Went to the car this morning to find part of my suspension coil lying on the drive!?!

[Groovejunkie]

So I head out to the car this morning and I see a 4-5" length off the bottom of my NS front suspension coil sitting on the floor... !?!

Three things...
Firstly... can I still drive the car as am due to be driving from Leeds back to London on saturday and need it for work today... my guess is that it's not a great idea!

Secondly... surely this shouldn't happen PERIOD... have I got any comeback on Renault themselves? It's a 53 plate 172 Cup only 53k on the clock... I definately haven't hit any big potholes or anything I can think that could have caused it and the Turini is absolutely fine!!

Thirdly... any replacement suggestions would be appreciated... am thinking if I need to fix the Susp' then might as well look at coilovers of some description!?!

Cheers if you managed to read through all that without getting bored and i'd appreciate any help/suggestions y'all may have!!

GJ

 

[Ste Hughes]

Re: Went to the car this morning to find part of my suspension coil lying on the driv

i'd drive it

keep it on you if you crash though

just chuck it somewhere near where it came from on the car

then sue renault for monies claiming they nearly killed you

 

[Groovejunkie]

Re: Went to the car this morning to find part of my suspension coil lying on the driv

I like your style... !! It's an option I suppose... !?!?!?!

 

[Ste Hughes]

Re: Went to the car this morning to find part of my suspension coil lying on the driv

tbh i'd do it

 

[rosshutchie]

Re: Went to the car this morning to find part of my suspension coil lying on the driv

The same happened to my 05 182 with only 30k! Was the front right. I drove it on for a few weeks, then the rear shocked packed up. In the end i bought K-tec coilovers.


I was going to lower the car anyway so by the time I bought Eibach sportlines and 2 rear shocks, it wasnt much more for coilovers.

 

[sideways danny]

Re: Went to the car this morning to find part of my suspension coil lying on the driv

clio springs snap all the time. changed one today on a 1.2. You're out of waranty, so no chance with renault. get a set of eibachs

 

[Groovejunkie]

Re: Went to the car this morning to find part of my suspension coil lying on the driv

Thanks for all the help peeps... anyone else got an opinion or suggestion... !?!

 

[Mike_182]

Re: Went to the car this morning to find part of my suspension coil lying on the driv

Opinion is you're a fool for thinking Renault will replace anything on a car 3-4 years out of warranty.

Suggestion is replace it with OEM (do pairs) or a full aftermarket kit.

 

[DMS]

Re: Went to the car this morning to find part of my suspension coil lying on the driv

I had this with one of my rear springs when it still had the standard ones fitted.
I'd ordered a set of Sportlines at the time, and didn't even notice the coil had broken until it came to changing them. I must have been driving around like that for a while and never noticed any difference.
Probably wouldn't go down well if you had an accident though, so I'd get it sorted A.S.A.P.

 

[DannoTheGreat]

Re: Went to the car this morning to find part of my suspension coil lying on the driv

drive it an dont worry about it!

 

[Lou]

Re: Went to the car this morning to find part of my suspension coil lying on the driv

This happened to both my front ones at seperate points this year - just wear and tear!

 

[st3ve]

Re: Went to the car this morning to find part of my suspension coil lying on the driv

Coilovers and fixed top mounts ftw. Didn't realise OEM springs snapped like this though.