trophy cup

[Cue]

I don't know the circumstances as to why they wern't coverd and those are Renault UK prices. The irony is that you also have a Renault with the same level of warrenty! You have a strange sence of humour if that makes you p1ss yourself!

No one is telling you to buy Sachs!! so you're welcome to stick to H&R and KW if it floats your boat.

Major failure is covered but the term "wear and tear item" is a good get out clause for most dealerships - same reason brakes aren't covered.

 

[Biffarino]

Don't know who it was that was saying about sticking with H&R et al, but they should try getting any sort of warranty issue resolved with a set of aftermarket coilovers...

 

[Englebert]

All dampers are consumables, so it is irrelevant. All dampers wear, the fact you can rebuild the Sachs dampers is a benefit. An OEM damper you would have to replace. I'm sure 100% of people with standard 172s are rolling around on shagged dampers because they seem to believe they last as long as the car!

What i don't get is that they made 500+ Trophys right? An aftermarket suspension would kill to have that many sales for a set of coilovers. Consequently, you'd expect the Trophy's prices to be cheaper because of the quantity made.

 

[Neil G]

To put it simply buy a Trophy as they're brilliant cars and worry about the dampers IF or WHEN they go

 

[sh33n]

Would be pointless to do this tbh.

Cup say 5k; Trophy say 9k; that's 4k.

By the time you've changed the seats at 1k; changed suspension (lets assume 1k and forget the sachs issue); changed the manifold, exhaust, etc.

You're looking at close to 3k costs, and the car wouldn't be worth a penny more.

Best just to buy the Trophy in the first place.

 

[Turkish]

Pray tell, did you even find that the sachs units needed refurbing early... perhaps you could tell all us uninformed trophy owners, how many miles will are Dampers last? Are the even servicable or is that all or is that a marketing ploy.. maybe race derived dampers should be throw away item... At least using your facts the £300+ I was quoted for just refurbs only last month means i may as well just buy some cheap (by comparision) brand new replacements.

lmao, i could go on but i've wasted enough of my time on someone who can't produce ONE of their own facts.

I take it you are aware that most components including engine and suspension on race cars are lifespanned to a set amount of running hours? After which they receive either a full strip down and most of the internals replaced or alternatively get launched into the bin and replaced complete.

 

[Cue]

Pray tell, did you even find that the sachs units needed refurbing early... perhaps you could tell all us uninformed trophy owners, how many miles will are Dampers last? Are the even servicable or is that all or is that a marketing ploy.. maybe race derived dampers should be throw away item... At least using your facts the £300+ I was quoted for just refurbs only last month means i may as well just buy some cheap (by comparision) brand new replacements.

lmao, i could go on but i've wasted enough of my time on someone who can't produce ONE of their own facts.

I take it you are aware that most components including engine and suspension on race cars are lifespanned to a set amount of running hours? After which they receive either a full strip down and most of the internals replaced or alternatively get launched into the bin and replaced complete.

You've correctly pointed out my exact point there - they are stripped and re-built unless not economical or worth repair.

 

[ben_p]

a friend crashed his trophy, the ns front damper was £1400.00 from renault

 

[Cue]

a friend crashed his trophy, the ns front damper was £1400.00 from renault

Wait for Tim(e) to come on and laugh at you and call you deranged or something lol.... facts don't seem to register on here, only opinions matter.

 

[Alex_X93]

A Trophy is just a 182 with a different paint code, dampers and front springs FACT! To make a 172 cup/trophy you would need 182 hubs, lower arms, roll bars and possibly rear beam and alloys(different offsets) not to mention a set of sach dampers and the trophy H+R front springs to match!! Nice idea tho would be a better car than a trophy 2 be honest..

 

[Cue]

trophy springs are eibach not H&R - custom made for the trophy... everything else you've mentioned is correct except you missed the V6 rear spoiler also oh and the traction control system.

 

[Iridium]

And the wheels, and the seats


The pwnage in this thread is awesome heh.

 

[Tony Hunter]

I've just read through all this(don't know why)I'm going to have to go and lie down now my head hurts.