Vendor Wednesday March 21 Evening Meetup - SF Bay Area

[MrsSchmorgan]

I have the Model 3 back from Tesla brake work and I am planning on attending tonight. I have a late work meeting, so might be there around 6:30pm-7pm.

@mattcrowley that's great news! Can't wait to hear how they handled the replacement. I've been doing some personal research to buy a spare pair of pads, with no luck so far. See you tonight!

 

[mattcrowley]

I took a ride in the modified Model 3 with Mountain Pass Performance (MPP) prototype coilovers and...they feel great! The ride is compliant and a tad bit softer on the first hit compared to the stock suspension. The ride height is adjustable, and the Mountain Pass Performance team had it lowered about 2" (5 cm). The stance looked great!

We took the Model 3 easy on the drive, since it was night and a slight rain was falling. We went on a curvy drive (Hwy 84, La Honda Dr.) through the Woodside mountains near Alice's Restaurant (map). The car did a great job on rebounding off deep potholes and large bumps in the road. The wheels felt planted to the road as the suspension softened and eased the ride quality tremendously.

I would love take these new suspension mods on the track. Can't wait for production version. I think the rebound effect I was feeling in the lowered Unplugged Performance springs during the track day (track video, forum post, brake video) would be removed dramatically with this suspension from MPP.

 

[SMAlset]

Thanks for the update Matt. Have been checking back on this thread to see how the meet up went with MountainPass and others that attended. Any photos anyone has to share? How was the food?

 

[gilscales]

I was really looking forward to more reviews from people who went on test rides, thanks @mattcrowley for yours, while I'm still waiting on my 3 (configured 2/22) I pretty sure I'm going to want these just wanted to hear from others on how they felt the ride/comfort was compared to stock

 

[MountainPass]

Thanks guys! If there continues to be some demand we can make a batch of comfort valved coilovers with lower springs rates on our first order. If anyone is interested in that, please email us at [email protected]

I am in the process of finalizing the production specs of our coilovers and will update as soon as I have a timeline, but we are taking pre-orders now!

 

[MountainPass]

Here is a video from our California trip that has some footage from the meet in it as well. Thanks to everyone for coming and for providing feedback on our dampers!

Mountain Pass Performance Tesla Model 3 Coilover Development - YouTube

• MountainPass
• Apr 2, 2018

We've been designing our Tesla Model 3 coilovers and suspension arms for some time, and here we...

 

[dhu1]

I took a ride in the modified Model 3 with Mountain Pass Performance (MPP) prototype coilovers and...they feel great! The ride is compliant and a tad bit softer on the first hit compared to the stock suspension. The ride height is adjustable, and the Mountain Pass Performance team had it lowered about 2" (5 cm). The stance looked great!

We took the Model 3 easy on the drive, since it was night and a slight rain was falling. We went on a curvy drive (Hwy 84, La Honda Dr.) through the Woodside mountains near Alice's Restaurant (map). The car did a great job on rebounding off deep potholes and large bumps in the road. The wheels felt planted to the road as the suspension softened and eased the ride quality tremendously.

I would love take these new suspension mods on the track. Can't wait for production version. I think the rebound effect I was feeling in the lowered Unplugged Performance springs during the track day (track video, forum post, brake video) would be removed dramatically with this suspension from MPP.
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Matt. Did you ever swap over to these from the Unplugged springs? I have the unplugged springs and the ride is still pretty harsh. Wondering how the production versions feel.