I now have the basic info and the pictures of my newly designed and built coilovers
They are made by a company by a company called AST. This company is based in holland and has been making suspension for over 45 YEARS!
There sole distributor is POWERSTATION who are highly regarded as one of the best subaru tuners in the country. They build and have developed the excellent TYPE 25 impreza which has won almost all the track racing events it has entered. Eg: Tuner GP in a car which is considerably less powerful than its competitors. Its ability to be so succesful is down to POWERSTATIONS excellent knowledge on suspension setup and what is needed to make a car handle better than anyone in its class. They use AST's coilovers to do this. Recently a few guys in the development department from AST have been over to visit there distributors POWERSTATION to see how things were going and luckily i was there when they were. We chatted about what could be done to the clio as there are very few decent kits available for the clio sport range. I took the chaps out in the car so they could get a feel for what the 182 is about and how it handles with the standard setup. After driving the car the instantly came to the conclusion that the rear was just way too soft.
We got back and they started to look over the car to decide what they could do and what the different options for suspension was. They decided that they could make a set of SPORTLINE 1's for the car which is basically a coilover kit that has height, camber, rebound and damping adjustability. They then decided that there was enough space on the rear to bin the original configuration and go for a coilover on the rear aswell as well as the front. This setup is something similar to what is found on the clio cup racers. But is now available for the road.
The coilovers are adjustable through 12 settings of damping by a small knob on the top of the front strut and a knurled wheel on the base of the rears (See photos below)
I am currently testing them on the road and will be testing them at cadwell park next tuesday along with the guys from powerstation.
I can say that so far i am extremely impressed by them and am more than glad that i had the work done. They are hoping to have them available to buy for the 172/182/both cups and the 182 trophy by the end of sept.
They will be priced at a very similar level to the H&R's but no exact prices have been decided yet as they are still bein tested. Anymore questions on anything that i have missed please dont hesitate to ask or CALL POWERSTATION on 01684 296675 and ask for CURTIS (option 2)
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