7 replies to this topic

[CooperSport99]

Hi, had my 99' cooper sportspack for about 2 months now, and im starting to get some stuff done to it! Im thinking the dampers are still the origionals but im looking to get some slightly better ones to help be go round bouncy corners, instead of throw me off the road! hahah
Id love to hear people's views on a set of Hi-Lo's too!
any opinions would be great!

[Artful Dodger]

Lower on hi lo's, with good dampers, Gaz, spax or others

Can't beat a lowered mini!!

[mini-luke]

Lower on hi lo's, with good dampers, Gaz, spax or others

Can't beat a lowered mini!!

You can beat a lowered mini, lowering it reduces suspension travel and thus road holding on a bumpy surface, exactly what the OP was seeking to improve.

[iancook221188]

what else do you need to consider if you are going to run high lows, im in the same boat as cooperspoet99. is there any kit you could suggest

[Ruckus]

I put this kit on my 2001 and its handles like another (much better) car.
http://www.minisport...fo_SUSKIT8.html

All the manually adjustable shocks and all well and good but unless you are a specialist suspension guy how to you know what to adjust them to?

And if you lower only do it a little.

[bcjames]

I have the minispares version of what ruckus has, and I really like it. It seems to work very well on my daily, standard ride height mini without costing a fortune. I added some other suspension bits to set the geometry with the money I saved on not getting adjustable shocks.

[jamesmpi]

I've just fitted kyb gas adjust but not driven it yet. Lol if you have a sportspack you should have Koni dampers I think which work quite well. Kyb are the next level up without going hardcore like Spax etc

I haven't got a sportspack so I had the really really cheap dampers. When I took them off you could compress them and they would stay compressed.....think they were knackered. Hopefully I will notice a big difference with my new one

[TA2DMAC]

Hi-Los
New Shocks
Knuckles and Knuckle cups
Adjustable Tie rods and new ball joints
New dampers and bumpstops

a good start