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were the wheels turned or straight when you took the pic?

how are the federals going? very tempted on these too

^because the damper rod is tilted, it's normal

After some days of tiny adjustments to my gaz kit I decided to share my thoughts on what I found out. First of all I fitted the suspension myself, took me an entire day to get the std one out and fit the coilies, so a good advice would be to have some buddy ready to give a hand. I also took...

you will stress the driveshafts, I wouldn't recommend it for a car that will be driven

show some pics mate

not that low I'm afraid. After fitting my GAZ coilovers I have discovered that even if lowering say 30 mm you'll be left with very little suspension trevel (about 20 mm max travel). if you want to go lower than that you'll have to shorten the bump stops, at least that's how I did it and I'm not...

of course it's relevant! that way I can see the available travel, then when back on the ground I can determine the amount of travel left ;) Any way, I emailed GAZ and they advised to cut in half the bump stops. As the car is about 25 mm lower than std on the front atm I could look under the arch...

you might wanna check if you're hitting the bump stops, I know that those apex springs lower the car a few good cm, so you loose suspension travel aswell

paint those wheels pink with green dots but give that vee!

indeed^

if you want to get the wheels stick out more you have 2 options: spacers or a wheel with a smaller offset. For example a clio 182 wheel is 16" in diameter and 7" wide with an offset of 45 (ET 45 that is). a clio 172 cup has an offset of ET 38, so this wheel will stick 7 mm out more. The car in...

hey don't fill their inbox cause I need them to reply lol..

many in this thread have far greater experience with coilovers than poor me, could some of you guys take a look here http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?603059-What-s-your-ride-height-GAZ-GHA-owners and perhaps tell me what's wrong? thx!

ok this is a pain in the arse puzzle I went to the garage and lifted the car on axle stands to get a clear view of the suspension. I will share a link towards an album containing the pictures along with description to every pic. So, before lifting the car I measured the distance between the...

meanwhile I found a old note of mine, in which the std ride height was written. So it looks like I lowered the front 30 mm only.. Given the fact that now I have about 20 mm of travel left how on earth others go much lower? as it looks like the maximum lowering is 50 mm- sort of saying because...

Never felt the ride got worse with the mounts fitted. Heard stories that poly bushes will give a crashy ride, all miths to me at least

no one kind enough to take a measurement? :(

there are coilover kits with built in camber adjustment, not sure how they work but I saw that the hole which carries the adjustment is oval. This is one of the reasons I went for gaz coilies an still using the camber bolts I had

I got mine from Kam racing last year. they're cheap so the hassle of elongating the holes is not worth it

If you can afford the k-tec ones go for it. Some will say that new OE ones are good enough but I don't think they're as good as a good quality solid mounts. If you can stretch towards the £200 mark then the AST are the ones to have. they have castor/camber adjustment and they're top quality. If...

Hi there, Just made some last (I hope!) adjustments to the car after fitting the gaz coils couple of days ago and I'm under the impression that I'm too low on the front, although I've seen here some silly low clio's I'm having 32 cm from the center of the front wheel to the top of the wheel...

not sure how close to the mani my cable runs, as my car is LHD. What you are saying makes sense, but when mine creaks it sounds really close to the fork. I just remembered that most renault services (or all of them I'm not sure) have a listening device, basically a metal pin connected to some...

espace/v6 airbox as it has a larger air feed and a itg filter inside

used BMC/Maxogen if you want cheaper yet a nice looking/sounding induction kit

ok but how come after I lube the fork pivot point and the fork/release bearing area (although that is a tricky spot to get to) the creak is gone for couple of days, even if hot outside? I'm sure that changing the cable sorted the problem for some people but that's not always the cure

say from the center of the wheel to the top of the arch. I'm interested as well cause I forgot to measure mine before going to coilovers

^ good idea, especially when I spent the entire saturday fitting the coilovers! seriously speaking, I'm not gonna get back to standard, I so love the way the car corners now, even if they're the GAZ stuff that everyone hates For a first coilover experience they are just right and for now I'll...

mine is rubbing on the outer wall. will get it sorted these days as I intend to rise the back about 7-8mm

will do before I'll get here: