182 springs any different to 172 springs?

[ChrisD172]

Maybe a daft question i dont know but

Im doing the strut top mounts soon, have got new front struts and front and rear 182 springs on their way to me (got um free)

Are the 182 springs any different, are they worth throwing on the 172?

Cheers Chris

 

[Fred@BTM]

cup are stiffer, but apart from that same

 

[ChrisD172]

cool, thanks fred

 

[ChrisD172]

Just checked, theyre off an 05 182FF

 

[Tucker]

so they are cup springs, lucky you!

 

[ChrisD172]

Handy, was asking because i thought the 182's sat a bit lower than the 172's

 

[Gray]

182FF is not cup version?!

Unless it has the cup package..

 

[ChrisD172]

i thought the ff was the cup packed 182?

 

[Fred@BTM]

nope, you can have 182 FF cup and NON cup

 

[DrR]

no a 182 FF is the cup packed, FF means it's cup packed,

 

[Black_clio]

in what language does FF mean Cup?? FF is the Full Fat one, whether or not it was 'Cup packed' is completely different

 

[DrR]

FF means it has cup packs, just people have started missusing to mean leather etc.

As there was no FF at all till they put the cup packs on the 182, so how does a 172 FF excist?

All info here http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=331210&highlight=ff+missuse

 

[Tucker]

FF was a dealer abreviation meaning it had the full fat treatment

full fat car with all the trimmings, i.e both cup packs

 

[DrR]

Dealers never used the term FF, it's a CS made up term.

 

[Peperami]

Lol. Fullfat means it has all the trimmings, so both cup packs. Indeed a made up cs term, which has then moved on to the dealers using it (the influence we have eh!)

So if your springs are from a 182 ff (with the anthracite wheels) they will indeed be cup springs.

 

[ChrisD172]

didnt think it would spark a debate lol

 

[Alan]

I've got some spare 182 cup springs in the garage if anyone wants them...free gratis...