V-maxx

[Clio172NE]

Im guessing im not the first person with this problem, i posted pictures on Cllio sport owners club facebook yesterday and got a good reply but just thought there might be a wider spectrum on here.
Recently bought a Clio 182 half done track car, stated in the advert it was 'lowered on coilovers' which normally means to me the coilovers fitted are not a brand make to shout about.
Anyways since owning it i haven't really given it a proper drive on some decent roads, however i did the other night. A road i know well and the 172 Cup with K-tec coilovers on handled just fine but the 182 bottomed out under conditions i would not really consider extreme enough to even get close to using a whole travel of the suspension.
Upon looking underneath i found the rear spring was sat on with about 3 coils one on top of the other. Hence why it bottomed out as i mostly have about over 50% of the travel taken away.

Sorry for the poor pictures!
Is this how they actually come? Both sides are the same, or is it shoddy fitting?

 

[Gus]

Just looked at my rear suspension as I was curious as the shocks looked the same

Not sure if I have the adjuster in the wrong place after seeing yours. this is my spring anyway.

 

[alistairolsen]

Yeah mine are the same. To be fair, they're cheap s**t coilovers, but even so, designing springs isnt hard.

 

[JD_RS172]

I think the adjuster on them billies could be on the wrong side. I've never known adjustment from the top!

As for the OP that's absolutely shocking. Cheap or not cheap they still shouldn't be doing that. The thing is for another £200 you can get some billies so vmax aren't that cheap really

 

[Clio172NE]

That's what I thought, £460 I think from them direct. That's not cheap. My K-tecs were around the £350 mark, I never had high hopes for them but they were not bad and would put the V-Maxx's to shame.

 

[JD_RS172]

No that isn't cheap! It's not expensive but I consider stuff like JOM cheap at like £180.

Yeah I run a Clio with the ktecs on and for the money they did the job. Depends what you want really but I think BC's are the way forward. They cater for a range. Track slags, them who drive with the wheel in the arch, camber boys and the rest and they don't even cost an arm and a leg

 

[Clio172NE]

Best coil overs I had were KW's they were on my vRS though I don't know how they suit Clio's
Some makes work wonders for one car but not another.
Either way, they have to come off! Even if I put OEM back on

 

[Jekyll]

That's standard for vmaxx. I had the same a few years ago. I'll see if I can dig out some pics.

 

[Jekyll]

Thought i had some of my 182 but cant find any, however this was on my ph1 so still the same issue.

And a few pics from other members from a search.

http://www.cliosport.net/threads/un-even-ride-height-v-maxx.575459/

 

[JD_RS172]

^^^ that's not good. Especially when they look brand spank

 

[TimR26]

The Vmaxx on my old Monaco were the same from being fitted.

It handled much better once the rear was raised up a bit.

 

[Jekyll]

^^^ that's not good. Especially when they look brand spank

They were new.

 

[Clio172NE]

Mine just seems to crash over everything then skip round corners. Thankfully I bought it as a working project so I'm not too bothered.

 

[JD_RS172]

They were new.

Oh so that's how they're supposed to be. Strange design!

 

[Sullii94]

My AP Coilovers are the same, are the rear springs actually meant to be coilbound?
I thought mine were broken at first :smile::down: