OEM equivalent suspension and steering components *links inside*

Could you not have rebuilt your suspension when I started mine dude? I've replaced basically everything now lol

 

i hope the steering arm and TRE fit as i go through them a bit..

 

Haha, I just bought most of this stuff from Ads! I am hoping it isn't all that much cheaper :/

 

Ah well On the upside, I can say that the car does feel 10x better after the refresh.

Also, it would be worth replacing the bush in the steering rack from TFD whilst you have the inner arms off.

 

Good work Gray

Shame I've already replaced the majority of it!

 

This thread is one for the Stickies.... if possible?

 

Nice one, I really need to do mine soon too.

Is your car off the road Gray, would it be worth sending the buses to powerflex to see if the can do Black Series bushes instead ?

The Megane is seriously lacking in terms of aftermarket uprated parts.

 

Let us know how you get on

 

when you trying them?

 

Brilliant thread, thanks for taking the time to make it and also for ordering the parts with real money

Massive savings to be had here assuming all is all. Very interesting.

 

Was nice to meet you today Mr Gray didn't everything fit ok?

 

That's good news!. Look forward to hearing about the inner arms, as I'm pretty sure I'll be needing some soon.

 

:cool: Thats going to save me some money the amount of times i have to change them!

 

I've bought quite a bit from Mister Auto and their service has been excellent.

Paul

 

TRE's are nearly a quarter the price they are from Renault :mad:

 

probably a stupid question but ill ask anyway, are the link stabilisers priced per set or each ?

 

Too work mate, you've saved me a small fortune

 

I'm totally clueless on this but will i need x2 on all the parts linked?

Well apart from the Track rod ends.

 

That's correct

 

Cheers! :cool: Just ordered.

Seems like massive savings! even from Ads prices.

 

jar971 is for normal meganes and 19mm shorter than the rs one
but you can fit it, it is catching 5-6 threads instead of 14-15
so if you think it is not a problem you can fit

 

Watching this thread with interest, as I'd like to do a bit of a front suspension/steering refresh on mine at some point, but if Cliosportap is correct, then there is definitely not enough engagement on those threads and it would scare me half to death from an engineering viewpoint.

I'd be very interested to see a side-by-side comparison of the original Renault part and the TRW number listed above.

Cheers for now,

Dave

 

I'll update this by the end of the week, I've got OEM ones coming from Adam and these ones so I'll compare the length.

 

I don't work in automotive engineering, but general engineering practise in steel components is an engagement length of 1.5 times the thread diameter as a minimum. Also don't forget that these are adjusted when the tracking is done, so there could be more turns engaged, but there equally could be fewer...

Dave

 

If these 971's are shorter than the OEM ones I've ordered from Adam I wouldn't even consider fitting them to be honest. Like you say, they might wind on a few turns but when you get your alignment done they might be wound out more.