Cup or non-Cup arms?

[JonC219]

Are these arms cup (extra caster) or non cup?

Thought they were but now I'm not so sure...

 

[497adam]

How much extra castor do the cup arms give?

 

[Chip-mk1]

Those are the non-cup arms, or more to the point they are early arms, we are all being a bit misleading calling them cup/non-cup as all the late cars were meant to have the increased castor, our non cup 182 has the original arms still for example and has extra caster.

You cant give an exact figure as if you have different caster to begin with (based on ride heights) then the same shift forward results in a different degrees change in angle, but if you assume you wont add more than tow degrees and wont add less than one degree, thats a pretty safe bet.

 

[JonC219]

Gay.

Thought so, thanks for the info Chip.

Best get on the phone to Renparts tomorrow as they were sold to me as extra caster arms!

 

[Chip-mk1]

Buy from Adam @ Renault Wolverhampton on here mate, he knows EXACTLY which ones you mean

 

[JonC219]

Might have to. I've got Powerflex bushes all ready to go though (cheaper way to do it for me through work prices) so will see what Renparts say first

 

[Chip-mk1]

You could always just modify them if you are reasonably handy with a welder, its not really not difficult.

I did a thread about it on here somewhere.

 

[Kat@Renparts]

Just spoken to him, he ordered them 5 months ago! but is going to return & we will exchange for him.

 

[JonC219]

Yes as Kat said I did buy these 5 months ago but figured it was worth a call anyway, and thanks for understanding the situation

Like I said to the other guy on the phone (can't remember his name) ill send these back Monday and hopefully we can sort this out

So good on Renparts for the customer service so far and I hope I can continue to use them in confidence like I have done in the past!

 

[Chip-mk1]

Fair play to renparts for that, taking them back into stock 5 months later is certianly above and beyond the call of duty!