I have heard mixed reviews from BC racing coilovers, has anyone had any experience?
Should I buy or avoid, I could save up a touch more and get the KW, but want to know about BC racing, please do not just say get the KW because if BC are just as good whats the point
Nothin wrong with BC's but if you spend more youll get a better product. Ive used a lot of coilovers on a lot of cars and Id recommend Meister R GT1's, performance and spec is similar to Ohlins or KW but they are a lot cheaper.
I have heard mixed reviews from BC racing coilovers, has anyone had any experience?
Should I buy or avoid, I could save up a touch more and get the KW, but want to know about BC racing, please do not just say get the KW because if BC are just as good whats the point
Good and bad tbh. I changed to Airlift 3P Air Ride after anyway, offered me more flexibility for being as low as I wanted while being able to raise it for speed bumps.
Good and bad tbh. I changed to Airlift 3P Air Ride after anyway, offered me more flexibility for being as low as I wanted while being able to raise it for speed bumps.
Nothin wrong with BC's but if you spend more youll get a better product. Ive used a lot of coilovers on a lot of cars and Id recommend Meister R GT1's, performance and spec is similar to Ohlins or KW but they are a lot cheaper.
BC stuff can be ok but it seems hit and miss with quality like all far east suspension including MeisterR stuff, personally i would save a little more for something better like KW, Koni, Ohlins etc
BC stuff can be ok but it seems hit and miss with quality like all far east suspension including MeisterR stuff, personally i would save a little more for something better like KW, Koni, Ohlins etc
Koni Sport Adjustable dampers with suitable springs makes a good fastroad setup, speak to SootyVrs on here about them as he ran on a M135i/140i before he got his M2
Koni Sport Adjustable dampers with suitable springs makes a good fastroad setup, speak to SootyVrs on here about them as he ran on a M135i/140i before he got his M2
BC stuff can be ok but it seems hit and miss with quality like all far east suspension including MeisterR stuff, personally i would save a little more for something better like KW, Koni, Ohlins etc
BC stuff can be ok but it seems hit and miss with quality like all far east suspension including MeisterR stuff, personally i would save a little more for something better like KW, Koni, Ohlins etc
MeisterR GT1 are not made in the UK people are just led to believe that ... they are made in far east then Jerrick says stripped and revalved with a different piston etc here in the UK, ive read good things about them but not tried myself as at near Ohlins money I just went Ohlins for proven results.
Main issues ive seen with far east made kits is knocking and damper body breakages due to weak design/poor materials, Ive ran several sets of BC on my old MX5 trackcar and were ideal for price point/usage but the big difference was that car has double wishbone so damper and spring are not part of structural strength, on BMW etc the fronts using Mcpherson strut means the body of damper needs to be very strong as its holding the wheel on, ive seen quite a few break on these setups as metal has been so thin in critical areas.
Pays your money takes your chance but for me I wouldn't run far east made stuff on a heavy BMW
Haha yes for the money the ST kit is good value, if you can stretch to the KW then in longterm its worth it for the stainless body but if looked after/cleaned etc the steel body on ST kits should be ok as well.
Haha yes for the money the ST kit is good value, if you can stretch to the KW then in longterm its worth it for the stainless body but if looked after/cleaned etc the steel body on ST kits should be ok as well.
I've really just been reading reviews of the ST XA, and like you say, as long as you keep them well maintained, they are basically the KWV2, so maybe I will go for the XA
Do you know if you can buy the ST XTA with the top mounts for the F21? I can't seem to find it anywhere!
I'm pretty sure my current top mounts are shot, so will have to get new ones anyway, definitely worth a call, thanks for the help though
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