damper

Went to see Yozza this morning for some new brakes......not really tested them yet but they did a good job. 8) So when I got home I thought i'd make my dampers adjustable. Tried to remove the grub screw from the drivers side and it would not budge. Even after plenty of easing fluid and a...

:?: Hello peeps, i need some advice. I have a rather boring 03 plate renault kangoo van for work which im happy to say will be going at the end of next month. I have wanted a clio for the past 6 years, ever since my brother in law had an old 172. I am torn between a trophy or a black 182? I love...

Interested to find out how members rate the customer service/experience provided by your local Renault Dealer/Franchise? If Renault UK want to use the data please feel free ;)

to cut a long story short, Matt very kindly came round my house today to help me (i say help, he did pretty uch all of it :lol: ) take the legendary pins out of my suspension. Hit 1 or 2 problems but all is well now and I have been on a 45 minute country road drive on 24 a side and the...

i have just had the pin that stops you adjusting the Sach damper removed and i must say that it makes a difference from the standard renault setting as you can go quite a bit harder than the standard setting so this should make a difference when i am on my next track day

Hi, I'm new here. I have been offered an ex-company Clio Trophy. It has done 50k miles. Would this be a good buy or not??? I haven't seen it yet. How many services should it have had in this time??? Will those expensive dampers need doing??? Thanks Rob

Sorry its taken so long to get this up guys - I've nicked my post from the Evo forum (Friday night + headache + still at work = get home asap) :wink: Basically the car was handling like a pig so it went off to the dealer to get it sorted (I posted about the problems in the "Faults with your...

Could possibly be a really dumb question. Is damper performance dependent on weather? Over the last couple of days it appears to have got warmer and my car seems to be noticeably more supple over the bumps. In contrast a week ago it was around 0c and it felt a lot harder and less compliant...

Does any one else have a prob with this mine seems unable to lift the hatch up at any height .

Tis a while since I've been on here, couldn't get on in my other job! Has anyone had leaking rear dampers lately? One of mine has started recently at 18000 miles. It's going in to the dealer on Saturday for inspection. Then they reckon they have to ask Ren UK what they might like to do about it...

Car running on 15s with Toyo 888 track tyres and Brembo grooved discs at Mondello International Circuit. Track was greasy and the Trophy was able to mix it with the quick stuff ie 111Rs and Exiges.

Around 7.30 this morning (still dark) I was driving along merrily at 40-45mph when suddenly my front, right tire hit something huge. It felt like it went over an open man-hole or a very deep ditch but when I reversed to check what it was it turned out to be a bl**dy brick lying in the middle of...

Now that the red beast has died (see R.I.P. #230 post in clio discussion) I've got my eye on a Ford Focus RS. On looking through tuning mags such as Performance Ford I noticed that a number of people have tuned their RS's to 400bhp and beyond, however, their 0-60 times haven't improved in...

I wanna get my 12k service done shortly even tho its only coming up to 7k. just like for it to be done early cos i dont think that the old lady that had chelsea before me had even a quick check up at 3k. but who's better in your opinion's? if called Rentech, they said £150 inc vat but he said...

The day after, settled nicely I'm well chuffed with them, HKS Springs, bought off the forum, £150 :D

Has anyone on here fitted a rear strut brace? If so whats the thoughts on it - e.g is it worth it and has it made any difference to the handling? Just thinking that it may or may not be a worthwhile option on a Trophy. Probably something Renault would have fitted originally though if it did...

When I was cleaning #488 the other day I noticed some sort of damage on the rear, offside damper but the rear nearside is fine. The damp section is just water....I hope! Close up: Rear nearside damper: Can anyone shed some light on this? I did think that possibly with...

Reading some of the posts lately by people casually dropping things about the car like being able to disable the RAID by holding the switch down, checking the oil level electronically (a gem) and pulling the seat base forward, I thought there may be some other useful nuggets that all owners may...

Just walked past my trophy in the garage this evening and noticed the drivers side rear damper is covered in oil and a small puddle by it. :( Anyone else had the same?? If so dod you have any issues claiming under warranty or getting hold of the part? My car is a 55 plate but has only...

Can anyone tell me the correct suspension settings for a trophy. F/R toe, Camber etc as I'd like to check all the settings on my car. I suspect the 60% worn tyres are contributing to the torquesteer, but would like to check before replacing them. Note that 7MAT seems to have increased...

"No damper probs for me" Surely "HIM"

So I was chatting with Bernard Olivier the CEO of Renault Sport at the weekend (as one does :lol: ) and he brought up the subject of the Trophy dampers. Apart from talking about how good they are he mentioned that the one negative is the need for them to be replaced / rebuilt more often...

As some of you will know, I am in the market for a Trophy. However, I first have to sell my TT which is happening, albeit slowly! Anyway, here are a few questions to get me started: 1. Will the Trophy run adequately on regular fuel i.e. 95 RON? 2. Would you recommend using 97+ RON? If...

Read this Q&A on the Renault Sport site: ============================= jimbo666 asked: factory damper settings, clio trophy: hi. i wonder if you could tell me how many turns of the dial from the hardest setting down to the softest setting to put back to the factory setting. Allen Collen...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/UnRecorded-Renaul ... dZViewItem Looks decent enough, wonder how much it will fetch? More details here http://www.applesalvage.com/website.php?id=027.06

My missus is collecting a 2000 172 tonight. Had a good poke round it yesterday and all it seemed sound, bar a few bumps and scrapes but the price is good enough. Anything specific to look out for that you know of? Thx!

I took some time off work, was supposed to be doing some sensible stuff round the place. Kind of got side tracked, but said side track may of more interest to this forum. Following from previous threads about camber adjustment amongst other things. Day 1 Permagard treatment...

Whats everyones opinions on the different lowering springs available for the 182 with cup packs? Dont want something thats going to be scrapeing the ground or give too harsh a ride. Just want the car to sit a bit lower. Always had Eibach's before and notice they do two kits for the 182. Is...

Over on cliosport.net I have read many threads that describe the 182’s 5K kick. I had often thought that these threads over hyped the kick as I can only just feel an increase at 5200 revs in my Trophy, but recently I drove Steve’s (sm wrc) 182 and his car really does kick...

Just found this write up on Auto Journals ( http://www.auto-journals.com/s2/content/cliot1.html ) and wondered whether it was anyone on here?