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Car Forum / MINI / January 2006Suspension cone assessment
Can anyone tell me if there any way of assessing the suspension rubber cones whilst they are off the car? Is there some way of measuring the cones? (height of rubber perhaps?) or is the only way to check their condition to measure the ride height after they have been fitted? Thanks Peter If more than 10 years old replace them, there used to be a kit called the moulton smooth ride kit, included cones, not sure if its still available, replace your knuckles too, don't think there too expensive, later poor quality cones seem to fail early, ( probably the bmw quality control ) earlier ones fair better, Steve. > Can anyone tell me if there any way of assessing the suspension rubber > cones whilst they are off the car? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Peter >If more than 10 years old replace them, there used to be a kit called the >moulton smooth ride kit, included cones, not sure if its still available, http://www.minisport.com/classic-mini-shop/products/suspension/mini-sport-adjust able-suspension/moulton-smootha-ride-suspenson-kit-products.html Regards, David Betts davidb@minilist.org The Mini Gallery: http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=64635537103&n=1366070334 better still fit a set of quality hi-lo's and ditch the cones all together... I've also replaced my donuts with those spring units and they work fantastic on the rough back country roads of New Zealand. > If more than 10 years old replace them, there used to be a kit called the > moulton smooth ride kit, included cones, not sure if its still available, [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> >> Peter > better still fit a set of quality hi-lo's and ditch the cones all > together... > > I've also replaced my donuts with those spring units and they work fantastic > on the rough back country roads of New Zealand. Ah Ive heard of these, what do they do to the handling of the car? Any idea where you can get them from in the uk? cheers -anthony I got mine fitted by Mini Spares in London on the way to the docks to put my Cooper into the container to bring her home. I like them personaly, smoother rideing than the mouton kit from Mini Sport. I took their demo car for a run and to be honest really didn't notice much difference. I've got Coil Overs on my wifes car and they are even better still on the handling front. >> better still fit a set of quality hi-lo's and ditch the cones all >> together... [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > -anthony > I got mine fitted by Mini Spares in London on the way to the docks to put my > Cooper into the container to bring her home. Hey Tim what was the cost of transportation to NZ? I like them personaly, smoother > rideing than the mouton kit from Mini Sport. I took their demo car for a run > and to be honest really didn't notice much difference. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> >>-anthony about 1000GBP inc insurance. That was in a container packed with a house lot of furniture as well. we built a wooden frame around the car so nothing could fall on it as well.....but I was working for a travel brokerage place in the UK so think I got a much better deal that jo blogs on the Street would have got. one company did quote me 1000 quid just for the car. >> I got mine fitted by Mini Spares in London on the way to the docks to put >> my Cooper into the container to bring her home. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >>> >>>-anthony > about 1000GBP inc insurance. That was in a container packed with a house lot > of furniture as well. we built a wooden frame around the car so nothing > could fall on it as well.....but I was working for a travel brokerage place > in the UK so think I got a much better deal that jo blogs on the Street > would have got. one company did quote me 1000 quid just for the car. Thanks Tim we have a connection over there for the next 12 months at least and thinking about importation of a good example. >>>I got mine fitted by Mini Spares in London on the way to the docks to put >>>my Cooper into the container to bring her home. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >>>> >>>>-anthony Do they (physically) look like cones or donuts? That is the main test. When they sag it is pretty obvious, they don't have any real point. The Muffin Man > Can anyone tell me if there any way of assessing the suspension rubber > cones whilst they are off the car? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Peter Thanks all. I'll take one of mine to a local spares shop and sit it along side a new one. They look conical to me but what do I know... I read somwhere that some of the coil spring replacements may be made of mild cheese and there was a picture of a shattered coil spring on one of the news groups. >From memory the chap paid a couple of hundred larger vouchers for these springs and was not impressed. Sorry I can't recall the post or the news group but it put me off a bit. Thanks again for the advice. Peter There was a picture posted in this forum but is seems to have "expired" http://www.minimania.com/web/startreturn/41/MaxReturn/20/StartPage/1/threadid/64 595/InfoID/1/msgthread.cfm The thread is a good read if you're considering springs. I've been suspicious of the engineering from the start, especially since they were/are advertised as having a progressive characteristic. Hard to do in a single turn of steel rod. Cheers, Kelley >Thanks all. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Peter http://www.sracer.com/catalog/catalog.htm Look nice. Jury is still out. P |
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