R26 Lowering springs r26

Honestly the only reason why I am considering them is because my R26 was garaged its whole life and never driven in the winter so consequently it looks like a new car underneath except bizarrely for the original Eibach springs which have gone all rusty and look well out of place. Even the shocks still look pretty fresh.

Do you feel the car needs it? I drove mine on track for the first time a little while back and really didn't feel the suspension is wanting, its an incredibly good balance of track and road usability they engineered for this car. Brakes OTOH are another issue and stock pads IMHE just not remotely suitable for track work.

 

I've got cooksports cannot fault them.

 

I did my first track day in my r26 stock apart from the brakes (ds1.11) and as capable as it was it did feel a little soft in a few places at Donington

I now run bc coilovers, I do a lot of trackdays now so can warrant them but when the dampening is turned down its actually less crashy then the r26 stock

 

Yeah Steve said the same of his ASTs which is interesting. The Cooksports interest me because there is one area where the stock setup is a little dodgy, the setup the RS guys went for is very neutral, you can really nail it out of corners like a good RWD car, you can also turn it in with a touch of gentle trail braking and get the car nicely loose to counter the understeer when you pile on the loud peddle again. I find all this enormous fun to drive, but for one thing. The stiff rear end can make the car proper scary in some situations, Church at Thruxton for example has an off camber slight bump on the way into what is the fastest corner in the country. After getting the back end out at 100+ mph in that corner I decided to just not bother going into it quick and instead braked the car in a straight line such that I could drive right through it on plenty of throttle. It was the only corner at Thruxton where I felt I was outside the speed of the top 1/2 dozen cars or so, and way down on Calum Lockie who was only a handful of mph quicker through the half dozen corners before that one but probably 15 mph or so quicker than me in the Megane in that corner. A relatively stiffer lower front end would in theory improve the stability of the car without ruining the lovely handling balance, its a risk though as for me 70% of the enjoyment of this car is the fantastically adjustable handling balance.

 

I got a good deal on my BC's but was sworn to secrecy but mick at diamond seems quite competitve