[ZPD]

I installed MCS coilovers several weeks ago and thought I would share this with everyone. A special thanks to BimmerWorld for helping me out and specing the system. They are great to work with and have good advice for setup depending on the tracks you drive. Going coilover is significantly more expensive than the typical HAS system but is miles better. The performance is unreal. This rides on rails without shuddering or bouncing going through corners. It is just planted.
Couple of notes:
* I got the EDC errors coded out so no more annoying messages.
* The gap on the front is shown with 305 tires
* I am pretty sure that the sensor mounted to the front struts measures the speed of the stock strut's motion and is part of the EDC system and is no longer needed. I removed the rear sensors and there are no problems.

[Biglife]

Whoa this is badass! Can't wait to hear your feedback after some spirited track driving. Thanks for sharing. What are you into this setup for?

[WhiteRqbbit]

These are def on my "to-buy" list.

[ZPD]

Originally Posted by Biglife

Whoa this is badass! Can't wait to hear your feedback after some spirited track driving. Thanks for sharing. What are you into this setup for?

It is definitely not cheap. MCS dampers with remote reservoirs are a little north of $7K alone. Add in camber plates, springs, helper springs, shims, adapters, swaybar links etc and that is another $2K.
The good news for people looking at doing this in the future, myself and another user were guinea pigs for MCS on G87's with BimmerWorld. A lot was learned and BimmerWorld adopted these lessons into their recommendations.
Coilovers without remote reservoirs are less expensive but it can be a challenge to reach the knobs.

[Biglife]

ZPD you animal, you. And it's tuned with a bunch of other goodies. Can't wait to hear how this performs at the track. Are you going to Eagles Canyon anytime soon? Post photos of the exterior pls!

[ZPD]

Originally Posted by Biglife

ZPD you animal, you. And it's tuned with a bunch of other goodies. Can't wait to hear how this performs at the track. Are you going to Eagles Canyon anytime soon? Post photos of the exterior pls!

Heading to ECR this Saturday!

[Biglife]

ZPD darn I'm out of town. Keep us posted. Take a vid! Pumped to hear how it does.

[Biglife]

ZPD how'd it go at ECR??

[ZPD]

Originally Posted by Biglife

ZPD how'd it go at ECR??

It went really good. It was freezing and windy, making for some cold tire temps and some slick track. This car is a beast; I was passing C8's and GT4's.

side note- ECR has 2 Brooklyn Grey G87's that they are turning into track cars. They were up on lifts so I didn't get a good look at what mods they are doing. There was a 3rd one parked by one of the garages but I don't know if it was owned by ECR or belonged to a member. I will post some pics later.

[Andy Kaos]

We are running KW V5 setup, and cant get enough negative camber, what sort of camber did you get?

[ZPD]

Originally Posted by Andy Kaos

We are running KW V5 setup, and cant get enough negative camber, what sort of camber did you get?

There's -3 degrees right now but there is room for a bit more.

[LeggoRacing]

Wow, the set up looks perfect. Hows the car feel so far?

[ZPD]

Originally Posted by LeggoRacing

Wow, the set up looks perfect. Hows the car feel so far?

Freaking amazing! I am going to go full SPL in a few weeks.

Is this Scott?

[LeggoRacing]

Excellent. Ding ding ding. Yep ha. If you bring it down to SPL let me know. Turner is a close friend

Originally Posted by ZPD

Freaking amazing! I am going to go full SPL in a few weeks.

Is this Scott?

[ZPD]

Originally Posted by LeggoRacing

Excellent. Ding ding ding. Yep ha. If you bring it down to SPL let me know. Turner is a close friend

Yep, I am leaving my car with him for a week. TBH, I am kinda nervous- I have never had anybody work on my cars except for A/C and tires. I have always done my own work. Everything from engine rebuilds, to supercharger installs, to setting up differential gears and suspension. The problem is that after installing SPL stuff I will need an alignment and the closest place that I have found to do an alignment for this kind of situation is ~70 miles away and that is way too far to be driving with the screwed-up alignment that I will have after install of all the links. I trust Turner and SPL, it will just be new territory for me to have someone else work on my car.

[LeggoRacing]

Ah wow, yeah that’s a bit of a hike for a competent alignment. Yeah turner should do a good job. He’s done my last 3 cars no real drama. Just be very clear on what specs you want. He already said he wont work on my car after doing Jackie’s lol. A lot more work work than most cars
Are you doing the full suite of parts or just a handful?

Originally Posted by ZPD

Yep, I am leaving my car with him for a week. TBH, I am kinda nervous- I have never had anybody work on my cars except for A/C and tires. I have always done my own work. Everything from engine rebuilds, to supercharger installs, to setting up differential gears and suspension. The problem is that after installing SPL stuff I will need an alignment and the closest place that I have found to do an alignment for this kind of situation is ~70 miles away and that is way too far to be driving with the screwed-up alignment that I will have after install of all the links. I trust Turner and SPL, it will just be new territory for me to have someone else work on my car.

[ZPD]

Originally Posted by LeggoRacing

Ah wow, yeah that’s a bit of a hike for a competent alignment. Yeah turner should do a good job. He’s done my last 3 cars no real drama. Just be very clear on what specs you want. He already said he wont work on my car after doing Jackie’s lol. A lot more work work than most cars
Are you doing the full suite of parts or just a handful?

Full suite.
Ya on the G87 there's a bolt in the rear that you can't get off unless you drop the subframe. Bimmerworld cut the head off and tapped it out when they did a Full SPL on Louie's car which is probably a better solution than dropping the subframe.

[FAN460]

Really tempting to go this route. Do you think the MCS 3 way will be overkill for a dual purpose car that probably will do 6 or so track days per year? What is the ride quality on the street? I talked with BW, and they recommend changing the rear upper arm for clearance if you ever run it to that with stock arms.

[ZPD]

Originally Posted by FAN460

Really tempting to go this route. Do you think the MCS 3 way will be overkill for a dual purpose car that probably will do 6 or so track days per year? What is the ride quality on the street? I talked with BW, and they recommend changing the rear upper arm for clearance if you ever run it to that with stock arms.

yep it would be overkill for dual purpose car. The Ohlin's R&T would be a better option if it is a daily driver that you track every once in a while. 90% of my miles are either on the track or to and from the track.

BTW, I changed my arms out and I noticed that my upper rear arm was hitting the sway bar when I would hit full compression. I shortened my swaybar links as far as I could. Not sure if it will make a difference but I will keep an eye on it.

[Montaver]

Originally Posted by ZPD

yep it would be overkill for dual purpose car. The Ohlin's R&T would be a better option if it is a daily driver that you track every once in a while. 90% of my miles are either on the track or to and from the track.

BTW, I changed my arms out and I noticed that my upper rear arm was hitting the sway bar when I would hit full compression. I shortened my swaybar links as far as I could. Not sure if it will make a difference but I will keep an eye on it.

Great thread, thanks for sharing. How lowered were you when they started hitting? Was that with the extra bimmerworld packers?

[ZPD]

Originally Posted by Montaver

Great thread, thanks for sharing. How lowered were you when they started hitting? Was that with the extra bimmerworld packers?

I am not too sure how lowered I am but the distance between the ground and the rocker panel in front of the rear tire is about 19.5".

What are the bimmerworld packers you are talking about?

[Montaver]

Originally Posted by ZPD

I am not too sure how lowered I am but the distance between the ground and the rocker panel in front of the rear tire is about 19.5".

What are the bimmerworld packers you are talking about?

They made a video on their G82, where the rear upper arm was contacting the chassis under heavy compression as a result of lowering. They added some bump stop options to help with this.