AVO shocks?

[alki]

Hi guys
Anybody had any experience with the AVO spring/shock kits?
I know everybodys gona say nitrons but i got MOT,Tax and insurance coming up next month so looks like its gona be rivita and cucumber for a while.
The standard koni,s have done well to last nearly 6 years but i think are well past there best.

Gona wait till MOT before i do anything :scared: but just looking at options
Thx

[bogie]

get S2LSS and Exige springs with fitting kit for £500 from Steve Butts over on SELOC - dont bother with AVOs

[Martin_S]

Not on the Elise, but I've had experience of them on 'Seven' type kit cars and the like. I would rate them on a par with the cheaper (ie non-rebuildable)'Spax' dampers - absolutely fine for road or track day use.

Unless you are chasing a major race championship and/or are a very talented and sensitive driver, it's possible to waste an awful lot of money on fancy shocks to very little noticeable advantage, IMHO.

AVO's will probably do the job just fine!

[DanH]

Dunno if I'd trust Avo's to have been properly valved and setup for Elises. Cheapest option would be to get S2 dampers with Exige springs (think maybe thats what Bogie meant*?).



*Unless people really are using S2LSS dampers for S1s now?

[bogie]

Dan yep - its the S2 LSS dampers that people are using - Dan Sport 180 has them on his car, excellent value for £500 all in

[alki]

cheers guys
Who is this steve butts guy? i just been over to seloc and found some posts from him but no links to a site or anything.
Is he a retailer or do i need to post on forum?

[dragstar]

His first name is actually Seymour. Seymour butts

[alki]

LMAO! u no what they say bout peeps in glass houses m8!
read your lurve post yesterday

[bogie]

Not a retailer - he just develops stuff and races his elise at weekends

He should be around on SELOC - try the tech BBS there

[aromaT]

sorry to disagree Martin s...avos on the elise are utter pants.

[dragstar]

alki said:

LMAO! u no what they say bout peeps in glass houses m8! read your lurve post yesterday

Love posts? Oh i see my san-miguel/stella fuelled efforts

Ill have to have a re-read of those little beauts

>> Edited by dragstar on Thursday 4th March 16:03

[Martin_S]

aromaT said:

sorry to disagree Martin s...avos on the elise are utter pants.

Fair enuf...as I said, I've no experience of them on the Elise, only on kits ands stuff. I bow to your greater experience in the matter.

[Matrs]

Don't do it, I have had 6 months of hell with Avo shocks fitted to my S1, they knock like hell!, and don't handle well at all, don't get me wrong I know people who have used them on other cars and they have been fine, but on the Elise they are SH@T, car booked in for some Koni/Lotus Sport Shocks

Mat