“…to deliver an acceptable amount of comfort…”

sounds ominous.

Believe me… it’s not.

If the car didn’t detect a lot of steering or throttle movement, it would automatically soften the ride.

The R56 cries for a tighter suspension to deal with all the available torque, but not at the expense of a jarring ride.

“…to deliver an acceptable amount of comfort…”

sounds ominous.

My dealer has also given me individual part #’s for the JCW kit and all but the springs matched what I see on RealOEM for the MINI R56 Sport Suspension (which I allready have). That’s not to say that the dealer is not giving me the wrong information (likely IMO)… but it would be nice to know of someone (Gabe) who could be trusted enough to delve deeper and confirm or deny with MINI.

As I said on the other article’s comments, the components in the kit are clearly labeled and are different than the stock MINI parts in either suspension. Furthermore the car feels dramatically different than either the stock or sport suspension equipped cars. And it’s not just the springs.

If it’s false, it really needs to be blown out of the water quickley and recognized as bad information.

You’ve said it. It’s pretty clear (to me at least) after seeing the components and driving the car that we’re dealing with an entirely different set of parts.

BTW it’s worth noting that MINI typically doesn’t release the part #s for individual components for kits like this (as seen above). I’m guessing that the guy behind the counter may have been confused.

my investigation on suspensions part numbers offered from MINI show that the factory MINI S sports option has the same sway bars and dampners as the JCW kit. I basically have to conclude that the factory sports suspension is essentially the JCW kit without the JCW springs.

My dealer has also given me individual part #’s for the JCW kit and all but the springs matched what I see on RealOEM for the MINI R56 Sport Suspension (which I allready have). That’s not to say that the dealer is not giving me the wrong information (likely IMO)… but it would be nice to know of someone (Gabe) who could be trusted enough to delve deeper and confirm or deny with MINI.

If it’s true, this info could be very important for those spec’ing an R56. If it’s false, it really needs to be blown out of the water quickley and recognized as bad information.