I really don't think it's that bad, for a small car with low profiles and a 'sporty' set up.

I suggest driving another small car with low profiles and a more sporty suspension then from another manufacturer. Even a mini cooper s I drove was not as crashy and that has rock solid suspension even compared with VRS. The bumps and bangs seem to be more damped in the mini.

so which dampers will give the best dampening? Koni? or are there any others?

what will the cost to fit and parts be in total?

I suggest driving another small car with low profiles and a more sporty suspension then from another manufacturer. Even a mini cooper s I drove was not as crashy and that has rock solid suspension even compared with VRS. The bumps and bangs seem to be more damped in the mini.

so which dampers will give the best dampening? Koni? or are there any others?

what will the cost to fit and parts be in total?

now you are being silly. there is something broken on your Fabia if you think a Cooper/S is harder?

Eibach springs, Koni FSDampers, and Jabbasport rear ARB - sorts it out a lot.

Then possibly stuff like the bushes

now you are being silly. there is something broken on your Fabia if you think a Cooper/S is harder?

I have driven both and many will agree...the cooper s is one of the hardest suspension setup I have driven in a road car. Compared to the Mini the VRS is very soft.

if you drive them back to back like I do you will understand.

the fabia has soft spring with hard dampers? it's the "agile" setup skoda use. something like that anyway.

The whole thread is about how ther car is loud and crashy. Not how hard or not the suspension is. like I keep saying there are cars out there that have similar weight and length and width as the fabia and are sporty and are less crashy

I'd say also that the cooper's suspension is more expensive 'off-factory' and is just a better handling beast full stop (as standard again).

You can tweak it on both, if you did I'd expect the MINI to be vastly better than the Fabia vRS (or any other Fabia :P)

Tyres being too low on pressure makes the car worse for some reason (more crashy).

I suggest driving another small car with low profiles and a more sporty suspension then from another manufacturer. Even a mini cooper s I drove was not as crashy and that has rock solid suspension even compared with VRS. The bumps and bangs seem to be more damped in the mini.

The only recent comparisons I have really are my 8L A3 (worse, but it was probably a bit tired), a 6N Polo Colour Concept on 45-profiles (ride about the same, handling worse), and a Lupo 16v Sport (predictably like the 6N Polo, but better ride due to 60? profile tyres.

I've also driven a BMW 1 a couple of years ago. The ride was a bit jiggly (I think the run-flat tyres made that more prevalent), but yes, that was better damped (and handled better) than all of them.

I don't particularly like the Mini setup either, accepting that it is a very good handling car. The ride quality in the back of a Cooper is atrocious; feels like there's no damping whatsoever.

Steve

put kw coilovers on not at all crashy any more,much stiffer and corners like its on rails(ish)

put kw coilovers on not at all crashy any more,much stiffer and corners like its on rails(ish)

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