My mate’s trophy had a tyre blow-out a few weeks ago on the motorway, as well as this all other tyres sustained damage. The highway agency was supposedly liable for it and are coughing up for the damage.
All four tyres were replaced and the geometry was done with laser alignment...
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...
Has anyone done theirs?
Not sure why but i've got a bit of an urge to paint mine yellow :?
i need convincing it's either a good idea or shoot me down in flames and told not to do it!
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on my last trackday i hit 120 ish and the car seemed to go all floaty at the back, the surface was really smooth and i was goin arrow straight!
any idea?? :?
Read this Q&A on the Renault Sport site:
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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...
Hi Guys (and lasses)
I'm about to take the plunge and part ex my mini cooper for a Clio 182 or 172.
The problem I have is which model? I know alittle bit about the BHP increase and the twin exhaust, but other than than, nothing!
Can anybody please guide me as to which one I should get...
hi need some help i want to lower my trophy but dont no wat to go for i only want springs but i dont want to ruin the handling of the car. any help will be apreciated
Ive noticed something when i break going round a medium corner at around 70 -80mph...not a harsh break a general one, the back end swings up and makes me very nervous to thrash the fiesty beast.....dosent do it as much on right handers. i never noticed befor but i had a full set of £65 budget...
Insurance is up for renewal and i've now got 5 years NCB. Directline want an extra £130 to protect my NCB. I am in two minds if i should splash out the extra for it. Especially as the trophy is soon to become my weekend car as i just can't keep doing 500-600 miles a week in it. With that in...
There's a hole in the forum topics... after the Clio's there's only Other Marquees to put car stuff...what if someone wants to talk about the Scenic? :P
Anyways, West London Renault have an F1 Megane in stock so I thought I'd pop down for a test drive next week to see what Renaultsport have...
Spax have started selling -20mm springs specifically for the Trophy:
Available to purchase here: http://www.motorsportworld.co.uk/detPro ... PID=174940
In the SPAX catalogue here: http://www.spax.co.uk/downloads/Springs ... ngkits.PDF
Discuss.... :-k
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Does anyone think that the Trophy rides a little high? It looks like it could do with being lowered about 30mm to me.
There must be a reason for the height - does anyone know?