How long before we get some decent dampers

Ford just cant win can they? theres truth in the saying ” you can please some of the people some of the time but not all the people all of the time” IF ford had made the std damper setting softer for you old softies, then you can bet your bottom dollar all the reviews and forums would be saying ” yeah well, its too soft in std damper setting for spirited driving on the road and the car pitches and rolls like an old Renault,the turn-in response is slow unlike a Golf Or TypeR , and the track setting is too hard for the road”  Its all about compromise, and to me they have it right. Its a heavy car and needs to be held up on stiff dampers and springs or it will roll the sidewalls off the tyres in no time. A few years and a few miles under its belt and I bet the dampers and suspension generally will loosen up a bit. I’m sure mine looks lower all round now than it did with 7 miles on the clock. Go ahead put your soft dampers and springs in, just don’t go and do a track day afterwards though as you will be kicking yourself as you end up with a rolly polly floaty boat. Why not deflate your tyres to 36F and 32 R for a softer ride? Mines lovely with 38F and 36R. I even tried hard damper mode down the M3 and thoroughly enjoyed it!

No nothing.

No Mods. No rockers. Just a chunky knob, thats now been replaced by an RS knob innit.

No tackiness.

Std as Ford intended, but with a space saver wheel and jack and nuts and wheel brace. oh.. and flaps, a man has got to have flaps.

Innit?

Bilstein will come out with a set but they are quite slow but I think it will be worth it.

I drive a lot of B-roads and the suspension could definitely do with a ‘softer’ setting. There are a few other kits on the market; Litchfield, Whiteline, JRZ. I think a good quality set will cost £2000+

I’m still waiting for a set that doesnt lower the car too much like almost all the existing coilovers do. Found Tractive suspension which seems to be what I’m looking for. They work with the DSC sport module. They must be very $$$$$$ though. The kit for the bmw m4 is around 4.000€.  Α cheaper alternative would be to buy the DSC module which is compatible with the oem suspension.

@ trakg.. probably cheaper to get a nice big square of sponge to sit on for more comfort!

No nothing.

No Mods. No rockers. Just a chunky knob, thats now been replaced by an RS knob innit.

No tackiness.

Std as Ford intended, but with a space saver wheel and jack and nuts and wheel brace. oh.. and flaps, a man has got to have flaps.

Innit?

@trakg

I’m concerned that you think coil overs lower the car two much, why ?

The idea of the coilover is to, well make more room for a big fat wheel and tyre. Then the coilover was born, once developed it’s infinitely adjustable in height poundage etc. So if you think it sits two low use two spring on each leg with for arguments sake a 400 & 500 lbs springs <span style=”-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);”>like this one</span>

Or use a short lifter spring like this one, either way with coil overs heights and adjustability are at your feet you just need to know what you want, before you start.

STANDARD OEM TYPE SPRINGS

These come in Minus 20mm Front & Back from H&R and Eibach, Minus 15mm F&R Mountune USA, another option Minus 10mm F and Minus 15mm R Mountune UK and I think Whiteline are Minus 25mm But can’t remember to be honest on that one.

So from just standard compatible springs you have plenty of choice on loss of height, from the minimum to a tad more than the minimum 🙂

RS Edition.

FPM375 Rocks

The rest of the “M” maps suck