Lowered 1" with MPP Comfort Coilovers

[wongkingfai]

 

[Tony_YYZ]

Looks great! I'd consider the MPP comforts if I didn't live in an area that experiences snowy winters.

 

[2018M3]

Nice wrap!

 

[pandam3]

1 inch looks just right

 

[omar]

Looks perfect. How's the ride compared to the old springs? What's your build date?

 

[FloridaGary]

This is around a $1800-$2k upgrade. How much better can it be than the cost of lowering springs from Unplugged Performance?

 

[Luudcrs]

This is around a $1800-$2k upgrade. How much better can it be than the cost of lowering springs from Unplugged Performance?

PLUS installation!

 

[WillisW555]

This is around a $1800-$2k upgrade. How much better can it be than the cost of lowering springs from Unplugged Performance?

It really depends how you'd use the car. For pure aesthetics, lowering springs are probably adequate. Although, you'll need to figure out how much shorter the damper/shocks life will be on shorter springs.

I had a Subaru STI that I put coilovers on and then aligned and corner balanced. It handled like a dream after that. It would rotate and the understeer was gone.

 

[superbaka]

But how does it ride????

 

[Rottenapplr]

Wow. If I didn’t want the hassle of having a lowered car, I’d dropped it for sure.

 

[rlb4]

Looks perfect. It just needs some spacers to push out the wheels now. How does it ride compared to stock?

 

[skrtskrt]

Looks great! I'd consider the MPP comforts if I didn't live in an area that experiences snowy winters.

Whats wrong with them in the winter? You can adjust height if you’re worried about clearance

 

[Tony_YYZ]

Whats wrong with them in the winter? You can adjust height if you’re worried about clearance

The comforts are the ones I'd be interested in but they aren't made out of the same stainless materials like the standard coilovers are. So there would be a lot of corrosion happening due to my snowy climate.

 

[ChargedSociety]

Whats wrong with them in the winter? You can adjust height if you’re worried about clearance

You'd also likely want to get an alignment every time you adjusted the height of the coil-over by any large margin.

 

[tracksyde]

The Comfort coilover bodies are zinc plated though. Whether they are as corrosion resistant as the stainless bodies, no idea. But the zinc plating is there for corrosion resistance. I'd wager its a better combo than the stock painted strut and shock bodies though.

 

[MountainPass]

Awesome, hope you're enjoying them!

 

[skrtskrt]

You'd also likely want to get an alignment every time you adjusted the height of the coil-over by any large margin.

By a large margin, how much is that?

Can you comment on this @MountainPass ?

 

[MountainPass]

By a large margin, how much is that?

Can you comment on this @MountainPass ?

A few turns won't be an issue, but a large height adjustment will affect camber angles, which in turn affect toe angles. It isn't really scientific but I'd say half an inch would be the limit of how much I'd change the height without doing an alignment. - Jesse

 

[skrtskrt]

A few turns won't be an issue, but a large height adjustment will affect camber angles, which in turn affect toe angles. It isn't really scientific but I'd say half an inch would be the limit of how much I'd change the height without doing an alignment. - Jesse

Gotcha. I'm curious because I'm new to how this all works, does changing the height effects the rides and handling as a whole? Because I saw somewhere on the forum that you can adjust the height but it's completely different then the comfort or firm setting you click it at.

 

[MountainPass]

Gotcha. I'm curious because I'm new to how this all works, does changing the height effects the rides and handling as a whole? Because I saw somewhere on the forum that you can adjust the height but it's completely different then the comfort or firm setting you click it at.

The height won't affect the ride quality unless you are at the extremes. If the car is super low, you will have less travel until the bump stop engages to prevent the car from hitting the ground. The Sports dampers are 2 way adjustable on the bodies themselves.