V8 Vantage - changing from Sport to Comfort suspension

[nickv8]

Hi all - some insight and experience really appreciated here...

I have a 2016 V8VS fitted with sports suspension from new.

If I wanted to change to comfort (which was fitted to my previous V8V), what’s involved? Which parts differ?

Has anybody else made this change (or vice versa)?

Thanks!

[telum01]

The Sport Pack suspension includes coilovers (springs and dampers), front control arms (presumably with stiffer bushings), and a larger rear sway bar with bushings to fit the bar's increased diameter. It also includes wheels but that isn't too applicable here. I'd imagine that each of these things would be different between the Sport and Comfort suspension setups, but the thing you'd notice the most are the coilovers.

[nickv8]

Thanks Telum!

I didn’t realise there were differences beyond the springs and dampers. Are the front and rear springs/dampers different?

Got an initial quote of around £8k to swap over. It’s not uncomfortable to that degree by any bit of my imagination, so will stick as-is.

All part of my thought process to justify a V12VS

telum01 said:

The Sport Pack suspension includes coilovers (springs and dampers), front control arms (presumably with stiffer bushings), and a larger rear sway bar with bushings to fit the bar's increased diameter. It also includes wheels but that isn't too applicable here. I'd imagine that each of these things would be different between the Sport and Comfort suspension setups, but the thing you'd notice the most are the coilovers.

[divetheworld]

nickv8 said:

Thanks Telum!

I didn’t realise there were differences beyond the springs and dampers. Are the front and rear springs/dampers different?

Got an initial quote of around £8k to swap over. It’s not uncomfortable to that degree by any bit of my imagination, so will stick as-is.

All part of my thought process to justify a V12VS

I understand magno...err, helio... err........... adaptive ride from Bamford is about £5k

[RobDown]

nickv8 said:

Thanks Telum!

I didn’t realise there were differences beyond the springs and dampers. Are the front and rear springs/dampers different?

Got an initial quote of around £8k to swap over. It’s not uncomfortable to that degree by any bit of my imagination, so will stick as-is.

All part of my thought process to justify a V12VS

telum01 said:

The Sport Pack suspension includes coilovers (springs and dampers), front control arms (presumably with stiffer bushings), and a larger rear sway bar with bushings to fit the bar's increased diameter. It also includes wheels but that isn't too applicable here. I'd imagine that each of these things would be different between the Sport and Comfort suspension setups, but the thing you'd notice the most are the coilovers.

It’s going to cost eleventy billion pounds. Now get that v12s bought!

[nickv8]

divetheworld said:

I understand magno...err, helio... err........... adaptive ride from Bamford is about £5k

Wow! That would be good value. But it’s currently under Timeless, so that would have to expire first to make sense.

[nickv8]

RobDown said:

It’s going to cost eleventy billion pounds. Now get that v12s bought!

[8Tech]

Or for significantly less you could get Bilstein to re-valve the shocks and install Eibach springs. Even with brand new shocks and springs, mine only came to around 1k. Bilstein would certainly know the required settings.