182 suspension ideas

[TRH_Racing]

Buying a 182 this week and im already looking ta upgrading / changing things over
Is it worth doing just the spring or going full coil overs all round?

 

[Tommo.]

What will you be using it for? If for road use / occasional track use, I'd go for a refresh of the standard suspension components. There's really no need to do much more as they are so capable out of the box (in my opinion anyway). Typically, the things to replace are:

Springs (I think the standard springs are expensive, but something like the Eibach Sportlines or Cooksport springs are a good choice)
Dampers
Top Mounts
Inner & outer Front ARB bushes
Lower Arms/Wishbones with new bushes and ball joints
Track Rod Ends
Inner Tie Rods
Steering Rack Bushes

Obviously you don't have to do everything - it depends how far you want to go with it. All of the above will probably cost a similar amount to a set of mid-range coilovers and it will probably leave you with a better handling car.

 

[Tony Hunter]

As above.

 

[TRH_Racing]

itll be for road / occasional track use this year

that set up sounds pretty good tbh!

 

[klm182]

Buying a 182 this week and im already looking ta upgrading / changing things over
Is it worth doing just the spring or going full coil overs all round?

i put eibach sportlines on, new dampers and top mounts..and new yoko ad 08 tires ,new track rod ends ,and a visit to a wheel alignment specialist (which is worth every penny )£42 ..then the car turned into a go kart ..never drove a car with coilovers cant comment on them
best thing i have put on the car is a polybush dogbone..vibrated at 1st... then it settled down..

 

[klm182]

Buying a 182 this week and im already looking ta upgrading / changing things over
Is it worth doing just the spring or going full coil overs all round?

upgrade to a mini cooper s ha bored with the clio now, replaced the whole car nearly.