Rear spring retainers for Clios?

[bvnditi]

Shower thought...

I've been doing some digging and either I'm terrible at digging (plausible) or there's minimal out there.

Do rear spring retainers exist for the rear axle on Clios?

I procured a set of hand-turned spring retainers from Honed in Australia on my previous project (tuned Jazz), and they were a godsend for not needing to faff about re-inserting the spring whenever the car was up in the air. Bloody great bit of kit.

Wondering if something of the sort is out there, or if there's any demand for such a thing. If so, I could probably see to cooking something up.

Cheers

 

[PerthRS]

Unless I've read this incorrectly.
When the rear on clios are lifted into the air. The spring doesn't budge unless you unbolt or remove the strut/damper connected to the rear beam. So something equivelant what you had for the Jazz/Fit wont be required in this instance.

 

[bvnditi]

Unless I've read this incorrectly.
When the rear on clios are lifted into the air. The spring doesn't budge unless you unbolt or remove the strut/damper connected to the rear beam. So something equivelant what you had for the Jazz/Fit wont be required in this instance.

Interesting!

Genuine question in that instance, is something amiss with my 182? When I lift the car up, the rear spring sometimes pops out and needs reseating.

IE the other night when I put the car up on a lift to replace the steering rack, it popped out and needed guiding back in when we put the car back down. (pictured)

 

[Brigsy]

Aftermarket rear shocks at a guess? Cup shocks are slightly shorter.

 

[bvnditi]

Aftermarket rear shocks at a guess? Cup shocks are slightly shorter.

Spot-on, I'm on Cup shocks and Cooksport springs at the moment. Will be switching to PMS Bilstein coilovers fairly soon.

 

[PerthRS]

Spot-on, I'm on Cup shocks and Cooksport springs at the moment. Will be switching to PMS Bilstein coilovers fairly soon.

Ah. I've only got experience with the standard cup suspension setup. I'd say the differentiator in this instance is the cooksport springs. Which may be physically shorter in height than the Cup units.
Pretty sure the PMS bilsteins are a true coilover. So no need to worry with them.