Hi all,
I'm positive the JCW suspension are the Billstein coilovers i'm guessing they're re-packaged? I've got the spax rsx coilovers on my mini and have 18" wheels. Mine is on the optimum set-up for improvement of handling around bends. Yes it is bumpy and i guess that might not be to everyone's taste but on the other hand it is adjustable so this issue can be partly resolved. However, of all the mods i have put on my car the seven hundred and fifty pounds i forked out on high grade suspension was by a distance the best thing i ever did to the car. I don't have a works S as i'm only 21 (eventually hopefully!!) but to have that increase in power and to not have the set-up to respond seems a shame. I have pushed my mini to 55+ through roundabouts and the back end barely squeals let alone moves! For all the joyous notes of my lovely exhaust nothing can compare to flying my car into and out of bends ........ and knowing it will never let me down. To be fair the mini has always been a good handling car and the sports suspension helped that but the top end suspension takes it to a whole new level. To those that are thinking of stretching the extra pound to get it I can say only this. If you are after a whole lot more fun in your little gem of a car then this mod will provide endless smiles when exiting bends. I am currently a student in leeds and we have the worst roads near and around the city. To say dodgems are less bumpy is an understatement. Yet i am always comforted by the thought of the next roundabout ahead!
Please remember my suspension set-up is on the harshest setting known to man in order to try and get the most out of it! |