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I'll try and find a picture of the failure, personally it just doesn't seem right to me, I would be very surprised if the centre spigot didn't play a role. To have it not play a role goes against my gut and a lot of stuff I've been taught/come across. When you talk about the tolerances that...

Should be plenty then, if push comes to shove you could just get some ally ones made up (6000 series should suffice). It really is a dead easy think to make.

What's the OD? If you can keep sufficient wall thickness it should be a dead easy job.

I'm a curious chap so I'll probe further. Firstly, that 5 tonnes shear force is a static load, the studs under go fully reversed fatigue loading. This probably isn't a problem as shock loading will be more than double what "generic" loading is and steed has a beautiful endurance limit. I'd...

Don't forget squat and dive! Not as big a thing on the rear of the Clio though.

I've heard gold r32s are a bit fat, the mk1 rs sounds like a winner though

Any idea what your moving too?

Is it bad that I was surprised when I didn't need to to take an angle grinder to the RC5+? Bloody DS2500!

If you own a RS Clio then membership is the best thing you can buy!

Yup that's correct, if you take the shims out too which is recommended if you track you'll get a bit of noise from them on bumpy surfaces but well worth it for the performance in my opinion

b****cks -> silly me :(

That's why I said the coefficient of friction decreases with increased tyre loading ;) Excellent!

In the case of the Clio I believe tripoding is always caused by maximum droop being reached in extreme roll, which isn't related to the severity of the damping. I realise tripoding is if anything bad when cornering as a tyre coefficient of friction decreases with increased loading but it looks...

My 2118s are booked in for a refurb Tuesday, but I'm not certain what colour to go for. Tempted by a shadow chrome finish but not sure if it would suit the wheels. Orange is always an option but I can easily plasti dip them matt orange so I may as well go for a metallic/gloss colour. They're...

Reg is in the title Mine went through a gearbox in the first 1000 miles of ownership!

Just to double check I'm not being thick, does the Whiteline ARB reduce the tendency to tripod? The two arguments in my head are as follows, ARB stops outside wheel tucking up as much and so the inside wheel stays firmly planted. Or the ARB lifts in the inside wheel up with the outside wheel...

Unfortunately because the cars are worth so little they are often sold when they start to develop a major problem.

I service it on a regular basis, let water get to operating temp and then give it another 10 minutes to warm oil up before I thrash it. It does see 6000 rpm on a regular basis though, the national limit sign is just so provocative.

I have sportlines (plan to move to cooksports soon) had have chosen 20mm front and 15mm rear for my ET48 2118s with a 205 tyres. I'll let you know in a week how it goes!

Let us know what they're like in the wet. It's a good looking tread pattern at the very least!

You owe me a clean pair of underwear, I just ruined mine!

I also hold the opinion that the DaN is a sinful thing.

Good shout, might be able to find some high temp stuff.

Does it do anything to fuel economy?

Does anyone know where to buy rubber exhaust trims? I don't fancy paying £40 for a pair of carbon ones. Cheers, ​Alex

Sounds right, it's all about wheel rate rather than spring rate.

I would marry him in a heartbeat.

When I read stuff like that it reminds me why I leave the VD to my mate and dabble in everything else! I'm thinking a combination of squat, boot load and other stuff have led to it. But then you get stuff like rear wheel frequencies being faster to allow it catch up with the front. Then it's...

Gloss anthracite wrap due to budget. My toyo R1Rs came today :) that and got a bit more done. Just the boot, rear bumper and one rear quarter to do now.

Should be fine, just be wary that the tyres will behave differently under different conditions. So in the dry your car might tend more towards understeer and then if the ground becomes wet it will tend more towards oversteer.