Thanks........I don't know how it feels yet because I haven't put the car back on the road yet. It's a fair weather car only and this was my winter project to get it up to speed for this years autox season and my first track day in May with Trackmasters. We'll have about 10 MINI owners going to this event and we all can't wait. I didn't have any plans for these upgrades in November when the car was garaged but one thing led to another...

Next up is a Wilwood BBK install but I think I'll let a pro do this one.

Love the Exclaims but isn't anything an improvement over the crappy runflats!? Plus they have a nice bang for the buck...

 

S,
duuude,the dreaded "garaged"
-sorry about the weather.We are in prime motoring time here in Vegas.Our penalty is roasting for 3 months at 105,110,115...yuk.Hope you get warmth soon.Post when you get feedback on your improvements.

 

I just installed these today. The fronts will not go any lower and I am looking at about 1-1.5" of wheel gap up front. The rears are slammed (need some camber back there and it'll be perfect).

Is there a way to really fine tune the ride height? I feel like I might have being doing it wrong but I don't know. I loosened the bottom collar, spun the outer (grey, with the brake line and wheel speed sensor clips) cylinder up, and then tightened up the bottom collar again. This how it's done? I can't imagine you have to drop the rotor and sway bar to adjust ride height.

Can anyone shed some light?

 

You want to be screwing the inside, threaded piece all the way down into the bottom collar. You'll know if it's all the way down, because.. it won't go any further!

1-1.5 of wheel gap? That's pretty weak if you're all the way down!

 

i have herd rumors that the Megan/BC coilovers dont go low enough in the front. any validity to this? also, never really got an answer on the track/autoX question.

 

I'll let you know in a couple weeks...but mine are the BC's.

 

Loosen the bottom nut, tighten the middle nut up to the larger top nut. Now crank the larger top nut which ever way makes the height go down. When I did it I just backed the bottom nut right up to the middle one and started to go down till just before the lower one hit the bottom tube, and then tightened the lower down.

And yeah....there is still some gap up front compared to the rears, which sit perfect. I'm hoping they settle some more over time.

Your next step would be to compress the spring with the top nut after loosening the middle nut. But then your changing spring rates.......I think, which isn't preferable.

 

hey guys just curious is there a difference in height adjustment with the 8k6/6kg and the 6kg/5kg spring rate. i just picked up some megans and noticed i have the 6kg/5kg spring rate. Am i gonna have troubles lowering it to the height i want. thanks

 

if the spring rate is lower, it should be easier to lower the car because the coils will be thinner

 

All things being equal (i.e. all spring perches at same level, springs same length etc.), the springs with a lower rate will compress a bit more, than the higher rate ones, once the same load is placed on them.

 

This is how I'm sitting with the Megan's--just got my Wilwood BBK's installed yesterday.

I don't want to go any lower on the fronts--I'm already scraping on driveways as it is.

Anyone in the SoCal area looking for a good shop to get your work done, Danny at Minicorsa rocks! He's done and will continue to do all my mod work.


Richard

 

Do you actually mean 5kg/mm (front) and 6kg/mm (rear), rather than the other way around? If you do, then you have the v1 Megans. They allow you to to drop the car really low. You can almost have the front lower lip touch the ground. However, with this version of the Megans, some have experienced bottoming out issues while others haven't. For those who have experienced the problem, it seems to be spring length (and spring rate) and bumpstop related. Had you have gotten the new versions of the Megans, with 8kg/mm front and 6kg/mm rear, you would not be able to go very low in the front, but the bottoming out issues are fixed. I have the latest version, and I'm still trying to work out the ride height issue that I have with Megan(maxed out lowest ride height at 1.5 finger gaps between wheel and fender).

 

ya i meant 5kg/6kg. Should i keep these or should i get the new version 8kg/6kg. I dont want to worry about bottom out.. . I got these hoping to get my mini lowered to where the tires meet the fender. Hey Octaneguy nice ride.. i like the red touch. How much lower do u think your front can go, there is still some gap =)

 

I can go lower--maybe half an inch??--it wasn't adjusted for the lowest setting, but since this is my daily driver, and I scrape already on shallow driveways and speed bumps--going lower would only make my drive less tolerable---I experienced a very loud CRACK sound transitioning from my front lip off a speed bump that I didn't see last night....

Besides I like seeing the Megans peeking out from the darkness, lol.

 

Cool i take u have the latest version 8kg/6kg. If the front can go 1/2 inch lower i could deal with that a little better. i dont want the 1-1.5 wheel gap. I want the fenders to be as close to the wheels as possible no gap =) i like that look. Still trying to figure out if i should keep the version i have or get the new version. oh what size rims or those?

 

They are 17x7 with 215/40R17 Nitto Neo Gens.

Richard

 

Richard, awesome ride! From your pictures, it seems like our front fender gaps are very very similar. However, I can't go any lower. I'm starting to think it's because of my lighter corner weights, a result of my lightly optioned MINI.

Megan is sending me shorter front shock bodies and springs as we speak. I'll let you guys know how it turns out.

 

I think this might not be true. I will check the actual springs when I pull my Megan's off but the paperwork I got with my set of Megans says I have 5/6kg springs and I have some epic wheel gap up front when all the way down.

Quality Control > Megan

 

Hey Shrtstak what are the numbers on your springs?

 

If you give Megan a call and ask for Cyrus. He will ask for a receipt and pictures of the front. From there if you fit the bill he will send you the correct shock bodies which are shorter then the incorrect ones and also one step lower spring rate springs.

 

So I pulled off the Megans today and went back to my KW springs and stock shocks. Turns out the paper work I received with my coilovers was wrong. The springs up front end with 160.008 (I assume this means 8kg).

So I have 8/6kg springs on my Megans. Which are for sale...buy them.

 

Why not give Megan a call and get the replacement shock bodies and springs for no charge.

 

Because I'm stubborn.

 

Ha ha

 

What is the rate and length of the new springs that they sent you?

I talked to Nelson at Megan. He's sending me shorter shock bodies and shorter, but same rate, springs.