BC BR coilover custom options any good?

JavaSpeed

JavaSpeed

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My rear shocks are blown so I figure I might as well get coilovers. I hear that the BC BR coilovers are decent for the money, and if you throw swift springs on them and get them revalved (by some third party like feal), they're actually pretty good. A friend of mine pointed out that you can order them from BC directly with swifts already on them, and when I looked into it you can have them custom revalved too. Has anyone had any experience ordering direct from BC with custom valving? Is it as good as a custom revalve or is BC just bad?

The suspension in this car is all stock, and I'm currently running on gen2 wheels. Next summer I'll probably get a set of 17x9 RPF1s or something and try to fit 255 wide tires on it. Its just my DD, I'm not looking to make the ultimate handling racecar (that's what my miata is for), I just want a decent set of coilovers for the money.
 
I think one or two guys posted on MSF that they ordered custom valving from BC and said they got the same thing back. I can't remember if they put it on a shock dyno or not, but given BC's reputation it wouldn't surprise me if they just rebuild and advertise it as custom revalving. The thread is out there somewhere, sorry I couldn't be of more help.
 
I am currently on BC BR and RPF1s 17x9. It's nice but I'm squeezing now. I am about to open a thread asking about suspension maintenance and conditioning.
 
I ran BC coilovers on another car and was completely happy with them. Even now I use their springs with my Bilstein coilovers.
 
For the money, I'm much happier with my spring/shock set up over BC coilovers. I've driven a couple different Speeds plus a few other cars with BCs and they all just felt like another car with another set of generic inexpensive coilovers. For a daily driver the Koni/H&R combo I have is much more comfortable and it still wonderful to toss around in the corners.

As you said, your car is a daily, so I don't think coilovers are necessary. I learned my lesson the hard way years ago when I put cheap coilovers on my car. It was both my daily and racecar and after a couple short years I realized I wasted my money buying cheap. After having to buy a second set, that set being much more expensive, I realized I should have just done it right the first time. Lap times got faster as I was actually able to tune the car's suspension appropriately.

TL;DR - don't waste your money...get springs/shocks for mad daily fun...keep the coilovers for the purpose built racecar Miata.

EDIT - a local has the same exact suspension set up as I do and is running 17x9 RPF1s with 255/40/17 Toyo R888. So you don't even need the height adjustability coilovers provide to run the set up you eventually want.
 
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