Are the APEX Springs as hard as some people say?

[albert88]

Is it True? What is the difference to Coilovers?

 

[Daniel]

Completly ruins the handling imo.

Bump skips over the road down country lanes, crashy, shocks bottom out over potholes....

I would personally avoid. (I've had them on two of my clio's)

 

[ForceIndia]

Yes. Woeful. Eibach's or you need coilovers.

 

[.Ben.]

As above.

Eibach's fitted to my car this weekend after having the Apex for a few thousand miles.

Apex: Make the car look good/ make the car and your fillings rattle!

Eibach: Better body control/ smoother drive/ feels like a different and better car!!

 

[Gazzman_Clio]

im gona go ahead and go for the eibach sportlines, there about £140 of k tec. anyone used these and could tell me what there like, there going on my 1.2 cheers.

 

[Beef-Mc]

Get them from Kam racing, cheaper.

 

[fil_b]

dont get apex

rubbish

glad to get rid of mine - get the pro lines

 

[rob_clio197rs]

i have them and can homestly say i dnt like them. getting them swapped for coilovers very soon. on other hand they do make the car look good but if you want performance dnt get them.

 

[Gazzman_Clio]

Get them from Kam racing, cheaper.

Cheers buddy appreciated, saved me a few quid there. :approve:

 

[bmh.01]

Hell yes, if you really want to know what firm is get the dampers too.

 

[ben24]

Yes they do mate , im still running the standard wheels with 195.45.16 and its still hard as nails , and the roads around my way are dog sh1t as well .

if u have 17" then forget it mate

 

[Ollyc90]

I had apex springs on my micra, the ride was so hard I buckled an alloy after hitting a humpback bridge a bit fast.

It did drift nicely though, rattled me to pieces and motorway journeys were awful

 

[ben24]

I had apex springs on my micra,

ok , whats the score there then . pics ?

thats got to be the craziest sentance of the day :rasp:

 

[Plummer]

im gona go ahead and go for the eibach sportlines, there about £140 of k tec. anyone used these and could tell me what there like, there going on my 1.2 cheers.

I have Sportlines on my 1.2!

Very good springs, good mix of stiff/comfy.
And the handling shot up!

 

[Ollyc90]

ok , whats the score there then . pics ?

thats got to be the craziest sentance of the day :rasp:

As requested, a few shots of my micra build:

 

[ben24]

How funny , are they R5 turbo wheels ?

whats going on with the fog light in the rear bumper ?

 

[Ollyc90]

The fog light was a failed project, I cut the hole out whilst under the influence....

Yeah, the R5 wheels were destroyed last time it snowed, I span out in the snow and clipped a kerb hard enough to bend the wheel almost in half lol. Still they only cost me £35.

I have since sold the pimped out micra and bought my clio lol, I got fed up of people laughing

 

[ben24]

I got fed up of people laughing

PMSL

 

[Peperami]

The apex arent as bad as people make out. They're rock hard, with no body roll, and the handling will feel slightly flat and lifeless, but some people like that. Good ride height on them.

They will create rattles though, you'll get rattles like never before within a few days.

 

[Iain C]

Completly ruins the handling imo.

Bump skips over the road down country lanes, crashy, shocks bottom out over potholes....

I would personally avoid. (I've had them on two of my clio's)

Sums em up perfectly really, tho try adding 17s on top of that for a truly "guess what the car is gonna do next??" experience