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Ash5
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7th Dec 13 at 20:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
how much lower are they?
AlexW
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7th Dec 13 at 20:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
20mm at most, but a fair bit stiffer, do improve the handling a lot.
Ben G
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7th Dec 13 at 20:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
Good job there labelled front and rear.


renault owners must be a bit backwards.

like this car a lot. I like the cliosport styling.

[Edited on 07-12-2013 by Ben G]
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10th Dec 13 at 08:10   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
They had a lot of complaints from the Megane owners as they as very similar shape.

Clios have a bit of difference in them.
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10th Dec 13 at 08:10   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
When they being fitted?
Simon_16v
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10th Dec 13 at 20:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hopefully this week sometime, trying to bribe Kyle to give me a hand after work
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Hopefully this week sometime, trying to bribe Kyle to give me a hand after work


what day?
Simon_16v
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Looking at Friday evening, he is out all of Saturday and I'm going home this weekend.
daymoon
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10th Dec 13 at 21:46   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hmm. I *might be* able to give a hand. Depends If I my cat decat will be done.
Kyle T
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quote:
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Hopefully this week sometime, trying to bribe Kyle to give me a hand after work


I'm pretty sure if you were bribing me there would be something in it for me



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AlexW
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I bet its easier to do than your scoob!
Simon_16v
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quote:
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quote:
Originally posted by Simon_16v
Hopefully this week sometime, trying to bribe Kyle to give me a hand after work


I'm pretty sure if you were bribing me there would be something in it for me



Beers at x-mas
AndyCorsaSport
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11th Dec 13 at 22:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'd help you but I don't have a spare 5 minutes at all at moment

Should have done the rears by now anyway, only take 10 mins.
Ben G
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11th Dec 13 at 22:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Even I managed to do the rears on mine (albeit I snapped a wheel bolt)

Simon_16v
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16th Dec 13 at 13:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'm not lowering just the rear and leaving the fronts to do as and when I've got some spare time
Ben G
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The fronts are easy if you spray wd40 on the bolt holding the strut in place and also on the actual strut.

Hit the wishbone with a hammer to shock the strut out if it won't budge.
Kyle T
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21st Dec 13 at 16:38   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Simon rocked up today with a set of springs.... so off we went.

"Before" shot of the rideheight:



Bolts out, springs dropped out:


New vs Old:






Fronts needed bullying with plusgas and rattle gun, didn't take long though - also must have got the car under 1000kgs with all of the crud I chiseled off the bolts...



Simon was nervous about us not being able to undo these, but they pretty much just fell off when we touched them...



Cruddy...



New vs Old top mount bearing:



Shiney shiney...



And the after shot, the spring you can see in front of the car is not a part we forgot to put back in... I don't think.



Car felt fine from the passenger seat, no creaks rattles or bangs - but Simons' 4000 mile old Continentals have been knackered on the inside edge, so needs to sort alignment and new tyres I reckon

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Ben G
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21st Dec 13 at 17:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Perfect imo. No need to go massively low on these.

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Kyle T
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She hates french cars, besides she's got far too much christmas wrapping paper to fuck about with inside

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daymoon
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21st Dec 13 at 18:54   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Funnily enough, at the time you were fitting these I was't far off you
AlexW
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21st Dec 13 at 19:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Much better, But Spring compressors?! No need for those on sports

New top mount bearings will make it drive much better too.
CORSA NUT
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21st Dec 13 at 22:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Much better really want another 182
Simon_16v
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quote:
Originally posted by AlexW
Much better, But Spring compressors?! No need for those on sports

New top mount bearings will make it drive much better too.


Haha well better to be safe than sorry! We did notice the springs weren't under a lot of tension, especially with the tiny 17mm nut holing one half of the top mount on!

The ride is a fair bit stiffer, you can definitely throw it about a bit more on back roads now. Just need to take speed bumps a bit slower.

quote:
Originally posted by CORSA NUT
Much better really want another 182


Thanks mate, think this car is the only one I've not been bored with after a few months. I've still a few things I'd like to do to it too
CORSA NUT
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The only problem I had with mine was the fact it just want quick enough. I've always had the same problem with cars with similar performance ie around 7/8 seconds 0-60 like the CTR, Golf GTI, Octavia VRS etc they just don't have enough shove but there just quick enough to have fun with.

Bet a lightly turbo'd one would be great fun.
Simon_16v
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Yeah I completely agree with performance on the road, but on track they have plenty of power to cope with more powerful cars as the handling more than makes up for it

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