Bilstein B14, one of the best on the market?

[Dan1587]

Are these suspension kits one of the best on the market.

Looking for suspension in the near future.

Just been flicking through Ktec, and seen they are doing them for £675+VAT?

http://www.k-tecracing.com/show_product.asp?id=2044&appid=2

Or is that about normal price?

Dan

 

[Tony Hunter]

Yes they are.

 

[Dan1587]

That a good price?

 

[Tony Hunter]

Not bad.

 

[maynard]

Yes...very good.

 

[Tommo.]

Try Kam Racing, they have them at just over 700 incl VAT -

[url]http://www.kamracing.co.uk/renault/renault-clio-mk2/suspension/coilover-kits/renault-clio-2-rs-172-172-cup-182-bilstein-b14-coilover-kit.html

I[/URL]'ve used Kam many times and their service has always been good!

 

[James28]

£810 inc vat according to your link. Kam may be better

 

[maynard]

Come well down in price since I bought mine

 

[The Boosh!]

Shame they don't do them for cup packed cars.

 

[theduck]

Sure Fred was working on cup pack fitments...

 

[Jonny1*2]

They were supposed to be tested last month

 

[stephen chadwick]

Sure Fred was working on cup pack fitments...

+1 wating on these

 

[The Boosh!]

Sure Fred was working on cup pack fitments...

I'll be long gone and dead by the time those come out.

 

[p@blo]

They were supposed to be tested last month

Rofl, wonder if the next RS Clio will have been released before these are available? Sure they're not 'super cup' fitment Jonny? Maybe they'll never be ready?

 

[Jonny1*2]

you missed KK yesterday btw

 

[mx1_champ]

Shame they don't do them for cup packed cars.

just swap hubs over ?

 

[Cup_Phil]

I'm gonna have to say I'm not that impressed with them

Build quality they're very good - and obviously being able to adjust the height is handy - but the lack of damping adjustment really bugs me
And they are quite soft - certainly softer springs than my old eibach springs

If I was using the car as a mix of on road and occasional track days and wanted a bit of height adjustment then I'd recommend them
But as soon as you use your car more seriously they are quite lacking
I'll be selling mine mid-year to buy AST's

 

[Silent_Scone]

Probably the best under the 1k bracket

 

[Cup_Phil]

Probably the best under the 1k bracket

I'd 100% agree with that

They're also the cheapest coilovers I would bother with - the cheaper ones are worse than standard

 

[Cub.]

I've just put them on my previously standard 172 and I'm very impressed. Agree with Phil in that its more fast road with occasional track use, but for sub £1k i'm very happy. Piccie attached.

 

[Dan519]

they're reasonable on a standard car. If you strip the car out they're damped wrong, and dont go low enough by a mile. Far from the best on the market

 

[Kam.]

End of the day unless they say they are for track use, all coilovers on the market are valved to cope with normal roads. If you are using standard tyres then they will be fine on track but with sticky rubber then you want something more dedicated and you have to stump up the cash.

We have a good few sets of the Clio RS Bilstein B14 kits on the shelf at the moment.

 

[bozothenutter]

what is the best on the market for road use?

 

[Cup_Phil]

they're reasonable on a standard car. If you strip the car out they're damped wrong, and dont go low enough by a mile. Far from the best on the market

Half right

They're definitely not damped right and the springs are too soft for my liking
However the front coilovers go so low the car sits on the ground lol
The back are useless though - mines still too high on the back and the only choice I have now is remove the adjustors

 

[Dan519]

yeah rears being WAY too high is what I was refering to really. Got a customer who had to get custom springs made after he stripped out the back as it was higher than standard. FFS.