What are people's thoughts on having Sport Suspension chosen as an option on a new factory built car? Does anyone have an R56 Cooper with this option?
Cheers
Andrew
What are people's thoughts on having Sport Suspension chosen as an option on a new factory built car? Does anyone have an R56 Cooper with this option?
Cheers
Andrew
I certainly wouldnt want it. The JCW is hard enough without adding the harder set up.
Hiya - I had the Sport Plus Suspension on my second R53 'S' and oh my god it hard as hell!!
Very hard suspension and with runflats to boot made for a very firm ride although its just another way to make the MINI like a go-kart IMHO
Loved it but would suggest having super soft seats (preferably the Recarros) to minimise back pain and ar*e pain when going over bumps in the road!! The guy that had the car before me had upgraded the suspension but had kept the standard leather seats and so the full force of the bumps on the road (at speed) was a real hard hit
Andrew our JCW has sport suspension on the spec sheet so i would imagine it would be same?
From Factory JCW to Audi TT Quattro - Might be back one day!
can i ask how can u tell if the suspension is the sport one or not?
cause mine is a r53 mcs second hand but my sister says that mine's is more bumpy than her friend's r53 mcs
thanks
Alex
Guess who I just bumped into in JC's Andrew ?
The sport suspension on the R56 is a lot softer compared to the sport suspension plus on the R53/R50, its firmer but not massively so
I've got sports suspension on my Cooper. Makes the ride a little firmer but better in my opinion.
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I have the sport's suspension on my JCW and it's fine,also has sticker on strut ,so you can see if a car has it fitted.
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What he said. /\/\/\/\Originally Posted by The Dogfather
'scuse the wording but..... Lenore and I like a good hard ride....... and we had Sport Suspension in our R53 and also specced it in the R56. R56 was very soft compared to the R53. It has actually tightened up a bit as time went on - go figure
. Putting 18 wheels on helped get the ride more firm.
A.
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