2nd Gen R56 Cooper S Most liked posts in thread: Suspension decision.

After lowering in the rear, you WILL need to adjust the camber back there. Depending on the year of your car, later year rear control arms have a small amount of adjustment to them, not much though. After I installed springs on my car, 03, they lowered more than the TSW's, I had to use aftermarket arms. Since have gone to coil overs.

 

You want to give it a few miles to settle before getting an alignment.

 

Rear Wheel well liner question. I have 18 X 8 rims with 215x40 tires. Stock springs with Koni FSDs. On hard bumps/dips rear tire hits plastic liner. What experience does anyone have to enlarge clearance, or other advice?

2006 R52

 

I cut the tops out and used undercoating in the rear wheel wells.

I also took off and trimmed back the plastic arches with a dremmel and flaired the rear quarters a little with a hammer and dolly.

I have 215's with 5 mm spacers in the rear with KW V2's running low but not super low.

 

Yup I'd did this also to find the areas I needed to make "adjustments" too.

That little bolt that holds the rear side marker light needed to be trimmer down a little also.

 

Mine is done as Dave describes in Post 25...

 

Thanks for the advice!
--Russ