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Post by SteveP » 20 Jul 2008 11:49 am

Nice work! They look great!

As an aside, is that an aftermarket anti roll bar? Looks a little thicker than standard?
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Post by foggyjames » 20 Jul 2008 02:24 pm

It certainly does!

How did I miss this thread? Those mounts are very cool. Have I missed the price? Thanks for sorting all this out dude. We owe you a collective pint :lol:

Coilovers...that's a pretty sweet price. I'd be potentially interested in fronts. What's the plan for top mounts? I want to keep rubber (or poly) in all the joints! I'd also petition for late 360-style ARB termination - to the strut, rather than the wishbone. It's a nicer approach....plus it keeps these Renault types in their place ;)

As for the rear....my plan is to convert to a trailing arm type setup, so I probably wouldn't go for a 'helper' arrangement....but kudos for arranging it. I think a small 'cup' (2" deep?) welded to the underside of the normal shock mounting point would do it. The main risk is the upper spring perch punching straight through the standard mount point. Ultimately, though, if it did fail, it'd just be like you had no shocks, and no extra spring rate...you wouldn't die. I've seen factory-spec cars where the upper shock mounts have failed.

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Post by jtbo » 20 Jul 2008 02:35 pm

Engine mounts are then 220£/5=44£ ?

If so, I would like to have one set of those engine mounts, please :)
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Post by xtrmjks » 20 Jul 2008 06:34 pm

Engine mounts (if 5 interested) £220,
geabox mounts on their way....
for coilovers, I'm still looking for some front struts..(donations!!)
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Post by jtbo » 20 Jul 2008 06:39 pm

xtrmjks wrote:Engine mounts (if 5 interested) £220,
geabox mounts on their way....
for coilovers, I'm still looking for some front struts..(donations!!)
Ah, then it is bit more than I currently need to spend to engine mounts.
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Post by foggyjames » 21 Jul 2008 12:16 am

£220....gulp. Remember what I was saying about us all being skint? sm56 Having said that, that's the kinda price of the originals, when they were available.

Out of interest, what prompted you to go for 'race spec' mounts? My only real interest is that they're actually available, and the originals tend to fail once they get old :lol: I'd be happy with originals if there were still available. Have you found them too sloppy? I know 740/940 hydraulic ones tend to allow the engine to tip over a bit too much.

I can probably obtain some 360 struts for you, if it means we get late 360-style endlink termination ;)

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Post by Chris_C » 21 Jul 2008 11:09 am

Why all the love for the 360 ARB style Foggy :P? I'm really not sure what I prefer tbh, just remember more front antiroll==more understeery. The 360 has a thicker bar (I think... need to check) and the attachment points are futher out, meaning more anti roll on both those points compared to a 340.

FWIW, I think the 360 setup would be about right on a car with good front shocks, but it's something thats easy to overdo I'd imagine.
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Post by 340GLT » 21 Jul 2008 11:17 am

Oh chris early 360's use a thicker bar and have 340 mountings!!
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Post by Chris_C » 21 Jul 2008 11:22 am

Is it actually a thicker bar? Do you remember how much by? I've been thinking of either getting a thicker bar or changing to 360 struts, and I have an early 360 bar lying round somewhere...
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Post by xtrmjks » 21 Jul 2008 02:29 pm

I went for competition route as one of My mounts ripped..
I can get Coilovers made with brk on strut body and then it's up to people to choose if they use it..
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Post by Chris_C » 21 Jul 2008 05:30 pm

xtrmjks wrote:I went for competition route as one of My mounts ripped..
I can get Coilovers made with brk on strut body and then it's up to people to choose if they use it..
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Post by foggyjames » 22 Jul 2008 01:24 am

Absolutely - that's a spot-on idea. My concern was if there's no bracket, no option.

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Post by xtrmjks » 22 Jul 2008 09:15 pm

Right, anyone got "spare" struts?? :lol:
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Post by xtrmjks » 28 Jul 2008 06:57 pm

I'm also looking to make some carbon bits..
-Bonnet (inc. under brace)
-snowcap
-doorcards..
..intrest??
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Post by foggyjames » 29 Jul 2008 12:02 am

I could potentially be talked into a carbon bonnet...potentially...

Price is likely to be a big factor here, for everyone. I like to spend where I can, but I have a house, and they're expensive too :(

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