Adrian how long ago did you buy these? Wasn't it just earlier this year? They need to be rebuilt already?

A bit of thread revival..
 
Just curious if anyone here knows if you can get custom spring rates for the BC coilovers or if anyone has changed their spring rates and if so what were the new spring rates you went with.
I am starting to think I would like to go a slightly softer spring rate than the BC factory set F5kg R8kg as for me they feel a bit too stiff when on a bit rougher road. For comparison our 2002 STi is also running coilovers but with what seems a softer spring rate to what the BC's in the MR2 have and the STi has completely different behavior over the same rougher road, much better to live with and has less tendency to want to skip over corrugations or ruts on the road.

I recently lost the saved settings that I had saved (That's what I get for saving the settings in notes in my iPhone)
From memory the front are 14 notches from soft and the rear are 20 notches from soft, I did originally set them to 10 and 16 but found the car would bounce slightly as though the shocks were not controlling the springs enough.

Hey guys, I'm a bit interested in these coilovers as they seem to be fairly adjustable. I'm fairly certain that my 95 bathurst has the original shocks and springs in it as even though I have changed to 16" rims, the ride is pretty harsh. I am a little in two minds about lowering my car as I use it as a daily driver, and I get enough problems scraping the lip as it is! Yet at the same time, I'd love to lower it a little to get those wheels to fill out the arches a little better. I am very happy with the performance of the handling and don't mind if that doesn't change, but I really don't want the ride to be any harsher. Is it possible to get around an inch of lowering (legally) with these shocks, while still keeping the same feeling?
Does anyone have these who lives around Vic? I'd love to come try them out. My MR2 is the only one i have ever been in, so i don't have anything to compare my car to...
 
Oh yeah, and where is the cheapest place you guys have found these? I have seen them on ebay for around $1,200...

I'm surprised you say the standard suspension gives a harsh ride (too firm).
Perhaps Toyota changed the springs between 1990 and 95, but in mine they are way too soft.
One of the nice things about these BC coilovers (I believe) is that you can adjust ride height independently from the spring travel. So should suit your need in that regard.
 
 

Anything to report on the longevity of these?
 
They're cheap enough I'm thinking about them for my DD.

Thanks Nik,  for your last couple of posts, which confirm my suspicion about the BC spring rates 5&8 being too stiff for road use. I have been reviewing other spring rates (xls attachment from another thread on this forum) and none of them are anywhere near 5 & 8 Kg/mm.  Stock are 2.3 and 3.75, and the 6 aftermarkets which vary significantly but average around 145% of the stock values.
 I spoke to the BC dealer in Sydney and he said I can order them with different springs at no extra cost, so have to decided to 4/7 kg.