Trophy upgrades

[redwillwin]

Having read last weeks article in Autocar - on how well the Trophy handles, does anyone know if this Sachs suspension will be available as an upgrade for existing 182s ?? Also will renault sell those speedline wheels seperately ??

 

[Dan##]

IIRC theres something else that needs to be changed to use the trophy suspension. The mounts or something.

 

[redwillwin]

Anything on those renault speedline wheels being sold separately ??

 

[Chris n nic]

isnt it something daft like £1500 a corner? And I think Dan is right there is something else that needs changing.

Chris

 

[blink172]

Wouldnt a decent set of coilovers get you somewhere near the trophys handling? Obviously im not suggesting that by slapping on COs its going to be better, but isnt it a practical upgrade without resorting to a trade in?

 

[rmccardal]

If youre gonna spend £1k+ go see Leda .

Wheels are about 115 a corner iirc.

 

[Red Cup]

No, coilovers would make the car stiffer, and give adjustable ride height but you get non of the benefits of these Sachs units. These being:

- thicker damper rods.
- increased oil / gas capacity
- hydraulic bump stops

On a super smooth track, where they are no real bumps to absorb, then youd be close, maybe even ahead, but on uk roads they wouldnt help that much.

 

[stu8v]

Quote: Originally posted by rmccardal on 11 July 2005


If youre gonna spend £1k+ go see Leda .

Wheels are about 115 a corner iirc.

Ledas fail too quickly, anyone in the know uses billies. I dont know whether they are available or not though for the clio.

 

[y0z2a]

This is why I have gone to Bilstein to develop our 182 coilover package.



/y0z

 

[stu8v]

I run them on the 205 rally car, great pieces of kit.

£750 ish for the fronts, I guess the clio would be similar in price.

What you going for? something with replacable inserts and 2/1/4 springs?

 

[toonboy]

you may as well trade in for a trophy would be cheaper. Get one fast before they are all gone, not many left now i hear.

 

[fmp_]

billies rule. got grpN setup on my saxo.

whats the ETA on them for clio yozza??