Begbie, are you still waiting to send these bits off to Apex ? I've got a spare few days next week if you want me to sort them ?

Jimbo, I am still waiting. Got everything sat in the garage, just need to get it boxed up, print the email conversation i had with them off and get it sent to them

Dare I ask if their is an update?

Nope I need a coupe first

I'm interested looking for a set right now

Sorry if it's OT, but I can't seem to find any comments on D2 coilovers... my suspension upgrade options (here in Croatia) are:
springs+dampers
Bilstein+Eibach £ 1.000
OsravKGA+Osrav springs £930
coilovers
KW variant1 (height adjustable) £720
KW variant2 (height+rebound adjustable) £980
D2 (height,damping&rebound adjustable) £790

I'm after modest ride height drop (max 2cm) and a bit better controlled handling. I have no experience with either of kits, and can't decide between D2 (good spec&cheap) and Osravs (well proven, apart the springs)...

Update?

I've noticed on MLR that a lot of those guys are less than satisfied with the quality of the BC kit.

Indeed. At less than a year old the BC's on my mates Evo popped both the pillowballs out of the top mounts on the Le Mans trip this year. Das ist nicht gut!

Nope, been meaning to get this sorted though. I'll see if i can get the ball rolling again on this one.

im itrested Begbie lets us know whats going on??
cheers

mikey

interesting .....

Well, before commiting any money to this, i need a car that's driveable i.e. mine, then i will get the standard shocks and springs sent over, might be a couple of months yet, then again, this thread is now quite old

i can find you some standard shocks and springs if you want alexis!

I already have them, maybe you need to re-read the thread

oh shut it!

this thread is so old i cant remember!!

We (me, Kev @ Apex Performance / BC Racing UK) Never got the OEM parts so the coilover kit was never made.

However we sourced the parts recently and are going ahead with the development. We expect to have the first test kit (we have a tester sorted) in the next 3-6 weeks and have it for sale in a couple of months.

It will be just the BR kit to start with, retailing at £699
http://www.bc-racing.co.uk/coilovers-series-br/

But we can look at the RM's and ER's after that if there is interest.

ER's - Would be a good choice Marco in his Time Attack car if he is still doing it

Hope you don't mind me bumping this old thread

Hi Kev

I can only apologise in never getting this to you in the first place, an unforeseen engine rebuild meant I didn't have the funds to get the kit to you / developed / use my car as a test mule.

Glad you managed to source something in the end

Kev, how much are you looking at for the RM kit?

I've always fancied the inverted damper but it's never been offered for the coupe.

Also, how durable are the top mount bearings, they can get quite noisy on a road car in no time at all?

RM kit I would guess would be the same price as the other RM kits which is around £850, and it would be the kit I would want too.

RM's would be inverted front only so would be £799 I would imagine.

Topmount bearings are very durable, but also available as a spare for £25.

Thanks, that's a reasonable price.

Rear dampers I take it are adjustable at the bottom of the damper unlike the Koni or OSRAV?

The dampers are adjustable, without seeing where the upper and lower mounting points are I cannot say where the damper adjuster will be.

We are well on with the development so I can ask the factory.

We do need to get the front camber plate in the correct alignment and I cannot find a good engine bay picture showing the relationship between topmount orientation and wheel direction.

Can somebody take a picture of the topmount in the engine bay that we can get this orientation from

eg



rather than this one that I found on one of your picture threads....

whereabouts are you i can come in on my travels if you are on route at some point..i could ring first as i am interested

does this help?



as you can see there D2, but im looking for standard set up now mate!

Well, I've found a photo of the BC BR Kit

That looks like the adjuster for the rear damper is on the top mounting - can they be run inverted?

No idea Nigel, just found the photo on a blog