Road & Track by Öhlins For the FR-S/BRZ!

[siXXtoes]

Love my Ohlins on my Aprilia and would love them in my FRS

[Spartan65]

Do they not come with needle bearings to stop the PoP?

[orthojoe]

The last set of ohlins I owned came with instructions on specific settings in terms of height recommended. Based on the recommended settings from Ohlins, how much does it lower the car from stock?

[RallySport Direct]

Originally Posted by Spartan65

Do they not come with needle bearings to stop the PoP?

We have a couple of local guys running these on different cars, and we have not heard of one having any issues with clunks or pops. I will have to find out specifically which bearing they use in the top hats.

Originally Posted by orthojoe

The last set of ohlins I owned came with instructions on specific settings in terms of height recommended. Based on the recommended settings from Ohlins, how much does it lower the car from stock?

Ohlins recommends 15mm, or about 1/2inch, .59inch to be specific. But you do have a bit of adjustment to play around with the drop.

Thanks guys!
Rick

[orthojoe]

Originally Posted by RallySport Direct

Ohlins recommends 15mm, or about 1/2inch, .59inch to be specific. But you do have a bit of adjustment to play around with the drop.

That's great to know. Thanks! I'm glad that the drop is only mild, just like on my last set of ohlins.

[createluck]

Purchased a set of Ohlins for my BRZ after quite a bit of research and availability issues with previous choice. Ohlins were not available when that choice was made and out of my price point. Desperation for a suspension, ultimately opened my wallet. Tristan, at Circuit Motorsports, was helpful, informative, and found a set for me. Ordered Monday, received Wednesday, and installed Friday, at West End Alignment. I can not express how joyful this short five day process made me feel, after over two months of waiting and waiting.

Darin and Chris took incredible care installing coilovers and Whiteline bushings. I never felt rushed during alignment and slow process of corner balancing. There was quite a bit of communication prior to installation, updates during process, and while fine tuning balance. This has always been my experience with Darin, in my past racing life. Chris is carrying on the same tradition of excellence!

The set-up was simply -3 front, -2.5 back, 0 toe front, 3/32 toe rear, 6.5 degree front caster. The car was lowered the maximum allowed by Ohlin, without compromising suspension geometry. This turned out to be just over an inch, which was my original goal.

We set up the rebound for the track. This made the slow drive home a bit bumpy. However, the first laps, at Chuckwalla, were fantastic! Body roll was severely minimized, car settled quickly, and turn-in was increased. I was able to immediately gain confidence with higher entrance and exit speed due to increased contact patches and balance of car. My third timed lap was one of my fastest for the day. I increased rebound stiffness twice, in rear, but now believe the original guess was the best for now. These were five from full stiff front and seven from full stiff rear.

I will be at Streets of Willow this Saturday to dial in settings. Now that I have softened up rebound for street driving, they are awesome! I do not feel that I am driving a race car. It is slightly stiffer than factory, but very compliant and enjoyable. I was worried about lower spring rates for track and will have to make the final determination, over time. Initial impressions are very favorable. Now, I just need to become a better driver and learn the new limits of the car.

[RallySport Direct]

Thanks #createluck that was a great review. We just installed the Ohlins on our shop EVO and while we have not put many miles on them, they are simply amazing and the car rides better than stock. Huge improvement to an already great chassis.

Thanks again!
Rick

[BigFatFlip]

Daaaaaaamn those are sure purdy

[RallySport Direct]

Originally Posted by BigFatFlip

Daaaaaaamn those are sure purdy

Uggh tell me about it. Being around these parts all day you do get a bit jaded, but there are a few parts I always have to stop and drool over, with these being one of them..

Thanks,
Rick