neil-h

Right gents, I'm getting a set of BC Racing BR coilovers fitted to my hawkeye on Friday. Any suggestions on what makes for a reasonable damper setting for daily use?
Cheers

Infected by sti

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My advice is don't do it I feckin hate mine

Mr Footlong

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I am in the same boat as Infected and feel exactly the same!

neil-h

What's wrong with them? I had a search on here and there seem to be 2 camps when it comes to BCs, some love them and some hate them.

Blue by You

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I love my BCs.
On the softest setting they are as comfortable as the OEM suspension but still retain a good degree of response and support the car well.
If you take your car on track there is a wide range of harder settings to cope with everything a road-based car will demand by way of improved handling.
If I have any crticism of them it would be that the top mounts on the rear units do rattle over potholes and such like from time to time. The reason for this is that I have the older style mounts and I believe they now come with a cushioned mounting that removes this noise. If I was that bothered I could simply install the newer mountings. But I'm not!

There are several cars in my local scooby club that have BCs fitted and I have heard not one complaint.

Best thing I can suggest is that you get a ride in a car with them fitted.

Fonzey

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I think (certainly on this forum) they're the most popular choice by far - so you're always going to get strong opinions on them either way.

I've got the BC's with the external reservoirs (BC-ER) and they're FANTASTIC on track, but a little noisy for road use. I've got independant adjustment on the compression and rebound for each strut - so I'm struggling to find a proper balanced setup which isn't so hard it's hard, and so soft it's bouncy.

I plan on a trip to Chevron for a few days of proper setup to see what they can do

neil-h

Well they were fitted on Friday and so far I'm more than happy. The most important thing being its stopped the rear shocks clunking. Will have too see how they handle the commute on Monday and have a play with the damping adjustment.

Peter Pan

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I fitted a set of BC BR's a number of weeks ago on my GC8, I've got mine on the softest setting and very happy with them so far after trying different heights and settings. My Mrs isn't to keen on them as they make her fun bags bounce around but hey I'm not complaining!!

Markyscoob

All depends on the springs fitted!

oli_p

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Which springs rates did you have fitted?? Got mine booked into scoobyworld next Monday, they say they usually supply 6/5's but can do any. Currently have a set of rokkor coilovers fitted at the mo.

Cars used as a daily, but unsure if I should go with the 6/5's or go with the 5/4's that some people recommend

fawor

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im on apex/bc racing -6/5 and my advice is save money for bilstein coilovers.
ive got mine 3 years with steering mount bushes, arbs ,alk roll centre kit with adjustable drop links just fitted and set up,preload,high etc done by chevron motorsport no probs with them but bc are budget coilovers, so bumpy on roads.

oli_p

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doubt the right quality would suffer much from current budget setup lol. used to have tein s springs on my evo which I felt were abit harsh on bumpy roads but easy enough to put up with.

Is your above setup with bc's or bilsteins?

fawor

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is on bc's,next car will be on bilstein's

LUCKO

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http://www.europerformancedirect.co....product=358254

Bilstein B14

£1089

are these any good

oli_p

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Would you say theyre good for the money though?? im planning on lowering my car a fair bit in the future, so I think any coilover that ill fit will still feel abit bumpy

fawor

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yes or b16, speak with simon from chevron motorsport, he knows few tricks with impreza handling mods including bilstein's
and he will send you back e-mail not like others from powerstation , scoobyworld,litchfield etc.

yes you are correct good value for a money but trust me bc's are to bouncy and clunking,maybe after all mods and set up my car is stiff, cornering is great but coilovers arent perfect on normal roads,should do job better

scoobyboy1

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Had loads of different coilovers over the years on a various Impreza's, Had Tein, Cusco, BC, D2 Racing, and Eibach!!

Best coilovers ive had have been the Eibach coilovers(current Hawk STi, and previous Blobeye) these dont come with the top mounts, which sometimes I think add to the problem with knocking/rattling!!
And I cant adjust the damper setting on them like the other coilovers, But for a basic coilover where I can adjust the ride height, the ride on them is like the standard suspension(not harsh, dont rattle, and soaks up the crap roads we have in the UK) unlike some of those hard coilovers Ive had on other cars!!

OK i understand there not the best coilovers for damper settings etc but I dont do trackdays and for normal everyday road use in which I use my car for, they are brilliant!!!

LUCKO

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how much John/?

scoobyboy1

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How do mate!!

about £1200
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EIBACH-Pro...-/270999510137

Put a advert in wanted section for a used set!!! You know how mine drives with the Eibach's(and you can take the car out anytime to get a feel for them), and you know what OKL was like with the Tein coilovers, nearly crashed that car so many times, because the suspension was to hard and would hit any dips in the road and un-settle the car!!!!

Im suprised you havent had Prodrive make you a one of set with 24caret gold and diamond top mounts with your weekley income!!!!

LUCKO

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**** that ive contacted NASA they are sorting a set for me

minimum wage here dude WTF