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i'm interested in this thread as well, doesn't seem to be 'general consensus' though on whats best? all sorts of stuff being bandied about.
upto now I've just used copper grease, duct tape and zip ties and does a reasonable job but not ideal
best part is, the mk1's did this and Renault must of known by the time the mk2 design was finalised, and they did the square root of sweet f**k all about it! lol!
its in the middle of the scuttle the main one, there are two smaller ones each side to the inner wings. if you clear the main central one, the problems should go away
If the combo with the cooks is causing other issues such as the reported clicking and clunking I suspect it's misloading the mount/bearing somehow and as such putting un uniform load through the shocker. I presume that could kipper a shocker fairly quickly
dude, this thread has cropped up more than once saying that cooksports, standard shockers and solid top mounts don't mix well and cause issues. more than likely the combo is killing the shocks? you have pures correct?
as in the pic, the bump stop and dust cover are one part and simply slip over the shaft of the shocker...........similar to how you learnt it in GCSE sex ed ;)
could be, if you've hit the stops of the shockers rather than the bumpstop as its not there it would probably of damaged the shockers, thus leading to them wearing quickly
it'd be my first port of call, I had issues with my Leda coilovers on the mk1 with AST solid top mounts, standard rubbers they were fine, with the ASTs they rattled and squeaked all over
FK's were fine on the AST
weird! lol!
not totally, the theory is right, at full extension with very short springs a standard shocker would allow for the spring to unseat and rattle etc. however not true for the cooks, I didn't have to use spring compressors to fit them, but at full extension once holding nut was wound up tight there...
its getting spanner onto the bolts more than anything to slacken the rack mounts off from the subframe. inner arms again it just depends, if they are murder tight it'll be a fight!
35mm I think is the official spiel for cooksports?
not sure why they would cause an issue, I've used lower springs on standard shocks before in the mk1 with no issues at all, so I doubt its that.
and as said, mine is on standard top mounts, standard cup shockers and the cooksports and I have...
you reckon you guys have problems, try owning several mark 1's there is literally sod all left of that market now, died a death in the last couple of years :(
I've used them for years on the turbo, they were good but never great until I put RC6 pads in them, then they were savage!
never had a problem with them at all though, worked fine, never leaked and did a fair number of track days with them, only issue I did have was boiling the fluid, although...
heres cooksports with 15's at et37 195/50 R15 Michelin PE2's with 15mm front and 10mm rear spacers, they catch a bit from time to time. without the spacers they'd be fine, the standard wheels on this setup on 205 tyres and et43 don't rub at all ever
IMG_6985 by Coops_Turbo, on Flickr