coilover assembly...

1. chris-hall-yo Frequent Poster Joined: Sep 2011 Stratford-upon-avon Posts: 596 Saxo 1.1

   #1 20th February 2012, 19:36

   Right this may be a stupid question but i just have to check. I'v checked the internet and still unsure. I bought these coilovers off a lad on here and i assembled them with the more compressed part of the spring at the bottom (on the adjustable sleeve). I thought this was fine untill I saw someone else had done the opposite, really unsure which it is..... please help lol
   
   
2. Mochachino Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card

   #2 20th February 2012, 19:41

   What make are they?
3. Cam Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Nov 2010 Kent Posts: 8439 Gen 7 Celica 190.

   #3 20th February 2012, 19:43

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Mochachino What make are they?

   Smack and clonkers.
4. chris-hall-yo Frequent Poster Joined: Sep 2011 Stratford-upon-avon Posts: 596 Saxo 1.1

   #4 20th February 2012, 19:44

   the cheap g-max ones
5. Mochachino Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card

   #5 20th February 2012, 19:45

   Sell them on or cut your losses and throw them in the bin.
   
   

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by chris-hall-yo the cheap g-max ones

   they do this mate:
   
   

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Cam Smack and clonkers.

6. chris-hall-yo Frequent Poster Joined: Sep 2011 Stratford-upon-avon Posts: 596 Saxo 1.1

   #6 20th February 2012, 19:47

   ye i'm not fussed about the quality lol because ino they'r a bit....... frowned upon lol, just need to know which way the spring sits when you fit them
7. Mochachino Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card

   #7 20th February 2012, 19:51

   If you are not fussed about quality then just remove your springs as thats what these are on par with.
   
   Id fit it with the tighter coils on the strut anyway.
8. miss_murder Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2007 oxford Posts: 328 cleaned Mk2 saxo vtr

   #8 20th February 2012, 19:53

   Its won't make any difference which way they are mate but id put the compressed bit at the top
9. saxo_singh Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: May 2009 Birmingham Posts: 4289 02 VTR'd Furio, 07 Audi A4 Avant S Line

   #9 20th February 2012, 19:57

   I had same kit before, compressed part went on the bottom.
10. chris-hall-yo Frequent Poster Joined: Sep 2011 Stratford-upon-avon Posts: 596 Saxo 1.1

    #10 20th February 2012, 19:57

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Mochachino If you are not fussed about quality then just remove your springs as thats what these are on par with. Id fit it with the tighter coils on the strut anyway.

    ok cheers mate, there realy not as bad as people say, they'r not perfect but they work I don't want to spend 300+quid on coilovers when thats more than half the price of the car!!!!!
11. chris-hall-yo Frequent Poster Joined: Sep 2011 Stratford-upon-avon Posts: 596 Saxo 1.1

    #11 20th February 2012, 19:58

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by saxo_singh I had same kit before, compressed part went on the bottom.

    thanks mate, had a moment of panic lol
12. Mochachino Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card

    #12 20th February 2012, 20:03

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by chris-hall-yo ok cheers mate, there realy not as bad as people say, they'r not perfect but they work I don't want to spend 300+quid on coilovers when thats more than half the price of the car!!!!!

    you can get them machined so that the poor design isnt obstructive and they actually work as they should, but you still need to change the springs and dampers as theyre softer and worse than standard. So all you are left with by the end is the £20 threaded collar.
13. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

    #13 20th February 2012, 20:07

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Mochachino you can get them machined so that the poor design isnt obstructive and they actually work as they should, but you still need to change the springs and dampers as theyre softer and worse than standard. So all you are left with by the end is the £20 threaded collar.

    which is soft and cross threads really easily so ive heard lol
14. Mochachino Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card

    #14 20th February 2012, 20:19

    lol and that, so you are left with scrap metal which hardly weights anything as its basically made of foil!

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15. user_38615 Established Member Joined: Oct 2009 Birmingham Posts: 2073 Current - 56 1.9 astra Sri Owned - 54 C2 GT. Ow

    #15 20th February 2012, 20:25

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by chris-hall-yo ye i'm not fussed about the quality lol because ino they'r a bit....... frowned upon lol, just need to know which way the spring sits when you fit them

    You should be fussed, Is your life on the line I wouldn't put these on my RC car never alone my full size one. bin them i say.
16. user_36198 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172

    #16 20th February 2012, 20:29

    the design of them is terrible, the diameter of the spring is greater then the spring pan, which means if you have a spring break, it drops straight onto the tyre. Citroen recalled all C2s due to this design fault and put spring retainers on, please dispose of them
17. Pricklep Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 31279 Citroen Saxo VTS, S60 D5

    #17 20th February 2012, 20:29

    quids in
18. user_21226 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2008 wirral Posts: 6348 Icelandic vtr turbo

    #18 20th February 2012, 20:30

    I got of these for my daily vtr did 2 miles and took them back off, the slightest bump/divet and it was like driving into a curb.
19. user_36198 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172

    #19 20th February 2012, 20:42

    aren't these made by the same company who manufacture those springy rocking horse type thingys found in council playgrounds?
20. chris-hall-yo Frequent Poster Joined: Sep 2011 Stratford-upon-avon Posts: 596 Saxo 1.1

    #20 20th February 2012, 20:46

    i'l have to uprade them in the future by the sounds of it! surley they can't sell them if they'r as bad as you say
21. Pricklep Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 31279 Citroen Saxo VTS, S60 D5

    #21 20th February 2012, 20:46

    You'll be suprised..

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22. Cam Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Nov 2010 Kent Posts: 8439 Gen 7 Celica 190.

    #22 20th February 2012, 20:47

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by chris-hall-yo i'l have to uprade them in the future by the sounds of it! surley they can't sell them if they'r as bad as you say

    When people like yourself buy them, they dont care.
23. e8_pqck Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Aug 2010 Midlands Posts: 2530 AX 16v Turbo

    #23 20th February 2012, 20:51

    It's perception, people think that because they are coil-overs, they will work better. Get some Koni inserts and spax springs, i really liked them on my AX and the koni's are adjustable, albeit with a cam and you have to strip the struts to do it, but they do work well enough and don't cost the earth!
24. chris-hall-yo Frequent Poster Joined: Sep 2011 Stratford-upon-avon Posts: 596 Saxo 1.1

    #24 20th February 2012, 21:33

    the real reason i bought them was because they are cheap not the safety lol sounds bad but for someone who earns about 130 quid a month...... it makes sense. i'm sure i'l be alrite people may just be going ott