The truth about coilovers

[ephone]

I spent many hours looking at coilovers for my G70. I took my car to a track last weekend, and I'm now obsessed with modifying it to make it better on the track. I read a bunch of threads on the M3 forum of f80.bimmerpost.com, and the clear consensus is that dialing in about 2.5 of negative camber helps with track driving and, more importantly, helps with tire longevity. My dilemma is that I have Eibach sway bars and am pretty satisfied with my suspension on the track. However, if I want front camber adjustment, I need to switch to coilovers with camber plates - I see no other option for adding this capability. If I wind up adding coilovers, I will only drop the minimum I can get away with - like an inch.

Here's the question - will coilovers substantially destroy daily driving ride quality, or can their adjustably make them compliant?

 

[Submarines]

Depends on a lot of various factors, such as: road quality, coilover type (twin tube vs mono), shock valving, brand, etc. A bad coilover setup will ride like stock if your roads are smooth as glass, and a good coilover might seem bad if your roads are horrible.


KW seems to be the best coilover setup available now that balances handling and ride quality but they use the stock upper mounts so no camber adjustment.

 

[ephone]

Depends on a lot of various factors, such as: road quality, coilover type (twin tube vs mono), shock valving, brand, etc. A bad coilover setup will ride like stock if your roads are smooth as glass, and a good coilover might seem bad if your roads are horrible.


KW seems to be the best coilover setup available now that balances handling and ride quality but they use the stock upper mounts so no camber adjustment.

A bummer about the upper mounts, especially for what they're charging - they should be included.

 

[Frenchy_418]

It will be heaven on track and hell on the roads. We are a few that actually removed the coilover to go to a drop, sway, Mando setup. Its a compromise, but a confortable one.

 

[STINGER]

It will be heaven on track and hell on the roads. We are a few that actually removed the coilover to go to a drop, sway, Mando setup. Its a compromise, but a confortable one.

Im one as well. Had Neotech's with the NVH adjustable top mount, was amazing when it came to handling, just a bit noisy. My car is primarily a daily driver, so I removed them and went with H&R lowering springs.