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      01-29-2013, 11:16 PM   #5
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Drives: m3 saloon in granny mode.
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Originally Posted by stom_m3
So it ends up being that the standard sport suspension on the MSport is grossly undersprung and underdamped. I don't know how much better the Adaptive Sport Suspension is and I'm left wondering how much better it would have been... Of course, people on this board were telling me to get the adaptive but I was too damn cheap to shell out the additional $1k.

If I had to quantify it, I would say that the standard sport suspension needs to have a 15-20% stiffer spring rate and 50% more dampening ability. The high speed dampening (quick stutter bumps) is ok but the low speed dampening (big undualtions or turns) could use quite a bit of help. The car wallows and takes too long to settle in fast sweepers.

I guess I can use this as an excuse to get full blown aftermarket coil overs.
You driving this to the limit? As in no one else can drive this car faster than you.
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