What did you do for your ZHP/ BMW / MINI today? #2

[KendrickC]

Got my car back after all the rear suspension bushings have been replaced. Current rear suspension setup is:

CMP Auto Solid RTABs
OEM ball joints for outer upper and lower control arms
OEM bushings on inside

Car feels fantastic, coupled with solid subframe bushings and OE diff bushings.

Now my suspension setup for my car is pretty much complete besides a rear sway. I have stock MSport rear with a Turner 27mm front.

Ahhh almost the entire car is brand new now aside from an engine. There'll be an S54 in my car soon enough...

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[Galapolis]

How do the Indy 500 do in rain? I love the PSS because they’re still quite good in rain.

Haven't had PSS but I'd say wet grip is excellent. Barely different from dry grip. The Indy 500 tread design is an evolution of the RE-11 tread design, which used to be known as their wet/rain performance tire.

[ZHPizza]

Got my car back after all the rear suspension bushings have been replaced. Current rear suspension setup is:

CMP Auto Solid RTABs
OEM ball joints for outer upper and lower control arms
OEM bushings on inside

Car feels fantastic, coupled with solid subframe bushings and OE diff bushings.

Now my suspension setup for my car is pretty much complete besides a rear sway. I have stock MSport rear with a Turner 27mm front.

Ahhh almost the entire car is brand new now aside from an engine. There'll be an S54 in my car soon enough...

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Ahh this is the exact rear end setup I've been leaning towards. Currently have 95a poly subframe bushings ready to go in because I'm wary of introducing additional harshness to the cabin. Does it feel like the rubber inner bushings on the control arms are enough to isolate the impacts??

[704sw]

Haven't had PSS but I'd say wet grip is excellent. Barely different from dry grip. The Indy 500 tread design is an evolution of the RE-11 tread design, which used to be known as their wet/rain performance tire.

Not sure if this is true of other tires in the UHP/Max Performance Summer category—but—the wet traction for my PSS was great until I hit 5/32” in the rear (new depth is 9/32”, wear bars are at 2/32”), at which point the wet grip fell off a damn cliff.

Driving home from Raleigh in the rain one time I had to change over to backroads because I couldn’t go fast enough on I-40 to not be a hazard for other drivers. And that was before I added camber plates/arms, further reducing my straight line contact patch. They were downright terrifying.

[Galapolis]

That's not too far off from the Indy's. At about 4/32 things will start getting sketchy real fast.

[28firefighter]

Very new to the Indys, but have noticed that wet performance is shockingly good - better than expected. Temps were 40s-50s and road conditions were anywhere from damp after spritz to soaked during pouring rain.

[Hoonin88]

I have barely done any driving since the pandemic so I cannot accurately report back on wet performance. It's just a daily driver so I don't expect to notice much of a difference...

[KendrickC]

Ahh this is the exact rear end setup I've been leaning towards. Currently have 95a poly subframe bushings ready to go in because I'm wary of introducing additional harshness to the cabin. Does it feel like the rubber inner bushings on the control arms are enough to isolate the impacts??

They should be more than enough to isolate. My original ones felt alright still. Not as nice as fresh but not as shot as it felt. My RTABs were much worse off.

I would recommend solid subframe bushes over poly. I have seen some pretty drastic failures (I'll try to dig up the pictures). Keep the diff bushings stock rubber and I think there will be negligible NVH introduced.

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[Galapolis]

Got an alignment. Went for street/daily specs as I don't plan to do any performance driving soon.

[Aethir30]

Tomorrow is going to be lots of fun

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