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no they didn't please tell me where you ever read that. Now you want to argue without any facts to back up your statement?
Even you can go to the internet and find hundreds of complaints about the lower control arm problem's production production period 2001-2009 MCS R56. Most were directly because of the pounding that runs flats caused on the suspension parts.
One of the problem with the early BMW/MINI was the lower control arm bushing wearing out prematurely. Please don't tell me that one of the causes was run flats because I was involved helping to solve (through one of my businesses then Motion Minis) an aftermarket solution waaaay back in 2002-2004. Moog a suspension company also at the time ahead of the game with also working on an alternative to the OEM lower control arm assembly. Geeez really dude. Your responses are just inaccurate and now bugging the hell out of me because you keep repeating your self with bad information. LOL So please submit the info, dude, where did you read your technical engineering information that BMW/MINI designed their suspension MCS R56 around the use of run flats?
Look I realize some of you JIMMY think they know things but I don't know your name from any technical thread conversations on a couple and specifically one forum that is still one of the largest MINI forums in the world. If not still one of the largest car forums? LOL So when you want to debate ,argue or flat call my information wrong you had better
"show me the facts" LOL . Among other parts I engineer and develop was having to do with the prematurely wearing lower control arm parts was also a ball joint steering geometry correction spacer.
I see you are up in Washington if you like I can put touch with the MINI club or a couple of shops and they can better educate you on some of the down falls in the early development issues regarding the MCS, R56 BMW/MINI's?
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