Well the car is fully back together for the first time since March and I’m well impressed with the AST’s definitely a big step up on b14’s. They cope so well with bumps, you can tell you’ve hit them but the car isn’t disturbed as much as it was with b14s. Raised the fronts a bit too as it was too low. Need to get alignment and corner weighting booked.
Also for those that are interested we now have powerflex bushes available for the rear dampers. I spoke with them and after a bit of measurement sending they realised the Clio mk2 bushes are the same as the mk3. So if anyone wants new rear bushes without buying a whole new damper, buy a mk2 bush. Only slight issue (but I don’t know if this was specific to the AST coilovers) is there isn’t enough thread engaged into the nylon part of top nut on the damper but some lower profile nyloc nuts will sort it.
And I’ve almost finished my little fabrication project. Rad support front section made out of box section ally with a few bolt holes and rivnuts for the undertray. Rear sections for holding the. Back of the engine undertray almost finished just need a bit of excess metal removed and some edges tidied up. Pretty simple job if you’ve got some basic tools. Here’s some pics if anyone fancies copying.
