TNT Tricky Nicky
26-11-2011, 19:51
Does anybody happen to have the specifications of the Renault sport Clio 172 cup and 182 cup springs?
Been looking on cliosport and can feel myself getting physically angry as spent ages trying to find the answer amongst all the threads that all end saying "just buy eibach springs" or "look on k-tecs website" :mad:
My 172 cup failed it's mot on a leaking rear damper, broken rear spring and broken front spring, after ringing a local breaker as I'm not in a financial situation to buy new, i was told yeah we've got all that in stock.
Went down to collect them, spent 15 Min's looking in a shed for a front leg and could only find 1 bent one which wasn't a problem as i only wanted the spring, was then handed a rear spring with 172 written on, told him it was for a cup and he said definitely the right one, he finished off by giving me a damper with campus written on, again i told him it was for a cup which he then told me they all use the same damper on the rear, it's only the trophy which is different.
Got home and started on the rears, surprise surprise, the damper was different and the spring was taller. Great. Rang my old man and the breaker and they agreed he could go and pick the right parts up and i could drop the wrong ones back. Stripped the spring off the bent front leg, took mine off and it was wrong again. :(
My dad turned up so got on with finishing the rears, right damper, wrong spring!
Back we go for the third time, i managed to find a nearly new rear spring, bonus. front leg is another story, they had no cups in, we had to hunt around for a cup pack 182, found one but the markings are different to a 172, decided it was the only option so left with that :crap:
Got home and fitted all the parts for the re test but ran out of time so won't be done until Wednesday now :(
As far as i can work out the spring dimensions are the same, it's just if they're different poundage is what i need to know and is it worth changing to 182 cup springs up front or finding a 172 cup spring to change it for after the mot?
p.s sorry for the essay
Been looking on cliosport and can feel myself getting physically angry as spent ages trying to find the answer amongst all the threads that all end saying "just buy eibach springs" or "look on k-tecs website" :mad:
My 172 cup failed it's mot on a leaking rear damper, broken rear spring and broken front spring, after ringing a local breaker as I'm not in a financial situation to buy new, i was told yeah we've got all that in stock.
Went down to collect them, spent 15 Min's looking in a shed for a front leg and could only find 1 bent one which wasn't a problem as i only wanted the spring, was then handed a rear spring with 172 written on, told him it was for a cup and he said definitely the right one, he finished off by giving me a damper with campus written on, again i told him it was for a cup which he then told me they all use the same damper on the rear, it's only the trophy which is different.
Got home and started on the rears, surprise surprise, the damper was different and the spring was taller. Great. Rang my old man and the breaker and they agreed he could go and pick the right parts up and i could drop the wrong ones back. Stripped the spring off the bent front leg, took mine off and it was wrong again. :(
My dad turned up so got on with finishing the rears, right damper, wrong spring!
Back we go for the third time, i managed to find a nearly new rear spring, bonus. front leg is another story, they had no cups in, we had to hunt around for a cup pack 182, found one but the markings are different to a 172, decided it was the only option so left with that :crap:
Got home and fitted all the parts for the re test but ran out of time so won't be done until Wednesday now :(
As far as i can work out the spring dimensions are the same, it's just if they're different poundage is what i need to know and is it worth changing to 182 cup springs up front or finding a 172 cup spring to change it for after the mot?
p.s sorry for the essay