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How many interested in a new high end coil over at a good price?

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I've been talking to Jerrick over at Meister R in the UK about making a batch of coil overs for us. They are held as the BEST coil overs in the UK by the N15 Almera crowd. If you read reviews on the Evo, Civic, Subaru, S13/S14, 350z, S2000 forums you won't find one person complaining about them. As normally found in the better coilovers the height adjustment is independant of the spring adjustment. Would you guys be interested?

http://www.meisterr.co.uk/

General Information about their Zeta-R line:


The actual B14 coilovers. Note no camber plates.



Reviews
Meister R Coilovers - My review after 3 months - S2KI Honda S2000 Forums
http://www.toyotagtturbo.com/forums/showthread.php?72586-MeisterR-(Jerrick)
http://www.almeraownersclub.com/threads/best-coilovers.48320
Even a review from SR20-Forum member! http://www.sr20-forum.com/brakes-suspension/45750-help-bc-coilovers-tein-ss.html#post604830
 
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From Jerrick of Meister R:
Right, I have to say first I am not very familiar with the B chassis.
In the UK, we have the suspension for the N chase is (N15 / N16 Almera) which is the same as the B.
However, one thing we always do is to work with the owner community to get the suspension right first.

Let me introduce ourself first, my name is Jerrick and I am from MeisterR Ltd.
We are a UK suspension specialist and mainly offer coilovers for aftermarket performance application.

As for suspension, what Thomas posted is our Zeta-R range which is our "entry level" performance suspensions.
They are around the $1000 mark and as you can see in the pictures, may look like a lot of other coilovers.

One of the most difficult thing to talk about suspension is when you are trying to compare them to other brands.
Because you always get the ABC look like XYZ, or XYZ are made by AAA, etc…
One thing I can assure you is that just because they look the same on the outside, it certainly won't be the same on the inside.

So what makes MeisterR different from everyone else.
MeisterR is one of the few brands you see on the market that have our own Research and Development dept. in the UK.
We have a full suspension workshop with CNC machine, and we have an experienced vehicle dynamic engineer present.
So what that mean is we don't just sell suspensions from a box, we engineer the suspension to perform specific vehicle dynamic that we want to achieve.
Now it may look like some other suspension on paper, but sometime a small tweak makes a huge difference in how a suspension perform.

We have a lot of uneven road surfaces in the UK, and one of the main importance that are placed on suspension is comfort and traction.
As funny as it may sound, many suspension (especially some of the big name Japanese brand such as Cusco, JIC, Tanabe, HKS) are too track focus in their damper valving.
What that mean is you end up having a suspension that are uncomfortable on the road and do not provide traction over uneven road surfaces, which is what you are after if you are upgrading your suspension.

By paying attention to the bump curve (especially the first 5% of the curve and where the cracking pressure is achieve), you are able to give that compliancy for road use as well as progressively load road tyres resulting in more traction.
This isn't rocket science, you just need to have understanding of vehicle dynamic and how to apply it to the dampers.
This attention to details is what separate MeisterR from other suspension brand on the Zeta-R suspensions.

We also do a "High-End" suspension call the GT1, and that is going to be ready shortly.
As the name state, it is GT (Grand Turismo) and really is design for road use and occasional track days.
This is a 1-way adjustable suspension design to compete with high end suspension such as Ohlins DFV… except we will one up against Ohlins and that is saying something.

We have been doing a lot of research and development on the GT1, and venturing into material that no other suspensions supplier have even considered.
We are using a new material for the piston wear band, the new material have 3x the tensile strength but only 1/3 the Coefficient of Drag when you compare it to the common PTFE Teflon Bronze filled material.
By doing that we massively reduce stiction that are present in most suspension system.

We also design a new main shaft seal that are rated to 400bars of pressure (most damper will never exceed 40 bars of pressure).
And the shaft seal are so strong that we are going to offer a "lifetime" warranty on the dampers against hydraulic operational failure (the long as there aren't physical damage) because the seal simply do not wear and will not fail.

The GT1 also have a bespoke CNC piston that incorporate multiple flow channel that will handle different wheel frequency.
So that mean you can have a suspension that is comfortable on the road, but responsive as soon as you put steering input on the wheels.

So that is what we do… quite a lot… with a lot of technical backing also.

Other do ask, what have we done in the racing circle?
Over the past few years, we done a few things with many owners of different community.

2010: Time Attack FWD Class 2nd Place
2011: British Drift Championship Professional Class Champion, VTEC Challenge Winner (most win)
2012: VTEC Challenge Winner (most win)
2013: British Drift Championship Super Professional Class Champion, VTEC Challenge Winner (most win)

The above was all done on the Zeta-R, which is what most people buy off the shelf.
We tweak some springs rate and so on to fit the need of the driver, but by all mean it isn't anything very special from what anyone would buy.

In 2014, with the addition of Black Art Design (BAD) and the GT1 suspension, we have been doing more mainstream racing:

Mitsubishi Lancer Registry Sprint Series: 2nd Place in championship (Class B)
Competition Clutch FWD Drag Series: Fastest FWD Car in UK
VTEC Challenge: 1st Place in championship (production class)

Anyways, I think this is quite a long post and should give us some credit and background info on what we do.
We have been doing suspension since 2009, and our partner BAD have been designing suspension for over 20 years; so we aren't someone new that may show up and disappear in the next few years.

If anyone got any questions they would like to ask, please feel free to let me know.
I am always happy to answer any questions one may have to the best of my ability.

Jerrick
 
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