Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Are you getting ARBs too?

I'm sure there's no way I can offer superior advice to CG, but on MX5s and Minis, the advice from all the racecar setup guys was always to fit adjustable ARB droplinks at the same time as suspension, because a lowered car preloads the ARB changing the handling. Stiffer ride when using cheap coilovers is often attributed to them being cheap, but that can be rectified by removing the preload on the ARBs. I need to buy new ones for this MX5 but I had them on the old car and the ride was much more compliant as a result.

CG said to do one thing at a time - change the springs and dampers, full geo, test, then see where we are. I'll ask them about the pre-load situation, the car will be dropping 10-15mm.