow for more than a .5-.75" drop... ????

 

that'll be kinda inconvenient to change height like that without expecting changes to your alignment.

 

Jymontoya,

That set will work very well for you.
You can drop it just 0.5" front and back and run the shocks pretty soft for the street.

In the event of a track day, I will first start by adjusting the front shocks to hard, before you play with the height adjustment.

You will love this set up

 

So it will just drop around .5" around? That's great!

Have you ever run them at full soft? is that too soft?