Prior Experience:
I started off with UP moderate springs eventually switching over to the MPP coilovers. When I first purchased my car, I realized that I wanted to lower the wheel gap and hopefully get some improved handling. The Model Y Performance is a big car. Although it does handle fairly well from the factory, it wasn’t making me happy. I’ve been in the tuner car scene for years ranging from VWs, Honda’s, BMW’s, and Audi’s. I always either had spring and shock combos or coilovers. Well from my initial impressions with the springs, I realized that the stock shocks simply were not built to really handle just having springs. I drove across the country with the stock shock and spring combo and it couldn’t handle bumps and would hit the bump stops constantly. My wife also complained about how bouncy the car was.
Another issue I had with the springs was although I torqued them to spec, I would get a popping sound from the front strut mounts. I also would get clicking and tapping sounds coming from the rear as well. With the added bounciness of the car, I started having random creaks that were never there before.
MPP Comfort Coilover Experience:
I eventually decided to make the investment of purchasing the MPP comfort coilovers. I was comparing both MPP and Unplugged Performance. What I didn’t like about the UP coilovers is that I had no idea who makes them. With MPP, they are made by KW but to MPP specs. I have had KW coilovers in the past and have always had great experiences.
Installation was fairly straight forward. MPP provides instructions on their website and being able to adjust the coilovers on and off the car was very easy.
I had my coilovers set on the most conservative settings for dampening and rebound. Knowing that my car is a daily driver and I have to cart a wife around, it only made sense. Immediately, the car was way more comfortable than when I was on factory suspension and when I was on UP springs. With everything installed to spec, I noticed immediately that the random sounds I had when I was on springs disappeared as well.
I also tested the ride on some speed bumps and noticed that the coilovers would not bottom out either. High speed cornering was also vastly improved, even with the conservative suspension settings. My friend and I were smiling the entire way around high way on ramps and quick corners.
What I loved about these coilovers was the ability to go low. I have always driven low cars and in order to get the stance that I wanted, I set the coilover height almost maxing out the drop. Even with the low ride height, the car still was comfortable and rode very well.
Wife Review:
She much prefers the ride quality of the MPP over stock and when I had UP springs. On the conservative settings, it rides much smoother.
If you’re considering going either springs or coilovers, the MPP Comfort coilovers should really be at the top of your list. I learned the hard way of going cheap on lowering the car at first. Do it right the first time and get the proper set up.
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