What's the average shock lifespan in the MK3s? Think of getting some springs but now I've hit 40k I think it might just be better to get coilovers to change the shocks too.
Pretty sure I’m on the original shocks and the drivers one has just started to weep so so slowly. 75k miles.
Not sure if my rears are getting tired, 40k seems early to me but I don't really want to change springs and then a few months later have to do it all again. 75k seems like a good number
Similar to how mine feel. Will probably just stick coilovers in it. Never installed coilovers before though so not sure how hard it'll be in the 250
My drivers side front started to leak at 100,000 km mark. To fit coil overs you will need a hoist, 2 people and 4-5 hours. Sub frame needs to be dropped.
My dampers are on 112,000 miles... and they feel tight. I inspected them last week wheels off and no leaks or defects. Car handles excellently down a country road still with no 'bounce' at all, though not tested on racetrack yet. Though my car has been driven on the motorway mostly... until I got it! Driving through Bristol every day presents a different challenge for it so I dunno how long they'll be good for! Lowering springs may put more stress on the dampers as they sat off their design point (consistently compressed compared to stock). Though I don't think there has been many issues seen as they're designed for high load track work. I'd inspect them with the wheels off and if no defects I'd keep em and fit the lowering springs until you spot/feel a functional defect. You may risk not getting as good-er dampers as stock if you replace with coilovers..
Don't know how you done it but it definitely doesn't need the subframe dropped or two people to do it
As said no subframe movement needed the top mount hole will need enlarging if fitting adjustable mounts and of course not if just fitting lo spring
Not necessarily, depends on the coilovers really and if you want it easy to get access to adjust geo or not
Sadly it does require enlargement the generic chassis hole is tiny and impossible to access an aftermarket adjustable top mount clamping bolts, even after enlarging it’s still tight getting hex keys upto adjusters
I mean yeah if you don't want access then you don't but then what's the point in getting adjustable top mounts?
I must be searching the wrong thing but when I search silver project top mount megane I get no results
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Or at they easy to setup before installation as the last thing I want is having to take it all apart again as I've set it up wrong!
Not with them. Remove the single bolt that's underneath before they get fitted, that's just to hold everything in place, to adjust you just loosen up the 3 topmount bolts then adjust and tighten up.
You can adjust them on the car easily enough, but d just set them to max when installing them though, Don't get massive camber with them but enough to notice
mk2 but done 97k miles on original shocks. No leaking anywhere, and still quite reasonable damping overall. Passed the MOT equivalent of Sweden without a problem. Only changing them now as I'm doing a full suspension overhaul to be "future proof" for some time. Seems it depends a lot on what kind of driving is involved. For example, on this particular car and its 97k miles absolutely nothing has ever been replaced on the suspension, and always it's passed the "MOT" without fault.
