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kevkbuk · Mar 7th, 2008, 12:02 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by TheBigNewt (original)

The sport suspension adds 1mm thicker antisway bars front and rear, that's about it, so it's not going to ride more harshly. The springs and dampers are basically the same.

This has been debated on this site before, I really don't think the sway bars are the only difference. My car has SS and 17" Crowns with runflats, and I've driven a car with non SS and 18" JCWs with runflats. My car rode a lot firmer (but in a good way..) than the non SS, you could feel it in all situations, not just cornering so I think it has at least difference spring rates.

Mar 7th, 2008, 12:02 PM	#13
kevkbuk MINI2 Senior Join Date: Sep 2006 Local Time: 01:27 PM Posts: 495 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by TheBigNewt (original) The sport suspension adds 1mm thicker antisway bars front and rear, that's about it, so it's not going to ride more harshly. The springs and dampers are basically the same. This has been debated on this site before, I really don't think the sway bars are the only difference. My car has SS and 17" Crowns with runflats, and I've driven a car with non SS and 18" JCWs with runflats. My car rode a lot firmer (but in a good way..) than the non SS, you could feel it in all situations, not just cornering so I think it has at least difference spring rates.