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Gregor11
As per the title gents, what are the pro's and cons of coilovers on a Clio sport 172? Mainly used for a daily driver, may do 1-2 trackdays a year if that!!
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Coilovers. Pro's and Con's!
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Extra wear on the driveshafts iv heard? Cheaper ones can give a harsher ride and poorer handling, might have to do some hammer modifying to the arches too
I just put standard suspension on, car came with racelands, much much better now
Are the Racelands that bad? Or is it just cheap coilover snobbery?
172 cup- suzu rf600r
Bit of both probably lol
When I bought the car as soon as I saw it was racelands I was dubious, second cup iv owned though and in my mind the previous standard one was better.
Left the racelands on though for almost a year but got proper fed up of the crashing and banging so changed, standard ride is much better no more banging on bumps, exhaust hitting the cross beam with passengers, and over bounciness.
Car doesn't 'feel' as planted but does turn in sharper and doesn't hop about on slight in corner bumps anymore. Looks better too IMO which is weird I thought I'd miss the lowered looks, but defo less chav now.
Altogether a win I think
When I bought the car as soon as I saw it was racelands I was dubious, second cup iv owned though and in my mind the previous standard one was better.
Left the racelands on though for almost a year but got proper fed up of the crashing and banging so changed, standard ride is much better no more banging on bumps, exhaust hitting the cross beam with passengers, and over bounciness.
Car doesn't 'feel' as planted but does turn in sharper and doesn't hop about on slight in corner bumps anymore. Looks better too IMO which is weird I thought I'd miss the lowered looks, but defo less chav now.
Altogether a win I think
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Gregor11
it was the racelands i was thinking of getting as KTR are selling them off cheap!!
172 cup- suzu rf600r
Well it's just my opinion mate other people will tell you they're great probably, for the price you wouldn't lose much to buy and try for a while then sell on if you don't like, just keep a hold of your standard gear
When compared to more expensive coilovers, probably. But how do they compare to the stock suspension, which, at the price the Racelands are now, is actually a more expensive setup than the coilies.
Fletcher
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This.
no damping adjustment, no camber adjustment, over priced, dampers develop lots of play. I wont sell them
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Gregor11
as a trader, whats your opinion on coilovers for the road use? is the stock set up better?
tricky one. There's a lot of crap out there, and a lot of the time good quality parts are badly setup. If you can't afford a good quality set of coilovers, then standard shocks (new) with good springs is a better route to take. If you want to go as low as you can, then there's lots of budget sets, but you need to choose which set rides well enough. We choose to supply V-Maxx as our budget setup, even though they aren't the cheapest out there, but they are comfortable on the road. For more serious setups we've worked with SPAX to develop several new kits
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?582824-519-Automotive-New-Coilovers-%A3699.99-and-%A3799.99
[URL]http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?590236-Spax-Coilover-pictures[/URL]
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?582824-519-Automotive-New-Coilovers-%A3699.99-and-%A3799.99
[URL]http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?590236-Spax-Coilover-pictures[/URL]
nah I dont think so, they sell both. They actually had about a dozen manufacturers send them samples to try, all quite similar as there's not many things you can make different
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Gregor11
are spax good springs? do they do progressive springs? im looking for good quality ride and lower it slightly, so the wheels fill the arch a bit more!! (i dont want it slammed!!)
do you do mail order?
incorrect, doesn't have to be that way
not my first choice of springs, but they're ok. Better than Apex for example which are aweful. I like PI springs for a road car, 25mm drop, ride well and work with standard shocks. Eibach are good but they dont really make enough difference over standard to notice. Currently expanding our mail order service, so yes we can send out to you if you like, or if you want fitting of anything, we're only down the road from you
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Gregor11
where are you based mate? how much for a set of springs fitted? and if we can agree a price any chance i can pop in tue/wed/thurdsay to have them fitted and pay up?
Bedford. Have a look in our traders section, got some fitted prices in sticky posts http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?537044-Pi-Lowering-Spring-kits
Dan
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?537044-Pi-Lowering-Spring-kitsDan
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Gregor11
Bedford. Have a look in our traders section, got some fitted prices in sticky posts
Dan
do you keep the springs in stock mate? is tuesday ok to come and have some fitted?
are they a progressive spring, and are these the ones that will work well with standard dampers?
i like you, but you do talk shite sometimes :rasp:
got a car with a knocking set in the workshop right now. removed and returned numerous sets, identified knocks that multiple experts couldn't find and blamed on top mounts. Even removed some that had already been reconditioned once and one of the fronts had play in it again.
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Gregor11
no problem mate, if you dont hear from me monday, i'll call you first thing tuesday if thats ok?
if you like, can't promise to fit you in same day, but some time next week is definitely no problem
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Gregor11
ok then, i'll make sure i get 5 to ring you monday morning to sort as tuesday is my only spare day my girlfriend has just informed me!!
Evo 5 RS
I'm pretty sure K-Tecs own brand are V-Maxx, they look identical (if you side them with Raceland they look nothing alike) I actually don't think they're that bad for the price point really...however I can't wait to get my B14s back on
It's not the seals, they dont seem to leak, they just develop a lot of play in the shaft. As far as i know it's an issue they're aware of and trying to solve.
172 cup- suzu rf600r
I managed to sort my exhaust knocking a bit with the socket fix (search it if you don't know it) might help ya
