Rosco Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 Hi, I'm new to the forum and have found it a gold mine of information, and will definitely be booking in for a geometry setup in the new year but I'm after a little guidance. I have a set of meister R coilovers that I intend to fit to my mx5 2.0 sport this week and is my daily drive. When setting the ride height which I have gathered is optimal at 345mm should this be set the same front and rear and would it be best to set the ride height with my 100kg in the drivers seat and half a tank of fuel for example? 85% of the time the car will only have me in it especially when the spirited driving will be taking place. Like I say it's my daily drive and might see a couple of track days a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Hello and welcome to the forum.... 345mm trim height is spot on and with a zero rake unless yours is a hardtop in which case i would set the rears to 350mm. The Meister R is a superb choice and should come pre-set with zero pre-load on the coils, i strongly suggest you don't change that... To explain pre-load is the tension the coils are under between the top mount and the perch or seat shall we say. Normally these are set just over "chatter" which is the lose state when the suspension is on full droop... Ballast or loading the suspension is debatable and not a requirement for the MX5 since the geometry targets are calculated from the relaxed position unlike most German cars where it's required to pre-load the suspension to a moment of compression or bump. It can be argued that any geometric adjustment would hit perfection if the drivers weight was added during the calibration but from experience unless the car is in competition and 1/1000th of a second matters the true difference on the MX5 is undetectable. When fitted allow a few hundred miles for the coils to settle and then re-check the ride height and adjust ( not at the perch ) Setting the dampening is a learning curve that only you can find my advice is do not adjust the front and rear up or down at the same time? Adjust one end, test drive and prove the correction worked, if not go back and adjust the other way or end depending on the complaint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_r Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Cracking advise as always Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosco Posted December 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Thats brilliant, thanks for all the advice its very much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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