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AMAX (APEX?) 40mm springs £30 from ECP
- Thread starter JB21
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So your happy with them then very goodI'm running these springs and car handles fine with them. So far so good for the money [emoji2]
Interesting...no issues at first? Banging, etc?
Which way did you fit the rear springs...Text the right way up?
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Rotated at a different angle to mine, at first I though mine were a lot more compressed but realised his is still on an axle standQuick look at james thread cant tell from pic
Here's mine with wheels on the floor
100% sat in the stops/holders, but you can see there how close the coils are together!
Coilovers on the front atmThe easy ones?
Drive home was hateful...'squeak, squeak, bang'
Felt like a right c**k driving through town
Fairly sure it's the front springs which are giving the vibration and issues, it doesn't matter anyway, they're hateful and they're coming off tonight
Felt like a right c**k driving through town
Fairly sure it's the front springs which are giving the vibration and issues, it doesn't matter anyway, they're hateful and they're coming off tonight
Well well, I've got a confession to make...
Changed the rears first back to my Cooksports and decided I'd adjust by Rear ARB to give it a try on the hardest setting
Went to do the fronts and started taking the front wheels off...then I realised although my nuts were tight, my actual studs were loose!! 2 on the one side, and one on the other - when I fitted them I used the correct Loctite (271 off the top of my head) and I torqued them up, but it seems like over time they've come loose!
So re-torqued them all and re-loctited them and thought it's only fair if I try the Amax's on the front with this sorted, so wheels back on and kept the Amax springs on....and low and behold, not a single squeak, or noise for that matter! Went for a 3 mile round trip and they were spot on and only went up to 60mph, but it was night and day from earlier!
I'll admit I put my Cooksports back on the front as I wanted to know the height difference between them, and measuring from the floor to the arch gave roughly 600mm - bang on the same for both the Amax's and Cooksports.
Overtime I'd guess the Amax's would go slightly lower as they bed in, but I thought I'd keep my Cooksports on as it would probably be best to run matching front and rear springs...
So it turns out it was user error all along, and not the springs at fault (well despite the rears knocking, I'm still confident that was a spring issue)
Changed the rears first back to my Cooksports and decided I'd adjust by Rear ARB to give it a try on the hardest setting
Went to do the fronts and started taking the front wheels off...then I realised although my nuts were tight, my actual studs were loose!! 2 on the one side, and one on the other - when I fitted them I used the correct Loctite (271 off the top of my head) and I torqued them up, but it seems like over time they've come loose!
So re-torqued them all and re-loctited them and thought it's only fair if I try the Amax's on the front with this sorted, so wheels back on and kept the Amax springs on....and low and behold, not a single squeak, or noise for that matter! Went for a 3 mile round trip and they were spot on and only went up to 60mph, but it was night and day from earlier!
I'll admit I put my Cooksports back on the front as I wanted to know the height difference between them, and measuring from the floor to the arch gave roughly 600mm - bang on the same for both the Amax's and Cooksports.
Overtime I'd guess the Amax's would go slightly lower as they bed in, but I thought I'd keep my Cooksports on as it would probably be best to run matching front and rear springs...
So it turns out it was user error all along, and not the springs at fault (well despite the rears knocking, I'm still confident that was a spring issue)
Mini R56 JCW 211bhp
Text upside down. removed the old ones and there was a pig tail bit where it wasn't flush on the bottom so fitted the same way.
Only knock is from under the front seats so not suspension related I don't think and was present before fitting these. Bit of trim or exhaust moving/bouncing I think
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Spring compressers arnt needed but its best to have them imo. Not sure on torque tho
Ol’ Tarby
ClioSport Moderator
Clio 220 Trophy
Have a look through here mate
http://www.cliosport.net/threads/th...t-a-torque-setting-look-in-here-first.728550/
I didn't have them on long enough to give them fair test tbh, from my short little test they seemed nice and firm
I would of kept them on if they'd given me more of a drop, but they're pretty much identical to my Cooksports, and I'd rather stick to them as they are tried and tested - and I've got full confidence in them
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
That crashy, lol. Car sounds great btw
Got home no cam lol off to do the route again it was on someones drive hahaha
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Least you found it, lol
Cio 172 Cup,Porsche
Right I have now down 250 miles of part motorway,part town including many speed bumps,a lot of motorway, and an Autosolo event .The arch gaps are about the same as a fellow autosoloer,s.172 on Eibach Prolines. I have no complaints so far concerning ride or handling.
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
I'd say that was a decent review mate 
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Sits well
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
£30 with discount arnt they? Or is it 35 with
What did you have before as a handling comparison?
Instead of posting smart arse comments and you have some sort of actual experience with these on track then why not just help us out? It was me who posted I'd heard good things about them on track due to there stiffness compared to other springs on the market, if not so good then let the people know, or do you think people waisting hard earned cash "hilarious"?
