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ITB'd MK1
Spax do them, and if anyone has a newer 200 with the later top mounts that wants to volunteer the vehicle for a bit, I should be able to get them to mod the design
Cheers, do you no any decent websites you can get them?
ITB'd MK1
spax build quality is easily better than H&R. Your old ones knocked like a motherfucker. KW are good though.
Have a ride in Dave88's 182 if you get the chance. I think you'll change your opinion (which I'm guessing is based on 2nd hand info rather than experience of the product)
Have a ride in Dave88's 182 if you get the chance. I think you'll change your opinion (which I'm guessing is based on 2nd hand info rather than experience of the product)
Discounted 1*2 parts
Discounted 1*2 parts
Here is a pic of the differences in top mounts. The larger one on the right is the old style mount and the smaller on the left is the new style. The old mount fits snuggly in the purple coilover cup or H&R spring and gives a good solid fit.
The new style mount is far smaller and rattles around inside the cup. There is no way I'd trust this on my car as you're never going to be able to get the shock to fit perfectly. I know people have said to me 'just make it look central and tighten it!!' but its only going to take one bump to move the shock absobrer?
The new style mount is far smaller and rattles around inside the cup. There is no way I'd trust this on my car as you're never going to be able to get the shock to fit perfectly. I know people have said to me 'just make it look central and tighten it!!' but its only going to take one bump to move the shock absobrer?
Gaz_
ClioSport Club Member
Extreme mode
Behave!, spax are budget! You've said this about my h&r's before on guppys car. I bought them second hand off here, ran them six months then sold the car. It was only the front damper iirc?? Remember Eddie on here ? He had spax on his DCI. He removed them after a few months, the reason, knocked like a b*****d
For the record I've had 3 sets of H&R, one billstein and never had any issues what so ever. Also had the misfortune of gaz units, they were binned after a month . Shocking
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ITB'd MK1
I've yet to see a single set of H&R's that dont have play in the dampers, hence i wont sell them.
I've seen the returns shelf at spax (as has Dave when we had the factory tour) it's very small and the majority of things there are down to people damaging the dampers by using mole grips on the shaft.
They are a world away from being budget, and their development engineers are extremely knowledgable
I've seen the returns shelf at spax (as has Dave when we had the factory tour) it's very small and the majority of things there are down to people damaging the dampers by using mole grips on the shaft.
They are a world away from being budget, and their development engineers are extremely knowledgable
Mines didn't move after I stuck a washer on the damper rod. In fact when I took them back off after 4k, they hadn't moved in the cup at all, still perfectly central.
The reason you get play in it is because on the oem damper rod, the bit below the thread is thinner than the thread. On the KW's, the bit of metal below the thread is the same thickness of the thread. OEM - the nut goes down tight. KW - the nut cant tighten as it runs out of thread.
2 washers later and they didn't knock or move.
The reason you get play in it is because on the oem damper rod, the bit below the thread is thinner than the thread. On the KW's, the bit of metal below the thread is the same thickness of the thread. OEM - the nut goes down tight. KW - the nut cant tighten as it runs out of thread.
2 washers later and they didn't knock or move.
