Yellwspeed or BC coilovers

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Yellwspeed or BC coilovers

Postby ljs18 » Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:47 pm

Hi. I am contemplating to replace the ??old standard KYBs with coilovers on a standard NA6. Yellowspeed and BC come to mind. Any experiences, good or bad with these two? Cheers

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Re: Yellwspeed or BC coilovers

Postby MrRevhead » Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:55 pm

Lots of information about the Yellowspeeds and also some comparison with them vs BC's in this thread http://mx5cartalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=42522

I have a set of Yellowspeed Dynamic Sport. A big improvement over OEM suspension, has the ability to be fairly firm, especially on the rough Sydney Roads. For the price, I can't complain as I knew there would be a compromise with ride quality for the handling performance and height I wanted to run.
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Re: Yellwspeed or BC coilovers

Postby Magpie » Mon Jan 13, 2014 6:32 pm

What models are you looking at? I have the BC ER's and have no complaints with the exception that rebound adjustment is not linear.

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Re: Yellwspeed or BC coilovers

Postby Lokiel » Mon Jan 13, 2014 6:35 pm

HSDs are another good option at this price point. Of the two you mention though, BCs are the better quality.

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Re: Yellwspeed or BC coilovers

Postby aviper4u » Tue Jan 14, 2014 11:46 am

Haven't tried BC but have mates that use them on other cars to me they're very similar.

As for YS on the MX5, everyone complains about the rear and compression issues which is true though can easily be resolved with the correct shock adjustment.

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Re: Yellwspeed or BC coilovers

Postby MadMikey » Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:37 am

I've had both the premium competition YSR and HSD HR's and find the HSD's to be the better coilover out of the two. I had a suspension shop adjust the dampering etc and the car drives beautifully now; no complaints at all.

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Re: Yellwspeed or BC coilovers

Postby dfdc2r » Sat Jan 18, 2014 9:58 pm

Has anyone had experience with Silvers Neomax R Coilovers? How do you guys this these compare to Yellowspeed and BC BR's?

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Re: Yellwspeed or BC coilovers

Postby ljs18 » Mon Jan 20, 2014 4:20 pm

Thanks for all replies. I will be BC with 10 and 7kg springs. Will report when they are in.

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Re: Yellwspeed or BC coilovers

Postby itrungs » Tue Jan 21, 2014 1:11 pm

ljs18 wrote:Thanks for all replies. I will be BC with 10 and 7kg springs. Will report when they are in.


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Re: Yellwspeed or BC coilovers

Postby Magpie » Tue Jan 21, 2014 3:59 pm

ljs18 wrote:Thanks for all replies. I will be BC with 10 and 7kg springs. Will report when they are in.

How did you arrive at the spring rates? Are you running large aero hence the spring rate selection?

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Re: Yellwspeed or BC coilovers

Postby Hardtop_NB » Mon Jun 02, 2014 7:19 pm

MadMikey wrote:I've had both the premium competition YSR and HSD HR's and find the HSD's to be the better coilover out of the two. I had a suspension shop adjust the dampering etc and the car drives beautifully now; no complaints at all.


Reviving an older thread...

1) Which shop was it and who worked on your shocks (who did the work)?

2) Why did you feel there was need for a non-HSD place to revalve off-the-shelf HSD coilovers?


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