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Originally Posted by PilotxERAU
Nice, I am doing this next after the Dinan coilover install. I also plan on the front ball joint kit and rear suspension kit, do you have these as well? Keep us posted on how the sway bars feel!
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I have the KW V3 coilovers that I'm installing alongside these.
My M2 is a street car that is never gonna see the track, just some twisty roads for fun, but I did heavily consider the ball joints and rear links anyway.
First one I knocked off the list was the rear links. They're expensive and I didn't think the cost was worth the benefits for my driving. I believe the biggest benefit is that you can adjust toe more easily with the dinan links, but you can do it with stock too, it's just harder because of the eccentric bolts used. That's what I read at least. I also read that the M2 stock links are designed how they are so that they get damaged in an accident, instead of the impact transferring to the differential and subframe and whatever else. I guess another reason that I decided against them is that I'm new to adjustable suspension and don't know what I'm doing. So, not only do I not know how toe affects the car, I doubt I will be able to tell if I need to adjust the toe.
I did end up researching how to adjust the coilovers and the swaybars, so I want to get a feel for doing that before anything else. My thoughts are against everyone else's I've seen on the forum (however external sites explaining how to adjust suspension is where I got these thoughts from) My thoughts are that I should keep the coilovers at factory dampening and adjust the swaybars first for the amount of oversteer/understeer, acceleration, etc that I want first. This way I can maintain ride quality and traction over bumps by softening the suspension. Instead of stiffening the suspension to compensate for something the swaybars can handle... What I've seen people on this forum say is the opposite. They say to adjust the coilovers first and use the swaybars for fine tuning. Anyway, yea, I don't know enough about all of it to warrant toe links yet.
The ball joints were in my shopping cart up until the last minute of placing the order. It's mainly because I want to feel the difference between them and stock, not because I think I need them. I saw some people complain of clunking noises while turning with them installed, which might've swayed me to not get them. Maybe I'll get them in the future, I don't know. I also haven't driven my M2 since Sept 2nd because it was in an accident, and still don't have it back yet, so I want some time to remember what stock feels like before upgrading too much.
I guess maybe I just have this stuff because I'm bored and need something to do and occupy my brain. So if I get bored of the current stuff, I might get the other stuff. Who knows.