Rear suspension components overhaul?

[RICKY D]

Little update:

The 8 is driving very, very well at the moment. there’s still a bit of understeer if pushing hard but it’s far less pronounced.

In the end I reluctantly changed the tyres and it’s made a massive difference to the handling. It’s like a completely different car. I’m now fully enjoying the coilovers how they were meant to be. The car is so much more compliant now.

What I’m more surprised about is the brand of tyre that I chose - in the end I went for Nankang after being convinced by a mate that they’re far better than the old reputation they had from 10+ years ago. After a couple days trying them out I wound the coilovers right down (pic attached) and the ride was still very good. It was bottoming out on side roads with lots of camber so I raised it up a bit afterwards

I’ve yet to try them in the rain so fingers crossed they don’t send me in to a ditch

Oh....and finally 4 tyres for the sum of £270 from Camskill . So far I’m over the moon as that will just about get you one Michelin which I had on there previously. I took the gamble that if the Nankangs were completely ****e I could sell them on and make back most of my outlay