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...pretty good, it had some dealer special budget tyres all round and more interior dressing than you could shake a stick at.
It had spacers and H&R springs when I got it, that was it. First thing was decent tyres and then it was all downhill from there, the need to modify and ruin the car was...
I appreciate there are various old threads on this but could do with some up to date input. Got new SNR top mount kits for my Trophy dampers and the new spacer/nut that replaces the separate spacer and half nut appears to be absolutely nowhere near where it's meant to be.
A waste of time or am...
Update on spend since owning (Purchased 14th October 2023 LOL): :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:
BC Coilovers
Full GEO and Corner weight
Ktech Motorclub Speedline 2118 Lightweight wheels
Nangkang AR1's
Super Pro Camber Bolts
Whiteline Anti Roll Bar...
You can also run Peugeot 207 2L front calliper's on standard 1.2 knuckles (with spacers) which let you run 280mm discs. Pedal gets longer but the stopping power is greater
I was going to say you can pretty much swap anything over can't you, the question is at want point should you just buy the...
...miles on 29.02.24
New front bushes (powerflex)
Mark Fish springs all round - 15mm drop
Scorpion exhaust with sports cat - decat also included
Spacers (Front 18mm / Rear 10mm)
Red seatbelts - kolour koncept (rears still on my list to do)
Fabia splitter
Bad Bits
Cat D
Rust appearing around the...
...better, there'd be plenty of space on the inside edge, and the fitment on the outside would be pretty nice. I've got 7" wide wheels with 10mm spacers and 37mm offset, yours would only be 2mm further out.
What wheels are they? ET25 is a fairly aggressive offset so I assume they've got a bit...
...the inside of the wheel. You're making the wheel 25mm wider but you're moving the centre outwards by 20mm, so you'd be gaining 7mm or so.
They might poke out from the arches a bit though, standard offset wheels with 20mm spacers are basically flush, so an extra 12mm would probably look daft.
Right so…
I’ve managed to fix everything.
New Calipers on, new spacers on, new discs on, new pads in.
The handbrake had seized on and not being able to get my hands on new cables I’ve just removed the handbrake completely.
No need for it on track car so one less thing to go wrong.
You were...
Not sure, mine went on piss easy :/
Changing discs on the 1*2's should be a doddle tbh. Remove Stub Cap. Remove nut. Remove disc. Check and replace spacer. Clean off area. Lightly moly the shaft (giggidy), slide the new disc assembly on carefully. Locate. Tighten to seat. Drive down the road...
They are an absolute s**t show.
After waiting for their “technicians” to get in touch they sent me an email saying that I hadn’t fit the spacers behind the disc.
They then moved onto “oh it’s because you have a stud nut kit fitted”
What, like every other track car you supply “performance”...
I am now in an email dispute with MTEC.
They are saying they have never seen this before and have not had reports of any other failings and they are speaking with their tech team.
They are happy to send me out new discs at no cost however feel they are pushing this back on my as a fitting...
Yep,
With the spacer the correct way round as you have said, the disc is catching.
From looking, it will miss the bolts but it’s actually scraping on the hub carrier (think that’s what you call it)
Distance from rear face of disc where it sits against the hub is around 42/43mm
Nice one.
I’ll go make a cuppa. I’m intrigued now as there is nothing else it can be other that the distance from outside of disc to where it touches the spacer has got to be different
Picture of mine without the spacer but showing the bolts. Your bolts seem a bit long.
My spindle seems to stick out further as well. Might just be the rust and picture angle. But something doesn’t seem right there. The carrier bolts are a very specific type from Renault. You can’t match them...
The last photo shows the flat face of the spacer. This goes against the bearing. The first picture of the spacer is bevelled and sits against the spindle. So that goes on first.
Right, I’m down with the clio now.
Disc off I can see a lot more what is going on as below images.
The disc spacer has a concave and flat side to it.
I had it in with the concave edge against the hub. This is allowing the disc to sit closer to the top of the nut which has then scored the back...
I did put them back on but they weren’t new ones.
You reckon that’s the issue? It would make sense.
Just out of interest, what is the bit I have circled in the first pic that is rubbing on the disc and why would the spacer make it do this?
I have very little mechanical knowledge so I...