What shocks for a 2006 Sport NC?

[Smollet]

As the title says I'm looking to replace my shock absorbers as the car is starting to feel a bit spongey. Any suggestions on what to get without having to re mortgage my house?

[shindha]

I have Miester's on my car and can recommend them not the cheapest nor the dearest, I would say about mid-market. Performance is good, adjust them for track road to suit your driving style and you will have a really good handling car.

[SmilerFTM]

Most people including myself go for the MeisterR's. I got the Zeta S version but I think they do an updated version now CRD or something.
More expensive then go for the Ohlins which Blink sell very reasonably. Other people go for the BBR coilovers setup which has Koni dampers and BBR springs and some people prefer those for the road over the MeisterR's but to be honest I think you'd be happy with any, especially over standard

[Darryl247W]

MeisterR CRD here too on our 2007 Sport NC PRHT. Much better control of roll and dive/squat and much more confident in the twisties. Also height adjustable as the NC1 ride height is shocking.

[Gandahar]

How much do MeisterR's affect the ride quality?

Edited by Gandahar on Tuesday 4th October 12:21

[Darryl247W]

Ride-wise, the springs are reasonably firm, so over patchy surfaces they can be a bit drummy, and I'd say there's certainly more road noise transmitted. I'll qualify that by saying I'm using a 9 year old MX-5 with lowered, aftermarket suspension for 300 miles of commuting a week. I'm probably being wussy about it as my shoulder's been bugging me from hunching over the keyboard at work, making after-market suspension more noticeable.

Handling and road-holding-wise, I found the stock Bilstein setup wallowy and pitchy over gentle stuff, then crashy when you hit a bump. I could literally feel the oscillations while it recovered from a bump. Hit a bump in a straight line it would dart around. Hit a bump in the corner, the car would jiggle sideways. The car constantly felt like it was on tip-toes.

The MeisterR's make the car feel hunkered-down into the corner. It goes where I point it now, doesn't change attitude over a big bump, so easily carries more speed. All that with a slight height correction thrown in, and mine is not slammed. It flashes the DSC light more often now as all the energy went into rolling and pitching before

It's worth reading the likes of Mx5nutz forum for opinions too. I went for these as the internet consensus suggested these are the best combo of quality/performance/price for the road.

Edited by Darryl247W on Tuesday 4th October 20:15

[Smollet]

Thanks for the suggestion so far. I like the look of the Meisters but at £700+ each they are a bit more than I was budgeting ffor unless I've read ithe website catalogue wrong.

[Darryl247W]

For about £750, they'll give you 4 for the price of 1.
£750 for a set, man

[mizx]

Yes that is for four

I have no experience of Meister, so can only recommend what I have on mine, these are the same price too.

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/performance/coilover...

I'd describe them similarly to the other posts in here, they are reasonably stiff (7kg/5kg) but ride really well once you get the damping dialed in just right. They have 16 levels, and I think I have the back end about or just over half and the front a few more turns. When I first had them the rear felt like it wasn't compressing into and rebounding out of dips well, but now I took it back a few turns it's just about perfect.

[Smollet]

Darryl247W said:

For about £750, they'll give you 4 for the price of 1.
£750 for a set, man

Ta. Buy one get three free. I did think it was a bit toppish.