Got some Nitron 1 ways for christmas yesterday, and looking to fit them later on. Just wondering if anyone got any photos of this in place? Mines an 05 Exige S2, so was just wondering what the score is with the extra brackets in the box are?
Also, do they come ‘out of the box’ with a standard setup or is it worth checking them over etc?
Thanks!
Extra brackets are for the front as the standard bilstens are thinner. ie the nitrons have a wider body and wont fit inside the gap in the oe brackets when the car is dropped.
Righty, all fitted (not done the geo yet as it got dark); the ride is so much better its quite incredible. However, one issue: I now have a very loooooong brake pedal, no idea why to be honest considering I haven’t touched the brakes, if I pump them they become OK again but then go long as soon as I don’t touch the pedal for a few seconds. Any ideas? Very odd IMO!?
Thanks!
That is odd, have you managed to kink one of the brake flexi’s?
What spec did you go for of nitron?
Yes, the only thing I can think of is that I have caught a hose or something on the BAS unit when I was fitting the new bracket. I will have a good look tomorrow and take the car for a decent run to help the suspension settle before I fiddle with the geo and rideheights properly.
I went for the ‘standard’ Nitron one ways (475F 550R?) I have the spec written on a notepad at work, but I am sure thats what the standard settings are.
I bled the front two callipers, loads of rubbish came out of the passenger side and now the brakes are as good as they have ever been so all good.
The ride is great, so much more poised and stable on bump country roads. My only gripe is that it doesn’t half crash and make an awful clunking/banging sound over anything even half resembling a pothole, so much more than it ever did before. Is this normal, or will it go away once the units have settled? I checked all the joints and they are all tight/torqued up properly, and there is no play in anything. Bit odd.
What ride heights are you running?
I set them to 120F and 130R, though the suspension now needs to settle somewhat and I will adjust them again at the end of the week after I have done a few miles in the car. I have checked the dampers etc and made sure nothing is rubbing or making contact. The knocking/banging really has got me stumped. I didn’t even loosen the antiroll bar when I fitted them!
Certainly sounds odd, you did fit them the correct way up etc. mine certainly are not crashy at all, maybe they actually need to be lower to allow for more droop?
They should not really need any ‘settling’ time… 
[quote=ade]Certainly sounds odd, you did fit them the correct way up etc. mine certainly are not crashy at all, maybe they actually need to be lower to allow for more droop?
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That could quite possibly be the case - I will check the ride heights tomorrow (at work today) and see if loosening the springs (by dropping the ride height slightly) makes it better. When they are on the car, I find that access to the collar to change ride height is restricted by the top wishbone, and I can only turn them in one direction, as I can’t actually get the C spanner on the collar the other way.
I have fitted them with the collar at the top and the damper adjuster at the bottom, so that the name appears the right way up when you look at the damper (unless you have rolled the car!)
Sounds like they are the correct way up, mine are quite and I run the same spring rates as you but with a ride height of 110\120 how many clicks are you off full hard? around -10-12 seems the norm for road.
I currently have them 10 clicks away from full hard at the moment on both front and rear (This is what they were ‘out of the box’). Figured I wanted to get the banging sorted then do the geo before I started playing with the damper settings.
As I said over on MLOC, you need to check all the other joints as now you are running stiffer damping you will be putting more load into other components.
My car was okay with the 400/475 spring set-up it used to have but I now get noise from the front ARB with the 550/750 set-up it now has with much higher bump damping.
You haven’t said which corner is noisy, or if it’s impact or rebound noise. You are running them slightly high but not excessivly so.
The adjuster at the bottom is the right way up (actually there is no wrong or right way with a monotube but adjuster at the bottom is better for unsrung mass (although with Alu Nitrons it could be close either way as the springs could be heavier than the damper)), but it is a lot easier to get to the adjuster when it’s at the bottom.