My Renault Sport Twingo CUP

I like it. Doesn't seem to low at all, it's your choice at the end of the day and also your opinion on how it handled, if you hooned it round a track and it felt better, sweet.

Economy's not as good as I'd of thought it can do though, although I think every car I owned got ~20mpg or less when I was 19!
 
Nice little car, and a fantastic thing to own at 19. Not for me though.

For what it's worth I love the low look, but you'll have piles before 20 ;)

Ant :cool:
 
At 20, great little car to have. Kind of car I would love to have in my drive way, but not own.

Enjoy it. Not seen the pictures so can't comment on the lows. Im not a fan of lowering exesivly though.
 
A friend at work has got one of these. He is a bike nut at heart and needed something for the winter season that was cheap and reasonably sporty. I do like them. His is the full fat version I think with the cup chassis. Corners really well and is great fun to drive. Just wish the engine had a little bit more power really.
 
Really don't understand why people seem to think that a lowered car automatically ruins the handling of it? Surely if this was the case then all cars, sports and racing, would be driving around on stilts?

Simply decking a car on bogo coilovers is done purely for looks and is questionable as to whether it will improve the handling.

Fitting a set of fully adjustable coilovers such as the BCs is going to be a darn sight better and allow you so many adjustments to get the best from the car.

Car looks great I bet it handles on rails.
 
Problem on a MacPherson strut is that as soon as ride height takes the lower control arm past horizontal then get a diminishing anti roll from the same stiffness springs hence a lot of uprated lowering springs dont do a great deal for roll but impact ride quality.

Handle on rails? Is that where you dont have a steering wheel or is it the ride really flat? Cos lowering does nothing for the later.

French cars have always been B road warriors thanks to the relatively soft sprung but decent damper travel, lowering by definition limits the available damper travel in the suspension. Racing cars are built for grip not handling ;)
 
Jonnycoupe said:
Problem on a MacPherson strut is that as soon as ride height takes the lower control arm past horizontal then get a diminishing anti roll from the same stiffness springs hence a lot of uprated lowering springs dont do a great deal for roll but impact ride quality.

Handle on rails? Is that where you dont have a steering wheel or is it the ride really flat? Cos lowering does nothing for the later.

French cars have always been B road warriors thanks to the relatively soft sprung but decent damper travel, lowering by definition limits the available damper travel in the suspension. Racing cars are built for grip not handling ;)
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If your worried about the ARB then there's no reason you couldn't fit either an aftermarket one or use adjustable drop links to reset the standard item.

Lowering with BC coilovers doesn't effect damper travel. You don't adjust the height with a spring perch and in turn compress the damper. Instead you simply lower the threaded housing into the lower bracket so the travel remains the same no matter how low you are.

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No reason why you can't have them set as soft as standard suspension if you wished. Out of 30 way adjustment, mine are set around the middle and day to day I've noticed no down sides to having a lowered car over standard, apart from much more confidence and grip in the corners :)
 
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JamesM said:
Really don't understand why people seem to think that a lowered car automatically ruins the handling of it? Surely if this was the case then all cars, sports and racing, would be driving around on stilts?

Simply decking a car on bogo coilovers is done purely for looks and is questionable as to whether it will improve the handling.

Fitting a set of fully adjustable coilovers such as the BCs is going to be a darn sight better and allow you so many adjustments to get the best from the car.

Car looks great I bet it handles on rails.
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Finally some one with a actual clue lol .

Thanks james sure is great fun ,

And i think the white spoiler looks more sophisticated then the black maybe just me ha

But again thanks for all the comments guys good n bad.
 
Whilst I like the Twingo 133 this one is now far too low for my liking, how does it actually turn for a start? It looks like the tyres will catch on the wheelarch with only a few degrees of steering lock.

Personally I would choose a Swift Sport over one of these (especially the new one) but I can see the attraction.
 
It looks spot on. Don't listen to the folks on here most of them are 40+ aha.

It's your car do what you want without regretting it.
 
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alexisonfire said:
Can't quite understand how it doesn't rub! :eek:

Bit too low for me, gone past the purposeful look in my opinion. Love the little twingos though, they are suppose to be great fun. Lovely car for a 19y/o :)
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Well with the slightly stretched Tyre accompanied wth a 1.5 degree of camber there is no issue at all. The camber actually improved the grip on cornering while i was on track. But thank you for the comment.
 
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