The forum has been great getting feedback from other Mini owners on products and services for the Mini. I finally decided to get lowering springs for the Mini and after pacing thru the various suspension threads I deceided to get H&R lowering springs for my 07' MCS. I made an appointment to have Danny D at Minicorsa do the install based on recommendations from local SoCal Mini owners from this forum. I'm glad I did, thank you NAM members. Danny D at Minicorsa knows his stuff. Matter of fact when I drove up to his shop today he was preping his own Mini for track and as he stated "to kick some Porsche ***" . NICE (I also own an 03" arctic silver metropol blue interior sunroof deleted Porsche Turbo with upgraded ECU and turbos dumping +600hp to the wheel). I perfer the MINI as my daily driver.

I had lowering springs and craven strut tower defenders installed aligned and out the door in 1 hour and it was a clean install (stood there the whole time) and I'm picky who touches my cars.

Danny D at Minicorsa is first class..........don't let the look of his shop fool you, this guy knows Mini's.

Dr. "C"

 

Good feedback. Anyone know any good shops in Orange County, CA, that does MINI tuning?

 

OC is close enough to MINICorsa. Just drive up there, it will be worth it...trust me!

Oh, and just for the record...when Danny did my Mach V springs....he had all 4 done in 15 min!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

ThumperMCS,

It was your post about Danny D at Minicorsa that convinced me to make the trip. Thanks, absolutely worth it. "15 mins.......I believe you, with me he took a little extra time knowing I was picky. Thanks again.

 

Ok, google maps says it's 66 minutes (no traffic through the heart of darkness, I mean LA). Yeah, you guys are right. I think it would be worth it. I have friends up there, too, so I can find stuff to do. Thanks again for the recommendation.

Did you guys get alignments included in the install price? That's what the website says... curious if that's possible with a 15 minute install.

 

Yea, he sends it to the shop next door for the alignment. The 15 min did not include the alignment part! That would be crazy haha!

But yea, the installed price includes the alignment.

 

I'll have to plan a trip up. =)

 

Scruffylooking,

I was going back and forth between cross coilovers and simple lowering springs. The fact that my Mini is for daily driving and not for the track I decided to just go with the H&R lowering springs. After the install the overall look was improved 100% and the ride is little more noticeable (bumpy) but that is what I expected running on 18x7.5 on 215 35 18's on a 1.4 inch drop. I truly like the one finger gap visually over the 3.5 finger gap. The $400 install included the alignment. Pricing is absolutely fair. Springs, Install and alignment for $400 can't be beat from a Mini specialist.

Forgot to mention Danny D dialed the suspension during the spring install to get better camber.

 

Im waiting for pics.....

 

(Mini-less newbie question here): Are strut tower defenders essential on a 2nd Gen Mini?

 

MakoBimmer,

As soon as I get the Mini detailed I will post pics.

 

JnC,

After reading thru the various threads on this forum, I thought that getting the strut tower defenders was a small investment for the "what-if's". The roads here in SoCal are getting worse everyday. Potholes the size of paint can lids and railroad tracks that sit .5" to 1.0" higher than the concrete/asphalt round them. Just last week a collegue of mine destoyed both his front rims(bent), alignment, lower radiator mounts and bunch of other suspension items going a little too fast over some railroad tracks on his fixed up BMW M Coupe. His repair and replacement cost 6k. OUCH !

"an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure" or somehting like that....

 

Ouch ! That sux. Our roads truly do sux. Funny how I take it really slow over bumps,dips, and mainly railroad tracks and get honked and dirty looks all day long. HAHA

 

-drove 4 hrs from Vegas.....suspension work...worth it ?-yup!

 

thanks platform

 

MakoBimmer,

Finally got the Pics its on the "R56 Pics Thread"

 

MakoBimmer,

Here are some more pics.

 

Looks great! If I ever decide to get a "lower" spring than the TSW, I am thinking it will be between H&R and Tein.