Front Springs

Front Springs

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Jak

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121 posts

275 months

Monday 4th March 2002
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My dealer tells me that I have the wrong dampers installed on the Cerbie I have just bought. They are made by AVO?! To my dealers knowledge these guys have never made TVR parts.
He is recommending I replace them as the car ride height is too low. The cost of a new pair is £317.50 + VAT + £50 fitting.
Has anyone come across these Damper Springs before? and am I being stitched up?

>>> Edited by Jak on Tuesday 5th March 09:24

GreenV8S

30,479 posts

291 months

Monday 4th March 2002
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My dealer tells me that I have the wrong springs installed on the Cerbie I have just bought. They are made by AVO?! To my dealers knowledge these guys have never made TVR parts.
He is recommending I replace them as the car ride height is too low. The cost of a new pair is £317.50 + VAT + £50 fitting.
Has anyone come across these Damper Springs before? and am I being stitched up?


Springs are very cheap (around twenty quid each) but dampers can be over £100 each. So for that money I guess your dealer means the dampers.

As far as I know TVR did not fit them as standard but AVOs seem quite popular on Cerberas. All the AVOs I've come across are ride height adjustable so having the wrong ride height does not seem like grounds for chucking the dampers away. If the springs are totally the wrong length so you could conceivably out of ride height adjustment this might require new springs (£20 a corner) but I would be surprised if they were that far out. Unless there is something wrong with the dampers themselves, I would be surprised if there is any need to replace them.

Cheers,
Peter Humphries (and a green V8S)

TheNeed4Speed

71 posts

278 months

Wednesday 6th March 2002
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i have just changed my front dampers to avo
becouse they are more adjustable than the stock items
including ride height £350 the pair

dyb

120 posts

290 months

Thursday 7th March 2002
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Keep the avo's I changed mine and it transformed the car.