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Been running my BC RM's for about a year now. Good mix of daily, hills, track, and motorkhana.

Love 'em. They haven't missed a beat. I'd almost go as far as saying they're better than the Cuscos they replaced.

Have had the BR's in the car for a few weeks now and so far so good. Stiffer than my old hks's, so you feel the road a bit more which you get used to if you've had coilovers before. I've yet to test them on a track to see how they perform, cant wait. :thumbsup:

  • 3 months later...

just got a set of the BR's for my r33gtst. Quality/finish of them looks good. I was EXTREMELY sceptical of the 8/6 spring rate, as the tein superstreets in my ST185 Celica were rated much softer (can't remember exact rates, they are on tein site somewhere) and are stiff as hell, but I dunno, maybe BC use a different way of measuring their 8/6 rate lol, cause they definitely aren't harsh. I would put the feel of them about 20% stiffer than the stock suspension I had, with the damper adjustment 7 clicks from full softness on the BC's. So I've found them definitely streetable. Was going to get 6/4 spring rate but was cautioned against it by salesperson, and glad I didn't, would have been too soft.

It depends on the suspension design of each car as to what spring rates will work, you cant compare different spring rates on different cars...

just got a set of the BR's for my r33gtst. Quality/finish of them looks good. I was EXTREMELY sceptical of the 8/6 spring rate, as the tein superstreets in my ST185 Celica were rated much softer (can't remember exact rates, they are on tein site somewhere) and are stiff as hell, but I dunno, maybe BC use a different way of measuring their 8/6 rate lol, cause they definitely aren't harsh. I would put the feel of them about 20% stiffer than the stock suspension I had, with the damper adjustment 7 clicks from full softness on the BC's. So I've found them definitely streetable. Was going to get 6/4 spring rate but was cautioned against it by salesperson, and glad I didn't, would have been too soft.

  • 1 month later...

I've been running the BR series in my r33 gts-t for 12 months now. Done about 15,000km of city/ country road driving.

The justjap guy said the difference between the BR and the V1 (cheaper one) was a bigger diameter damper, he said if you were gonna track then a bigger volume shock wouldn't heat up as quick. That and the fancy gold instead of red. :-)

Had no dramas, they are pretty stiff springs but the damping adjustment range is huge. I tend to go between 10-15 depending on where i'm driving. Haven't gone below 20 as it rolls around too much for my liking.

Mine did start to squeak/ creak at the front but it's normal to go back and re-tighten new suspension anyway after a while.

I tightened the lower lockring (which hadn't budged, got maybe 1/16th of a turn in) and did the same for the upper 2 lockrings. (got maybe 1/4 turn in). Also tightened top mounts too and all noise disappeared. So if anyone else having noise issues get in there with spanners and make sure everything is tight!

im thinking of geting a set of BC BR coilovers for my r32 gtr, would the standard 8kg/6kg spring rates be way too harsh for sydney roads? would the dampening on softest setting be ok for daily driving then turned to stiffer for mountain runs etc? or should i opt for 6kg/4kg spring rates?

im currently running nismo s-tune coilovers, damper adjustable but not height adjustable, i want to lower the car abit more so these need to go soon....

any info of spring rates/damper settings and how it rides on normal roads would be great !

thanks

thanks

i think the nismo coilovers i have now are about 6/4 spring rates and i run them max stiff on the damper adjustments (only has 4 way adjustments) and thats fine for sydney roads lol

might go with the 8/6 rates and just fine tune the damper settings :)

dont run your V1's at lowest dampening. i thought this too as it would be softer, but they bounce thru the wayward stupid roads too much that way. i found stiffening the dampers actually made for a much nicer ride, 10 at the front 8 at the rear (from zero) they are a little more harsh on sudden hits and pot holes, but they arent to hard to avoid if your watching the road.

  • 2 weeks later...

I've been running the BR series in my r33 gts-t for 12 months now. Done about 15,000km of city/ country road driving.

The justjap guy said the difference between the BR and the V1 (cheaper one) was a bigger diameter damper, he said if you were gonna track then a bigger volume shock wouldn't heat up as quick. That and the fancy gold instead of red. :-)

Had no dramas, they are pretty stiff springs but the damping adjustment range is huge. I tend to go between 10-15 depending on where i'm driving. Haven't gone below 20 as it rolls around too much for my liking.

Mine did start to squeak/ creak at the front but it's normal to go back and re-tighten new suspension anyway after a while.

I tightened the lower lockring (which hadn't budged, got maybe 1/16th of a turn in) and did the same for the upper 2 lockrings. (got maybe 1/4 turn in). Also tightened top mounts too and all noise disappeared. So if anyone else having noise issues get in there with spanners and make sure everything is tight!

Hay mate could you provide me the contact to the guy that said that ^ or just ask for me - if the V1s give you more coilover to rim clearance over the bigger piston BRs...

Or if they have slightly different mounting mounts, so effectively the clearance is the same even though the diameters are different.

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