H&R's to AST's ..

[r8byb]

I did the swap today, unfortunatly have very little pictures.

Bit of a review, went down to Curtis at powerstation this morning in the freeezing cold, greeted by a hot chocolate and toca race car on a old school PS1. After discussing setup and what to go for he was off to work..

Had a good look around the workshop which included a M3 GTR and Ian Litchfield turned up in a brand new skyline GTR so we had a good nose around that

The suspension its self is amazing, i cant get over how good the turn in is and how progressive the oversteer is, aswell as the fact of there being NO understeer at all, its totally transformed my car. Had a full Geo setup too and slight toe out to improve turn in. As you can see its very low now but due to the coilover units this in no way affects performance and i still have 20mm rake even with the back as low as it is, quite scary it has another 40mm of adjustment left and my car is stripped of quite a bit of weight.

Anyway a few pictures as ive changed my bootlid today so didnt get any of it clean but will post some up shortly.


Anyone looking to make the switch, i strongly reconmend the ASTs and powerstation

Only pictures i have until tomorrow!

 

[mini-valver]

Ahhhh, to have money.






Proper! Love it

 

[Bazzon]

So what springs you go for in the end then mate ?

 

[r8byb]

280lb front 250lb rear, currently set to 5 clicks front and 3 rear, pretty happy as it is feels awesome on the road but ill no doubt have a play

 

[Barron]

that is looooooooooooow :O

 

[D4N13L]

Do you get much rubbage? Had my coilies fitted today and if they where too low at the front they would scrub the front.

 

[Bazzon]

280lb front 250lb rear, currently set to 5 clicks front and 3 rear, pretty happy as it is feels awesome on the road but ill no doubt have a play

pleased you got it sorted now think how the 750s we have feel

 

[r8byb]

No, no rubbing, but that could be due to the fact i did some mods to the liners and bumper brackets when i fitted the H&rs

 

[william...]

may, could you take a picture from the rear under the car? I want to see the mounting

Looks fantastic!

 

[dutty_112]

amazing!

 

[r8byb]

pleased you got it sorted now think how the 750s we have feel

Yeah i cant imagine how stiff it is for you lol..

What camber do you run ? Ive got neg2 degrees front and rear

 

[r8byb]

may, could you take a picture from the rear under the car? I want to see the mounting

Looks fantastic!

I can do but they mount exactly the same way as a standard clio shock absorber.

 

[william...]

for me its important to see the space between spring an rim. Thanks a lot!

 

[sean_d]

Looks mint, If only a had the cash

 

[jams]

I can't believe it's that low and it doesn't rub. Very nice!!! How much did they set you back if you don't mind me asking?

 

[r8byb]

bit over 1k inc setup

 

[Ali]

H&R's arn't all that great. Impressed with what i've seen of the AST's! Bloody hard tho!

 

[r8byb]

Mine arnt hard at all, there adjustable from almost standard to extremely stiff

 

[Ali]

Mine arnt hard at all, there adjustable from almost standard to extremely stiff

One i was in was HARD! But that was his choice...

 

[Whiteley]

'Mazin!!!

 

[Slammed172]

So nice.

Would love to drive that.

 

[drhowser]

One i was in was HARD! But that was his choice...

fnar fnar.

 

[Fletcher]

Nice one. i'd love to have a go in a 172/82 with a set of these fitted, to compare to my h&r's.

 

[Christophe]

thats perfect height for me!

 

[Turkish]

would love a run with a set of these to compare to my H&R's

 

[r8byb]

Well i did about 2000 miles with the H&Rs and i cant believe the difference, it feels so stable and neutral, had a lovely play with a trophy tonight too

 

[Curley]

woh, how low?!

Wish i had the money for them, what you done with the H&Rs?

 

[wiley]

looks great

wiley

 

[Si]

i love these. glad you god it all sorted bud

is it really work the extra dollar though just for road use?

 

[franx]

looks awesome !
really low though, what happens when you hit a pothole or something ; not really clearance left to absorb..

i would raise it a little. althoughthis does look the nuts

 

[Peperami]

fnar fnar.

LOL! Finbar saunders = awesome

 

[Jay Payne]

Told you they were a million miles better than the (overhyped by cs) H&R's.

Shame you went for the 'Girly' spring option

 

[r8byb]

ill take some better pictures today but there is alot of length left for damping.remember they arnt setup like the usual clio suspension..

 

[CrippsCorner]

Wow that looks great. Any idea how low you are now?

 

[r8byb]

About 70mm rear 70mm front from standard setup, roughly.

Going to go wash it in a minute and ill wack up some better pictures

 

[jack_davey]

looks awesome! I'd love to slam my clio but I'd lose my splitter on all the gash speedbumps round my area! (What the f*ck is wrong with the f*cking transport minister?)

What's the ride quality like over britains 'lower quality' roads?

 

[r8byb]

Ride is really good, the car doesnt skip on B roads either, still very useable on all sort of roads from the few hundred miles ive done so far anyway

 

[Ash87]

looks proper smart now Rob, nice n low

 

[Fred@BTM]

they ride well, bloody hard i found them though

 

[RichCup]

Didn't know you were getting these fitted today!! Sounds good, altho its way too low at the back IMO Looked spot on how you had it before!