I have switched to protech coilovers in my mini and love it. Rides super nice and tight I can't fault them tbh. I prefer them over my cone setup. If you have to $$ go for it, just make sure you get a good set. I spoke with the guys at protech a bunch of times to make sure I was getting the right rates and lengths and am super happy. I was going to buy the spax kit cos I had spax dampers with my cones but after looking at loads of reviews, protechs came out on top by a long way. I didn't consider ohlins etc cos of price.

I didn't get the offset pins for the rear cos I had heard shocking stories of them snapping. This meant we had to make pretty big rear towers for the struts to sit in.

This might be a dumb question but are the minispares springs tapered? It might just be the pic but it looks like you have the larger diameter end up against the hi-lo and the narrow end against the subframe. Assuming it's not just the pic, mine came with instructions saying the spring fits in a way that replicates the old donuts eg- wide end into subframe, narrow into hi-lo which makes sense I guess.

Looks like there is an extra coil on mine, so you can see the taper a bit more easily.
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Of course if the springs aren't tapered, just tell me to shut up hehehe

Thanks for posting this,

what did you do for added strength now that the suspension load is on the body rather than the sub frame/chassis? this is my only concern with the coil overs. . . its pushing me to lean towards the ruber cone or hydro spring replacements instead.

Thanks
Leroy

Chux, no the Minispares coils are no tapered. Yep your Minitec ones are longer and better for a road car in my opinion. More suspension travel and no need for the spacers I had to put behind mine. I bet yours don't fall out with the standard teardrop stops either.
Leroy, mine can be lowered down to the bump stops if I wanted, but as I drive on the road I prefer some movement in the suspension to soak up bumps.

Leroy, I wouldn't run these Red springs without a spacer it's like a 4 or 5 to one ratio (someone might know the exact amount) for the rear. So removing the 25mm spacer would lower it too far, the swing arm would be hitting the subframe.
I would just wind in the Hi-lo adjuster thread.
Btw if you want 20mm off the guard ride height, I would use the race grade coils, also cut the bump stops down, wouldn't recommend for a road car though
http://Www.minispares.com and search for coil springs. Cheers

I used lowered Spax adjustable, also from minispares. Gaz are good too, and quite pretty!

Shipping costs good money but I have found that the savings outweigh the shipping costs if you are buying $$ of stuff, have a browse and fill a dummy shopping cart, they calculate shipping before you pay so you
can see for yourself.
Edit...I do buy locally unless there is a significant saving. Cheers