I saw that this system is almost exclusively for the WRX today and availalble Only from TireRack in the US. ALEX WHERE IS THE COOPER S VERSION! THIS IS WHAT I WANT!

PRAXIS Adaptive Performance Suspension System by Bridgestone for WRX Sedan.

The Praxis Adaptive Performance Suspension System is a revolutionary performance air-spring suspension engineered for driving enthusiasts by driving enthusiasts. Its design allows the driver the choice of retaining or enhancing their vehicle's ride and handling characteristics by easily adapting the vehicle's ride height, suspension spring rate and shock absorber damping forces for whatever driving adventures lie ahead.
The Praxis suspension system includes all of the components necessary to allow a vehicle to serve as a daily driver or a racetrack tamer. While the suspension components weigh slightly less than the vehicle's original springs and struts, the complete Praxis suspension system evenly distributes under 25 pounds of additional weight around the vehicle.

With the Praxis system, all the driver has to do is select one of three programmed suspension modes (Touring, Sport or Track) with a simple push of a cockpit-mounted button. The Praxis suspension system will raise or lower the vehicle to the correct ride height and assigned spring rate. The driver then fine-tunes the shock absorber damping by turning an adjuster conveniently located at the bottom of each strut unit.



The Touring mode provides ride height, ride characteristics and handling traits that are comparable to the vehicle's original suspension. This mode provides the most comfortable ride qualities for weekday commuting, weekend touring and long vacation trips. This mode also preserves the vehicle's original ground clearance to enhance its mobility when driven through deep snow or on secondary roads.

The Sport mode reduces vehicle ride height by 25 millimeters from the Touring mode ride height and increases spring and shock damping rates to reduce body motions and sharpen steering response. This mode provides a more aggressive appearance along with sportier ride characteristics and more responsive handling traits than the vehicle's original suspension for fun, enthusiastic driving on twisting roads.

The Track mode reduces vehicle ride height by 50 millimeters from the Touring mode ride height, virtually doubles the original spring rate and specifies the firmest shock damping rates to maximize stability and handling response. This ultimate performance mode provides the most aggressive appearance along with performance for autocross and track driving situations. The no-nonsense Track mode is not recommended for street driving or the faint of heart.

 

Forgot the Tire Rack link for you WRX owners.

 

Bridgestone Praxis is a very cool product.

Its a very exciting product I have seen 1st hand, and driven it as well.

It adjusts camber and caster adjust while it raises and lowers, giving more agile agressive handeling in track mode!

We had a WRX Praxis catching an STI's lap times with the same excelent driver, a 3 second gain over OE, on this road course!

Its rather costly at $3415, getting it into users hands had been a challenge.

So lets drum up some interest!

How many people would be interested in putting down a deposit?

This is an absolutly amazing system on a few reasons, and one is the amount of R&D This system takes ZERO modification, not one single whole is drilled in your Car, its uses all exsisting holes for all components from front air compressor to ride height sensors at all 4 corners.

Its the 1st adjustable height suspension to correct alinment as it changes ride height. If you adjust height on a coilover, you MUST realign the vehcle.

Everything (except rebound damping) Is adjusted from inside the vehcile, even while moving!

The R&D needed to design these systems requires major interest.

I have been involed in talks with Subaru on the marketing nitche of this product.

If we can spark a trend of interest, I will personally see its delivered to BSFS

Alex.

 

Alex,

With this Praxis system are there any additional issues related to corner balancing?

Dave

 

I've heard good things about the system, but for the cost and number of MINI owners that would potentially buy it, were are looking at very small numbers. There is a ton of WRXs in the states and around the world for praxis to market this to...the same market share doesn't exist yet for the MINI.

 

Plus I'd guess that some of the potential market for these may be going after the LEDAs.

 

Yea, the LEDAs can get quite high in price and I think those are already pushing the envelope on price for a MINI, I can't see many wanting to spend anything more then that...and most of the Cars that people are willing to spend 3500 on for something like this already come with adjustable ride height suspension via the cockpit.