Apex 60mm Springs

[Inequality Street]

Cheap and cheerful, under £100.00..

Get what you pay for I know, but how harsh would these be?

It's my daily so I don't want it almost un drivable, just want it to look good.

Any cheap, better alternatives 'spring' to mind?

Ry

 

[MartinR]

harsh would be an understatement they will be horrendous, the apex 40mm ones i had fitted were very very harsh. 60mm springs won't give you any kind of comfort imo.I would go for 40mm PI springs i think danny at 519automotive sells them

 

[Naith]

apex are absolutely crap. avoid.

 

[James28]

This is on a 1.2 though remember. So experiences may be different to on sports.

 

[MartinR]

still has the same linear spring construction only way to get a better ride is look for progressivley wound springs.

 

[Wests Renault]

I had spax 60mm on the dci and they were shockly bad (almost dangerous when you hit a dip in the road!)

Save a few more pennies for the rokkor coilovers

 

[ElkWorks]

had 40s on mine, and yup, they were appauling, sold them and got raceland coilovers, allthough not amazing,the difference is night and day

 

[Inequality Street]

Hmmm, fair shout and opinions noted, wont waste my money.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/COILOVER-...arParts_SM&hash=item2a1885d36d#ht_3216wt_1286

What about these? I assume they'll fit, not bank breaking... Thoughts?

 

[James28]

To be honest. I reckon any 60mm Springs are going to suffer from awful ride quality. Specially on standard shocks.
Yea mate. Quite a few people on here have got those coilovers. All the same just rebranded raceland/rokkor/Tecnik etc.
Seem to be decent on the money. Doubt handling will be anything to shout about but if your after lows for cheap they'll be the ticket.

 

[The Fatty]

I have apex -60mm springs on my 8v 1.2 and it was brilliant (the were actually -30 williams springs, which were sold as -60mm's for non willys). It was the best thing I every did to the car! Also bumps and that really arnt that bad, yes you feel them but you also feel the road a lot more as well.

 

[JLister]

I'm in the same situation as you, really want coilovers but just can't afford it. Will there be much difference in ride harshness comparing springs to coilovers?

 

[Inequality Street]

I'm in the same situation as you, really want coilovers but just can't afford it. Will there be much difference in ride harshness comparing springs to coilovers?

This ^^ I know you can adjust height etc, but will coilovers be a nicer ride? I'm only after cheap lows, with regards to handling, I'm not taking a 1.2 anywhere near a track haha

 

[Naith]

you'll take it near a ditch though with apex...

 

[The Fatty]

APEX will be fine then, take a look at my gallery section and you should see some shots of my red mk1 on apex springs/shocks