Drummond Motorsports Coilovers - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

fuddbutter · 07-10-2017, 09:01 AM

Over the last 8 months, I have had a small Aussie company developing some coilovers for me.
I couldn't find anything that was currently available that I liked, I was running D2's which i hated, a lot out there looked pretty much the same just rebranded, or were way too expensive for what they were.

So DMS made me something a little special.
Took me 8 months, and a few 6 hour round trip drives to where they were, and a few little development issues (which they will change for production models)

Everything apart from the springs are made in house which was something i liked, so if i ever have a problem they can fix it, plus they can rebuild them if they ever need it.

I still need to get a wheel alignment etc, but so far even as they are they are a massive improvement over what I had!
Plus I like being different, so having the only set in the world is kinda nice :p

Clipdat · 07-10-2017, 01:13 PM

Bespoke coilovers? Nice! How much did those cost you?

Spring rates? Shock dyno?

JazzleSAURUS · 07-10-2017, 01:24 PM

Nice looking and beefy. Interested on their specs. Encourage them to join up here on ft86 club and share the development process and details, please!

kch · 07-10-2017, 03:06 PM

Looks like springs are linear in front and progressive in rear. Why? What do you plan to do with these?

driggity · 07-10-2017, 04:28 PM

Why are there three collars just sitting on top of each other at the bottom of the front struts?

I remember the DMS 50s being held in high regard in SCCA Rally (about 15 years ago) but I haven't heard anything about the company since I stopped following that.

wparsons · 07-10-2017, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by driggity

Why are there three collars just sitting on top of each other at the bottom of the front struts?

Looks like the bottom one is a jamb "nut" against the lower mount (which is threaded onto the shock), and the middle one is a jamb "nut" for the top collar.

Captain Snooze · 07-10-2017, 07:20 PM

They look freaking awesome!

fuddbutter · 07-10-2017, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wparsons

Looks like the bottom one is a jamb "nut" against the lower mount (which is threaded onto the shock), and the middle one is a jamb "nut" for the top collar.

^^ this! the heights hadn't been adjusted in the photo

didn't want to post this and let people see the wear marks from my tyres rubbing haha

fuddbutter · 07-10-2017, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clipdat

Bespoke coilovers? Nice! How much did those cost you?

Spring rates? Shock dyno?

Price for them when they start selling them I think will be around AUD$2600 without top hats, but it may be more as they were not as straight forward as most of their setups,
no shock dyno details, and I honestly cannot remember where we ended up with spring rates, we discussed it months ago after a trip up to their workshop to pull out my D2's to have a look over them, then they mentioned it to me at 8am Saturday morning while i was hungover :\

Vten · 07-10-2017, 11:34 PM

Moorespeed top hats ? Kewl !!

Coilover look awesome too! More info pls

RJasonKlein · 07-13-2017, 05:56 PM

Congratulations on having something cool and unique. They look very interesting - can you try and get more information on spring rates and why the builder chose linear springs in the front and progressive springs in the rear?

07-10-2017, 09:01 AM	#1
fuddbutter Potato Farmer Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: #SLOBRZ Location: Melbourne Aust Posts: 787 Thanks: 493 Thanked 247 Times in 152 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Drummond Motorsports Coilovers Over the last 8 months, I have had a small Aussie company developing some coilovers for me. I couldn't find anything that was currently available that I liked, I was running D2's which i hated, a lot out there looked pretty much the same just rebranded, or were way too expensive for what they were. So DMS made me something a little special. Took me 8 months, and a few 6 hour round trip drives to where they were, and a few little development issues (which they will change for production models) Everything apart from the springs are made in house which was something i liked, so if i ever have a problem they can fix it, plus they can rebuild them if they ever need it. I still need to get a wheel alignment etc, but so far even as they are they are a massive improvement over what I had! Plus I like being different, so having the only set in the world is kinda nice :p __________________ Something something butter.. www.vic86brzclub.com

07-10-2017, 01:24 PM	#3
JazzleSAURUS Senior Member Join Date: May 2015 Drives: 15 BRZ LTD, 05 FXT Location: Western MA Posts: 1,032 Thanks: 561 Thanked 560 Times in 353 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Nice looking and beefy. Interested on their specs. Encourage them to join up here on ft86 club and share the development process and details, please! __________________ SOLD: 2015 WRB BRZ Limited ('02 WRX BBS, S-04's, Stoptech Sport pads, MXP SP, AVO drop in filter, Mishimoto Intake tube, decatted header, OFT 93 Stage 2 EL Tune, Kartboy rear shifter bushing, Whiteline transmission and subframe lockout bushings, ST Coilovers, SPC Camber bolts w/smaller crash bolt, SPC LCA's & SPC Toe Arm bushings, Red TOMs, TRD Wing.)

07-10-2017, 07:20 PM	#7
Captain Snooze Because compromise ® Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Red Herring Location: australia Posts: 7,817 Thanks: 4,047 Thanked 9,548 Times in 4,194 Posts Mentioned: 60 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	They look freaking awesome! __________________ My car is completely stock except for all the mods.

07-13-2017, 05:56 PM	#11
RJasonKlein Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S 10 Series Location: Clarendon Hills, IL Posts: 617 Thanks: 442 Thanked 356 Times in 202 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Congratulations on having something cool and unique. They look very interesting - can you try and get more information on spring rates and why the builder chose linear springs in the front and progressive springs in the rear? Last edited by RJasonKlein; 07-13-2017 at 05:58 PM. Reason: Corrected a typographical error.

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