BC Racing Coilover kit with Swift spring upgrade
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, 10-02-2013 at 10:22 PM (29953 Views)
Finally, the package from US has arrived.
It was already at my local depot at the end of last month but
due to miscommunication between UK Customs and Parcelforce,
I had to call them twice a day for a week to get the things sorted.
Initially, I thought about getting the BC standard coilover kit from
UK vendor and get the Swift spring from Japan because it’s a
Japanese company and I can get it with ease.
However, after some calculation,
it became clear that it would be cheaper even paying for the
delivery/tax to simply order the complete upgraded kit from US
unless the owners were happy to DIY swapping the
spring by themselves.
There is nothing wrong with the standard BC spring.
For street driving, there are several UK owners running the
standard BC kit with good feedback.
However, after talking with the owner and his objective,
we decided to go for the Swift upgrade.
There are lots of other coilover kits available on
the market and several years ago,
I was in discussion with one of the major suspension company to
develop a kit for our NSX.
For mainly street driving usage,
you need to put high priority on the future maintenance and
the ride quality.
Some of the expensive kit requires the maintenance
every one or two years especially if it is using the aluminium shell.
Big thank you goes to NSX Prime member ‘Honcho’ for
spending long time compiling the detailed review on this coilover kit.
http://www.nsxprime.com/forum/showthread.php/159029-BC-Racing-Coilovers-Comprehensive-Review
I exchanged several information with him and although I had
several contacts in US,
I placed the order to Tristan at Circuit Motorsports in
Florida based on his recommendation.
http://www.circuitmotorsports.net/
As this was the first time buying anything from
Circuit Motorsports and also being as an international customer,
took long time but Tristan was kind enough to spend the extra time
for me sorting out this order.
The build quality is very good considering the affordable price.
Each damper tested and then matched between R and L.
30 adjustable damping rate.
For some reason, reasonably priced kit always
comes with 10s of adjustable damping positions........
Pillowball top mount.
Unlike some of the aftermarket kit,
it comes with brake hose mounting bracket for the front.
It will take more time to remove the OEM coilover than
installing the aftermarket rideheight adjustable kit
Will be installing the kit from this week.
Kaz