Hey everyone. I just had a great experience with European Auto Source doing the install of a bunch of parts from Mountain Pass. I am no way affliated with the company, I just had a stellar experience, and they provided me with these awesome photos from the install. Entire install took about 3-4 hours. I found them through Mountain Pass' website as an authorized installer, and found they were nearby to me.
I give the install quality and company as a whole a 10/10, if you're looking to get a suspension install done on your Model Y in SoCal I can't recommend this shop highly enough.
-MountainPass Performance - Comfort Adjustable Coilovers
-MountainPass Performance - Arastradero Rear Camber Arms
-MountainPass Performance – Cyber Rear Traction Arms
-MountainPass Performance - Solid Front Lower Control Arm Bearings
A quick review before I dump the photos. I have only driven about 15 miles as I had a friend drive the car home while I drove my ICE car with a manual transmission, so I didn't get to feel the before and after. But they said after the drive there and the drive back, back to back, the difference was extremely dramatic. The 15 miles or so I drove, I would agree, and I consider myself to be much more attuned to changes in a car's handling dynamics as I have owned many performance cars, and modified them, tracked them, etc.
For sure over imperfect road surfaces the coilovers soak up a lot of the imperfections and turn them into little blips, where on the stock Model Y P suspension you could feel every imperfection enter the cabin and into your body. Over major imperfections, the "bump" is much less pronounced, and lasts far shorter. It's a bump, and then it's over, and the car returns to full composure.
I have yet to drive the car hard through corners, or even put commuting miles on it, so I'll report back on steering wheel from the spherical front bushings to see if steering feel has been improved, and the rear suspension gear to see if acceleration steering consistency has improved as Mountain Pass claims.
Will need at least a week of driving before it's time for an alignment, which I will need as I did drop the car by 1.25" per the owner of European Auto Source's recommendation, and I think it looks fantastic with that drop on the 19" wheels. I'd say for sure the car will be a bit more aerodyanic on the freeway, but I've really lost next to no useable ground clearance.
I don't know exactly what compression and rebound settings they set the dampers to, but they set it to basically what Mountain Pass recommends on initial install, so I have plenty of room to play with for more stiff or more compliant, if I feel the need.
Anyway, onto the pics of these sexy components.
I give the install quality and company as a whole a 10/10, if you're looking to get a suspension install done on your Model Y in SoCal I can't recommend this shop highly enough.
-MountainPass Performance - Comfort Adjustable Coilovers
-MountainPass Performance - Arastradero Rear Camber Arms
-MountainPass Performance – Cyber Rear Traction Arms
-MountainPass Performance - Solid Front Lower Control Arm Bearings
A quick review before I dump the photos. I have only driven about 15 miles as I had a friend drive the car home while I drove my ICE car with a manual transmission, so I didn't get to feel the before and after. But they said after the drive there and the drive back, back to back, the difference was extremely dramatic. The 15 miles or so I drove, I would agree, and I consider myself to be much more attuned to changes in a car's handling dynamics as I have owned many performance cars, and modified them, tracked them, etc.
For sure over imperfect road surfaces the coilovers soak up a lot of the imperfections and turn them into little blips, where on the stock Model Y P suspension you could feel every imperfection enter the cabin and into your body. Over major imperfections, the "bump" is much less pronounced, and lasts far shorter. It's a bump, and then it's over, and the car returns to full composure.
I have yet to drive the car hard through corners, or even put commuting miles on it, so I'll report back on steering wheel from the spherical front bushings to see if steering feel has been improved, and the rear suspension gear to see if acceleration steering consistency has improved as Mountain Pass claims.
Will need at least a week of driving before it's time for an alignment, which I will need as I did drop the car by 1.25" per the owner of European Auto Source's recommendation, and I think it looks fantastic with that drop on the 19" wheels. I'd say for sure the car will be a bit more aerodyanic on the freeway, but I've really lost next to no useable ground clearance.
I don't know exactly what compression and rebound settings they set the dampers to, but they set it to basically what Mountain Pass recommends on initial install, so I have plenty of room to play with for more stiff or more compliant, if I feel the need.
Anyway, onto the pics of these sexy components.
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