koni's or coilovers

[Luigi172]

hi guys, looking to upgrade the suspension on the ph1 It will be my daily driver with the odd track day. Ive got a budget of £400 and was looking at the koni sport shocks with eibach springs but there are quite a few sets of coilovers for the same money around.. will the koni's be good enough on track? or are the coilovers in my price range a better choice? im not fussed about how low the car can go its all about the handling thanks guys

 

[MartinR]

have heard that koni yellows matched with eibach sportlines is an awesome setup better than coilovers around that budget.

 

[Luigi172]

thats the setup im leaning towards.. next question is whos the cheapest place for them

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Or save yourself a bit of money and buy brand new 172 cup shocks with eibach sportlines excellent on the road and would say this setup would be sufficient enough for the odd trackday. I really rate this setup for the money.

 

[Luigi172]

Or save yourself a bit of money and buy brand new 172 cup shocks with eibach sportlines excellent on the road and would say this setup would be sufficient enough for the odd trackday. I really rate this setup for the money.

hadnt thought of this to be fair, will the cup suspension fit onto a ph1? and what improvment are the cup shocks over standard? thanks

 

[.Kev.]

konis and sportlines, wouldn't touch coil overs in that range.

Unless they're a decent 2nd hand set.

 

[Martin_172]

£400 isnt enough money to do a decent job with aftermarket.

as stevo says 172 cup dampers all round and eibach sportline springs is what id be spending my cash on (its what i did spend my cash on!)

 

[Ricardos]

Isn't the Koni kit over £500, add the cost of Eibachs and you're talking FK Konigsport coilover kit territory.... Which use Koni dampers.

 

[Luigi172]

£400 isnt enough money to do a decent job with aftermarket.

as stevo says 172 cup dampers all round and eibach sportline springs is what id be spending my cash on (its what i did spend my cash on!)

just out of interest what our the differences between cup shocks and standard 172 shocks? will i be ok fitting them to a ph1?

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Yeah they fit I've get front and rear shocks on my ph1 as does Martin above. I couldn't tell you the difference in technical terms but they are stiffer and probably have different damping rates etc to normal 172 shocks. I got all for shocks four £190 from wests Renault and I think the eibach sportlines are around 150 iirc.

 

[davo172]

Will 172 cup shocks fit a ph2 172 also does anyone know or is bolt spacing different. ? ?

 

[Luigi172]

Yeah they fit I've get front and rear shocks on my ph1 as does Martin above. I couldn't tell you the difference in technical terms but they are stiffer and probably have different damping rates etc to normal 172 shocks. I got all for shocks four £190 from wests Renault and I think the eibach sportlines are around 150 iirc.

sounds good! thanks guys really appreciate the advise-with the money i save i might be able to afford a rear arb

 

[Dan519]

Pop over, I'll show you a set of Spax

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Will 172 cup shocks fit a ph2 172 also does anyone know or is bolt spacing different. ? ?

Yeah should fit. It's only 182 cups/cup packed that have the bigger hole spacings.

 

[Luigi172]

Pop over, I'll show you a set of Spax

thats the problem, if i saw a set of new shiny coilovers i would easily blow my budget