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Originally Posted by Poochie
The Adaptive Suspension or EDC that BMW uses might be based on older and less effective system than the competition currently does but they been successfully implementing it for many years.
I have to believe if it wasn't efficient or didn't meet their high standards, BMW/GmBH engineers would of discontinued offering it a long time ago.
Instead, they ramped up its usage and made it standard in all future G Series M3/M4.
So it must be doing something right, they just enjoy wasting unnecessary resources or the few random members here with their magic 'coilovers' are more knowledgeable than the seasoned engineers that design these cars for a living.
Here's a video from 1997 utilizing the same system, so if it's not broken, why try to fix it.
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The benefits of coilcovers is adjustability that's why it's on the E92 GTS and the F80 GTS and it's also on the CS Racing.
Having ADs on the CS was probably not be the choice of engineers but from marketing. The engineers just have to do what they can with the directive given.
One cannot adjust ride height and corner balance with ADs and that is why many saw it as a downgrade on the CS which should be more track focus.
Added weight and cost is also a big factor.
A set of dampers would last around 30000 km if seen track regularly. That set of ADs on the CS won't last forever and please go and check how much is the listed price from your local dealers. Easily twice the amount of a set of good coilovers.
With coilovers one can rebuild which would lower the cost of replacement even further.
If you still have doubts about coilovers, go to your local racetrack and have a look at some of the fastest M3/M4 and see how many are on stock ADs.