mantior Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I know you have to mess with ride height on the BC's - but I'm plumping for them again personally because of the wider shock bodies holding more oil than the Meisters - if you do fast driving on bumpy roads on most narrow body coilies will heat the oil and ruin the damping. I remember I had some D2s (again, narrower bodied like the meisters) a couple of years ago and I might as well have attached four large dog turds to my car for what use they were to me.I threw everything I had at my BC's (on my EM1) Hard landings from being airborne, belly scraping bumpy back roads flat out, a hare I hit at 140 - no matter what I got up to, they were always awesome.Shame they've put the price up just recently but to me they are a known quantity.This is just my opinion though, I know there's loads of happy Meister and D2 coilover owners out there. And in fairness I doubt most people's cars will see the abuse to justify or notice the difference in shock body size.Another avenue to explore is GAZ coilies designed for the MG ZS - if you hunt around you can get them a fair bit cheaper than the other stuff, I saw them for less than £500 on an MG specialist website, by memory the part number is GHA358? The only thing that put me off was that there's no seperate height adjustment on them, as I'm incredibly anal when it comes to suspension set ups in case you hadn't noticed lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noodels Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 thanks jimmy whats the spring rate your using on yours F/B rather bumpy in norfolk too gaz have looked at these as i could get poss get a discount maybe and look ok and do hight adjustable too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantior Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Just the standard 10 & 6 kg/mm spring set up matey. I note that the suggested MB6 set up is 8 & 5 kg/mm, but I went with 10 & 6.When I was speaking to the tech at GAZ he told me when you adjust the height you also adjust the preload? I may be wrong, but he did seem quite bamboozled by all the questions I bombarded him with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noodels Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 copy from miesters discount .topic mb6 spring rates ect.intresting spring rate see the mb is same as mc2= 8kg front 6kg rear.on 880kg/860kg carand ITR 10kg front 8kg rear on 835/750 kg car?and mc2 even more so?the mc2 is heavier than mb6 buy but dont know exact kgs ?Q:do you do the custom springs rates for the meister kits at same cost with the following and if available ?10 = 5609.0 = 5048.5 = 4768.0 = 4487.5 = 4207.0 = 3926.5 = 3646.0 = 336thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTISmichael Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 yeah i agree with bc coilovers, they are good but i know alot of drifters use them and i thought they might be a bit too hard, as for springs rates, im not to fussed but only a few companys would let u change the rates when u buy from them direct ?Just seen these Dc coilovers, look gd but dont know them..http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/D2-RACING-COI ... 3cc1a11dfcalso tempted by tein..http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tein-Basic-Da ... 43aa1ae945Im quite sure but the 96-00 EG coilovers are the same arent they ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTISmichael Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 megan ? hahahttp://www.amazon.com/RACING-ADJUSTABLE ... 99&sr=1-67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interceptor Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Hi Guys,Really thinking about a set of Meister's around June this year and wanna know if there is a club discountfor them still?Anyone in the know?Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noodels Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Top of page check out 5traders 10% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTISmichael Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 also take note they have gone upto £730 now u wont get anything thrown either, ur best bet like i just did is buy a bearly used set for around £500 just have to look and keep an eye out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interceptor Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Thanks for the info mate, yeah that's expensive still but as far as I've seen they do the only ones that reallywork for MB. Just gonna save up and get it done-got eibach pro's and Bilstein shocks on it at the moment and it sits too low at the front for practical use. Will just sell off the springs and shocks once they come off and hopefully recoup some of the cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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