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Trackdays start on 1st June, hence why I want suspension sorted

I bought these springs from BG motorsport who are close to me. They can also rebuild the shocks if needed, hence my choice. I notice Swift springs via Driftworks do someID65 5k springs with 225mm length (these are 200) which might have better but for now I thought I’d stick with Ohlins

@Church, Those Ohlins TTX do look good. You're right I don't want to spend £17k, I want something under £5k ideally. Also, the travel simply comes from a longer strut by the look of it. Such a shame there doesn't seem to be a coilover kit less than £5k that is designed to keep stock shock travel, even if I had to run them at stock ride height.

Thanks @Deacon, that's really useful feedback.. However, I'm not able to find GT86 / BRZ on the Moton product finder? https://motonsuspension.co.uk/product-finder Have they stopped making them? Seems the same for AST, I'm guessing Moton and AST are the same company by the look of their websites. I've also contacted Reiger to try and get some information as I know Toyota rally cars use them. I've used Nitron suspension in the past on a different car, who do stuff for the GT86, but again I don't want to be the first, I'd prefer to buy on real recommendation. Seeing as all coilovers discussed seem to have have shock travel issues then maybe it would be better to go for BRZ tS setup (where do I buy this?) or even some Cusco touring 40 way adjustable dampers on the stiffest stock springs (as per BRZ tS / B16's, I'm not sure if these clear my 18x8 ET35's on the front?) Lastly, I don't know how these would be on track with sticky A1 / R888R rubber?

These 5Ks just arrived so I’ll try swapping out the rear 3Ks for these and see what it’s like

Ehh..Changing toe or arbs won’t stop the suspension crashing on its bumpstops, although may make skipping less. The 3K springs on my Ohlins are too soft for the given shock travel IMO, and the reason why Ohlins have now switched to 5k springs remote canister shocks have the potential for more travel due to not having to house valve in main shock body, however as I mentioned right at the start I’m not looking for theory I’m looking for comments from people who actually have a good B road setup on their GT86. Ade, I understand you have the old Ohlins kit and your generally happy with it on B roads church, what setup do you have ? Is it good on B roads? any more real world info here? at the moment I’ve been recommended by Fensport to swap my Ohlins for Tein A’s

Thanks both for your quick replies ive looked at the Bilstein B16s and at least one person has written a decent uk road review but from what I’ve read they don’t seem to cut it on the track as they are too soft The problem I have is not alignment it’s the fact that the car seems to be just bottoming out and then skipping over the bumps and losing traction, on smooth roads it’s ok. the precious owner had the common front damper bush problem fixed in 2018 and Fensport did the alignment then. Ive got ST XTA’ on my mini r56 and they’re ok to a point but on the GT86 how much more travel do they have cs Ohlins? Surely the KW Clubsport V3s would be better for travel as they have remote canisters. One thing I have noticed visually, even considering the rear spring is 230mm free length it does seem to have lots of preload. Ohlins recommend 28mm and the Swave RCA have lower mounting points but even considering this there seems like lots of thread there.

Thanks both for your quick replies ive looked at the Bilstein B16s and at least one person has written a decent uk road review but from what I’ve read they don’t seem to cut it on the track as they are too soft The problem I have is not alignment it’s the fact that the car seems to be just bottoming out and then skipping over the bumps and losing traction, on smooth roads it’s ok. the precious owner had the common front damper bush problem fixed in 2018 and Fensport did the alignment then. Ive got ST XTA’ on my mini r56 and they’re ok to a point but on the GT86 how much more travel do they have cs Ohlins? Surely the KW Clubsport V3s would be better for travel as they have remote canisters. One thing I have noticed visually, even considering the rear spring is 230mm free length it does seem to have lots of preload. Ohlins recommend 28mm and the Swave RCA have lower mounting points but even considering this there seems like lots of thread there.