PRAISE THE LOWER'D
After receiving my Cooksports last week I thought it was about time I got cracking and fitted them!
Off I went to the clio's natural habitat in my cousins garage, but anyways enough talk, heres the before pictures!
Then got the old girl up on stands..
Out with the old...
In with the new...
All done and on to the front!
Top mounts off...
Up to this point I was completely confused as to how people could find a job like this hard, managed to get the rear done in no time, and the drivers strut off no trouble... then I made the fatal mistake of thinking it was easy!
Got onto the passengers side took off both bolts and then released the strut from the hub nice and gently, then all of a sudden the driveshaft popped out to say hello, and spill the gearboxes oil all over the deck
So after wedging the gaiter back over the driveshaft and stopping the leak I decided to clean it up best I can and just get on with the front springs and worry about the mess that the gearbox was in later :dapprove:
So anyways, here they are off the car;
Completely dissassembled;
New spring in comparison to the old one;
And the final product.
Also managed to find the time to change the spark plugs round!
Was a bit embarassed by the comparison
By the end of all this my cousin had brought all the bits for a gearbox oil change, so managed to find time to swap the oil round!
I have to compliment the Cooksport springs, they make the car look absolutely fantastic (yet to settle in of course), yet it I havent felt any substantial decrease in ride quality and I have yet to push it but the initial assessment is that they are fantastic!
I have to say though that through changing the gearbox oil the gear changes feel much much better, I would definitely recommend changing if you havent already! Although be warned, the stuff smells :rasp:
Comments and criticisms welcome!