16v_paddy
ClioSport Club Member
Valvers & 172 Cup
Does anyone have any experience with pattern part front shock absorbers for the 172? Specifically, which ones are actually correct & fit?
Genuine ones are basically unavailable at the minute so they're a no go hence looking for pattern parts. I've found plenty of them but digging deeper into the specs for them they're either saying nothing about the bolt spacing or that they're 52mm & 58mm. On top of that, I've found ones from Sachs, KYB & Bilstein, looked up their part numbers through various websites like ebay autodoc etc and for each part number I'm getting a couple of sites saying yes they absolutely do fit a normal ph2 172 and another couple saying the exact opposite.
What's really annoying is that on Bilstein's site it shows that for their conventional shock absorbers for the Mk2 Clio, they do them in 52mm or 58mm bolt spacing except the B14 coilovers which say they're for 54mm bolt spacing only 🙄
Genuine ones are basically unavailable at the minute so they're a no go hence looking for pattern parts. I've found plenty of them but digging deeper into the specs for them they're either saying nothing about the bolt spacing or that they're 52mm & 58mm. On top of that, I've found ones from Sachs, KYB & Bilstein, looked up their part numbers through various websites like ebay autodoc etc and for each part number I'm getting a couple of sites saying yes they absolutely do fit a normal ph2 172 and another couple saying the exact opposite.
What's really annoying is that on Bilstein's site it shows that for their conventional shock absorbers for the Mk2 Clio, they do them in 52mm or 58mm bolt spacing except the B14 coilovers which say they're for 54mm bolt spacing only 🙄
