Coil Suspension woes

Barspeed and his magical Mini · 2006-04-04T16:39:26+00:00

Hi, can anyone please please help....I have just fitted coil suspension to my Mini, replacing the rubber units.The whole thing has been a little nightmare as I have found no where a decent guide to doing it and have to everything blind.The rear was okay, got it sorted out with a little height tuning using the supplied Hi-Lo's.The front however is another matter!I set the height of the Hi-lo's a little higher than that of the standard front trumpet, fitted it all up with all new suspension and steering components, then put the wheels back on and tested it out, I now have no front suspension as the whole thing rests on the bump stops.I have had to increase the front hi-lo height by over an inch to allow for an inch gap between the bump stop and top arm, normal driving is now a little dodgy as only the outside edge of the tyres are making contact with the road and the front is well higher than the back, and going over every man hole or pot hole in the road the suspension still bottoms out on the bump stop! I have good spax adjustable dampers, and they have been set between to soft and hard but still bottoms out!I am at a loss, I dont want to start adding adjustable camber arms etc at this point as the kit was to just replace the suspension, not turn it into a corner hogging sports car.Has anyone any suggestions, have i missed anything out?Hope you can,thanks

Apr 04, 2006 66 Replies

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Madmax 20 years ago

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Madmax 20 years ago

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Taffy 20 years ago

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Madmax 20 years ago

I'm shivering in my boots. Go lock yourself away someplace, girly boy.

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Taffy 20 years ago

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madmax 20 years ago

Wow! Big man, in your own little mind. Keep them coming Daffy, Fizzy told you not to talk to me. Not very good at taking orders, are you boy.

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