K-Sport Coilover kits for MKII

[Greddy-Matt]

Sorry mate, the orders have been processed now
But dont wory, if these kits are as good as they look, once people post up some feedback on them im sure another group buy can be arranged.

I think the reason we struggled to make the numbers this time round is that in the MR2 community K-Sport are a realatively unknown quantity.

Just to keep you guys in the loop, Ann has emailed me to say that all orders have been processed and we should expect deliveryin aprox 7 days ish.

Regards

Matt

[Calina]

Just an update on my k-sport coilovers that needed to be sent back for repair after only being on my car for 2 months.
I finally received it back last wed after waiting two weeks with my car being off the road. It was the damper that had gone. The modification on the anti rollbar bracket has been noted by k-sport and apex so hopefully they will modifiy their design.

[Greddy-Matt]

Has anyone recieved their coilovers yet? Please PM me if you have,

Many thanks

Matt

[Greddy-Matt]

Right oh people, should be recieving your coilovers today/tomorrow, could anyone who doesn't recieve them by then please contact me via pm. Many thanks

Matt

[nick200]

to Matt for organising this, coilovers arrived and stonking value for these units !

[Greddy-Matt]

No problem, any time mate
Thanks to all those who took part

Might see if i can get a gb for Whiteline anti roll bars next

[drew3555]

Is anyone interested in another group buy on these? (I knew I should have got them last time!)

What do the people who have these from the last buy think of them?

I will give them a ring & see if they will do a similar deal as last time.

[roadnutter]

Hi...I'm interested in a set of these if there is another group buy?

Does anyone know if the original ride height can be achieved with these kits or do they always lower the car? The reason I ask is my bodykit makes speed bumps a nightmare already!

Cheers James.

[steve---o]

hi bud,

i'd be interested in this depending on a turn around time as i'm desperate for some new suspension.

steve

[drew3555]

I could do with them quite quickly too! I phoned them today but the boss, who okays the group buys is on paternity leave till at least monday. It sounded like they would be able to do the deal again though & they suggested I get everyones details & agreement first.

It looks like there could be some others from mr2oc that want some too, i will post on there aswell.

If people add their details & spring rate requirements etc or pm me I will ring to organise this on monday.

1) Drew3555 - Road use - assumed 4.5/7.0

[Greddy-Matt]

Sorry for some reason I cant send PM's at tho mo

I'll dig out the invoice I think delivery was about £7

The coilovers themselves are very good, james and co @ 3S commented that they looked like a good bit of kit....

The coilovers came with one set of adjustable droplinks, and 3S sorted me another set for the front, I can measure the centrepoints on mine if needed, and Sbits or 3S can sort you a pair...

Handling is unbelievably improved, I have so much more stabillity in corners now, and the car stays nice and flat, turn in is shapr and precise etc etc

The ride is obviously stiffer than normal, but dropping the car equal to about a 45mm drop the ride is much improved and after playing with the damping settings Im very happy with them! I dont see why you can't run stock height there is a lot of adjustment in them..

Would I go for them again??? DEFINATELY!!! You get a lot of shock for the cash! Front and rear pillowball top mounts too!

P.S. tip here make sure you grease the spring seats before the shocks go on the car oh and team them with a pair of suspension braces = even better

[pintovit]

Hi guys,

just for curiosity sake, how do you think these coilovers compare to the Tein!? Someone already asked for this on this thread but had no reply (probably because at the time nobody knew them really)...

Better? Worse? Better quality/price ratio?

Cheers,
Vítor

[Greddy-Matt]

It would be very hard to say without testing them on identical cars, with the same size and spec wheels/tyres etc...

If anyone is considering these is going to the world record attempt this sunday, your more than welcome to take a ride....

[j17sparky]

Just about to ask if the drop links came with them but its already answered.

So 1 set deffinatly come with them then yeah? If needs be will i be able to get away with the other set standard for a short while?

[Greddy-Matt]

I dont know to be honest, 3S fitted new custom length ones to the front on mine anyway and used the adjustable ones on the rear, maybe you could use the standard ones, not sure to be honest...

[Leon.]

P.S. tip here make sure you grease the spring seats before the shocks go on the car

Oh, why

[Greddy-Matt]

Because the springs are fixed either end to a solid disc. That disc then sits on another disc which inturn sits on the adjustable seat, and at the other end the top mount seat.

After a few weeks I started to get a "twang" from the front right shock when turning slowly i.e. parking, then the left started. Drove me nuts, pull up somewhere and everyone stared at my car going "boing" "twang" "patang".

Turns out I had dry mud between the surfaces and this was causing the spring stack to try and rotate with the leg rather than staying put, it moved so far then rotated back round causing the noise.

So I jacked the car up, cleaned the surface between the discs out and applied a thin layer of grease between the sandwitched discs top and bottom and not heard a dicky bird from them since

[Leon.]

Interesting Mr Bond! Top tip

[Greddy-Matt]

Sorry that was a little longwinded
If I'd designed it I'd have used a sealed neddle bearing unit or one with a ball bearing race of some sort, but I didn't so ill

[arome]

as i think there is another group buy going on, put me down for some


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