Graham88
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http://www.bc-racing.co.uk/
Anyone ever heard of these? Some people have never heard of them, some said they're well used within racing and have a good name.
AP's for my car are £565 and are just height adjustable
BC Racing have 2 different kinds
The BR version with is for street and trackday - £570
http://www.bc-racing.co.uk/coilovers-series-br/
And the RM version which says it's for Track Professionals - £650
http://www.bc-racing.co.uk/coilovers-series-rm/
I can't really see alot of difference between the BR & RM version apart from the fact you can buy optional extras for the RM one. Anyone heard of these or had them and got an opinion on them?
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AK
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BC - 'Bloody Crap'
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dhdev
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From a quick scan, aren't the more expensive ones remote reservoir?
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AK
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I think its ER you'd want for trackday/race isnt it?!
Inverted with remote reservoirs etc.
Havent looked into them before - but I'm aware of them. Cant see them going wrong on a fast road car with occaisional road use. I'd consider them budget options though... but havent tried them for myself.
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AK
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http://www.bc-racing.co.uk/coilovers-series-er/
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Graham88
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Yeah that's the proper hardcore version though
Mine is still a road car 95% of the time which is why I thought going for the BC ones as opposed to AP would be better as I can adjust the damping if it's a bit hard for the road. It's by no means the best out there but I don't want to spend £1300 on KW's.
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Ojc
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In my experience KW are shit anyway.
If you are spending over 1k on coilovers Bilstein is the only way to go.
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Rob B
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quote:
Originally posted by AK
BC - 'Bloody Crap'
No,
Mine were awesome on my Civic Graham, did alot of trackdays, B roads, motorway driving and they performed very well for the price. Yes KW, AST etc will be better. but your looking at 1.3k + for the decent ones.
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AK
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so..... yes.
They are 'budget'
Extreme example - many corsa owners swear that their £200 suspension setup is the best ever because its stiff and rattly. No - Its shit.
Not saying BC is shite - just saying they are budget.
[Edited on 11-08-2010 by AK]
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AK
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also - google around and you may read some stories good/bad.
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AK
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http://bbs.scoobynet.com/suspension-12/804326-bcs-knocking.html
http://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?threadid=330222
I'd class TEIN as budget too....
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Wrighty
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iv got the BR's on my scoob, wish i got them for the golf aswell to be honest
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Rob B
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I'd class teins as shocking, there mass produced stuff has the quaility of jamex turd
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Kurt
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I expected a buddy club thread 
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Wrighty
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quote:
Originally posted by AK
so..... yes.
They are 'budget'
Extreme example - many corsa owners swear that their £200 suspension setup is the best ever because its stiff and rattly. No - Its shit.
Not saying BC is shite - just saying they are budget.
[Edited on 11-08-2010 by AK]
iv read plenty of stuff about the top of the range shiz like AST aswell though, it doesnt matter what labels on them if theyre not put together right your gonna have problems. Not saying AST/EXE-TX/etc etc are crap, but iv read about problems with them.
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Graham88
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Scoobynet really don't rate BC coilovers
I never said I wanted the best coilovers as I can't warrant £1300 on coilies for a road car that gets the odd trackday but just thought I'd get some opinions on the BC coilovers because of the adjustable damping so I can set it to soft when just wanting a casual drive. Whereas with AP you can't do that, although I rated AP on my Fiesta so it's still a consideration if BC racing aren't great.
[Edited on 11-08-2010 by Graham88]
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broster
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In all honesty we have always been suprised with how good the BC stuff is for the money, i wouldnt have a problem fitting them to my car.
we run them on our Focus RS and so far havnt had an issue
[Edited on 11-08-2010 by broster]
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Graham88
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That fills me with a bit more confidence coming from you, cheers 
Any pics of them on the FRS?
[Edited on 11-08-2010 by Graham88]
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Wrighty
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
Scoobynet really don't rate BC coilovers
[Edited on 11-08-2010 by Graham88]
dude, ask apex performance how many sets theyve shifted to SN memebers  i bet its hundreds
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Graham88
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The thing is you'll only read about them when they've gone wrong. Nobody posts up saying how good their coilovers have been.
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Wrighty
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IMO if you buy youl be well pleased for the cash, rm's are literally inverted BR's to shift weight off the hub and the ER's are the RM's with external resi's. what do you use the car for?
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Mark B
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Mate had them on his wagon every 1 slaged them when he got them but they were shit hot
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Ryan_G1
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Few of the boys had them on there imprezas. I and they personally think there shot hot
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AK
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you asked for opinions - I gave mine
You get what you pay for.
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sand-eel
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Reviews on forums are always biased to fuck, no that induction kit is shit get this one because everyone else has/ don't modify it like that, modify it with these parts that come in boxes instead of bags.
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