The feel of a mini
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I was watchig one Drive past today and it looked like a extremely bumpy ride!!


is this the same fo all mini coopers or did it perhaps have REALLY bad shocks an suspension?


Spose what else should i expect, they are about 1inch off the ground lol!

"998cc black mini studio 2"my first second car!

dont worry after a while you learn all the pot holes and things and automatically avoid them

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Lol.. thanks haha

that your mini in the picture there

"998cc black mini studio 2"my first second car!

the sports pack minis are so smooth a great drive in standard form

mines like riding on a shovel

i wouldnt say mines any worse that a clio sport

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

HAha, wicked way of puttin it lmao!!!

"998cc black mini studio 2"my first second car!

They can be a really comfortable drive and they can be stiff enough to shake your teeth out.

If you change the doughnuts regualrly (5 years or less), don't have it too low and use road biased shocks like the KYB gas-adjust then it'll drive like a majic carpet. If you use old stiff cones, Spax short shocks and get it sitting on it's bump stops it'll have all your teeth on the carpet before you leave the drive way!!!

It all depends what you want.

For my better halfs cars it's getting KYBs, new doughnuts and a good fwe inches of travel.

My car is on coil overs with silly springs because It's a track biased road car.

My turbo ran less travel than ant's winky, AVO's (never, ever again) for shocks and some of the first doughnut replacement springs (harsh). Will run Coil overs when she is reborn though.

Pay's your money and take's your choice.

What do you want the car to be, daily driver or track weapon?????

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

Well i will be more of a daily driver lol, but minis look sick when lowered....and so i can show off haha

anyway thanks for the replys, my view is much clearer now!!!

"998cc black mini studio 2"my first second car!

Roger has it spot on really. For my daily driver I use the KYBs, and they are a fantastic compromise. My car is pretty low too, as low as you'd want on a road car anyway.

The hillclimber on the other hand is stiff as a board.

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

Yep, I agree with roger too,

I have also heard that the cones on the sportspacks deteriorate quite quick, ie real smoothe when new but after only a couple of years they get real hard.

thats just hearsay though and may not be true... Anyone?

passengers hate my car as its bumpy but iv got used to it! lol
and i think it helps that you have a steering wheel to hold on to! lol
i have gaz adjustables set up for quick cornering and rondabouts!!

My build thread..

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=542985

Mine is really hard on Gaz adjustables, lowered on hi-lows, with poly bushes all round and solid mounted subframes.

To say that it's a bit hard for road use would be an understatement. The back feels like there is no suspension at all!

But my neighbors Sportspack is very comfortable in it's standard form.

Saying that, The last go-kart that I was in seemed soft compared with my mini!

In the 13's at last!.. Just

LOL

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...