Renaultsport Megane Cup S 275

[foxsasha]

Sold my 2016 275 Cup S to WBAC late last year for more than I paid for it to make way for a Mini JCW Challenge. Really didn't like the Mini. At all. So that's now gone.

Now thinking about another Megane. Loved that car, preferred it massively to the Mini despite it costing virtually half the price.

Wish list includes Recaros, yellow, Ohlins, Akro, 19s...

Give me a shout if anyone knows of one for sale.

[Butter Face]

T0M said:

Sold my 275 Cup-S to webuyanycar last weekend. Sad to see it go, as its so capable and such a good all-rounder, but time to move on.

See it's now up for sale

I just found a great car on Auto Trader:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Amazing when you see what you paid last year!!

[BillyB]

Butter Face said:

See it's now up for sale

I just found a great car on Auto Trader:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

If only it had Recaros...

[T0M]

Butter Face said:

See it's now up for sale

I just found a great car on Auto Trader:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Amazing when you see what you paid last year!!

Great find! Yeah, I don't think I'm likely to repeat that kind of deal on a new car

Its was a truly epic car that never missed a beat. It does need 4 tyres and pads all round mind you.

I did look at buying a set of recaros, they come up now and again on the megane FB groups but the standard ones are very comfortable especially given the firm ride.

I've since gone for an e46 M3 which I'm confident is a fair bit slower over a mix of dry b road, and much slower over the same road when wet!

[Itsallicanafford]

Chaps

Could anybody help out with the PCD and width for 18inch wheels to fit a cup-S?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Itsallicanafford]

And also the offset!

[GrumpyTwig]

Google told me 8,25x18" ET65 5/114,3 centrehole 66,1

Sounds right from memory.

[Skornogr4phy]

That's about right. Super weird fitment and quite difficult to get wheels that have anywhere close to that offset.

[GrumpyTwig]

Skornogr4phy said:

That's about right. Super weird fitment and quite difficult to get wheels that have anywhere close to that offset.

It's the influence of Nissan I guess as they use the PCD, but not a usual Nissan offset so you'll find 1000's of wheels with the right PCD but the offset is as you say, weird.

[Blanchimont]

I think that generally you're ok with offsets of around 40+


I've just bought these.

5x114.3, 8j, ET48 (iirc)

I'll upload a pic when they're fitted.

[Alex_6n2]

Nice! Did you go 19"?

I have the 18" Tibors but limited tyre choice really makes me want to source some 19s..

[Blanchimont]

What sort of tyres you after?

18's. I've got them coming with AD08R's. As these are only 8j, a 235 would be difficult to get onto it, so I'm using a 225/40/18. Massively cheaper, and more availability. the 10mm difference isn't huge.

The 19's go into the HLT, which although lighter, cost about £1000 more than the regular ones.

[Alex_6n2]

It's just the PS4S I want that isn't available in 18" at the moment

The PS4 is fine and I could always buy CUP 2s I suppose, but PS4S seems to tick all the right boxes for me

[Blanchimont]

Ah fair enough.

Update, the OZ's are out of stock and unavailable

[GrumpyTwig]

Blanchimont said:

Ah fair enough.

Update, the OZ's are out of stock and unavailable

What about the Aleggerita's ? bit more expensive than the Ultra's but lighter again still.

[Blanchimont]

GrumpyTwig said:

What about the Aleggerita's ? bit more expensive than the Ultra's but lighter again still.

I'm not keen on the Allergertias, and they were about £500 more than the already eye-watering price I was paying for the Ultras

[dansx]

on the lookout for a 275 atm.

Could anyone enlighten me on whether they come with dab radio?

[Alex_6n2]

Only if it was specced from the factory

Weirdly, you had to spec the R-Link/Arkamys stereo upgrade (Large touch screen sat-nav on the dash) - but also then select DAB as a no cost option on top of this

I have R-Link/Sat Nav in my 275, but no DAB (Because the dealer didn't know what he was doing)

Only way you can tell is by selecting the inputs button at the top left of the screen to see if it has FM1/FM2/DAB

[Butter Face]

DAB only came in 2015 with the 275 spec, It didn't come on the 265/250 (I have an Aug 2015 brochure saying it was standard with the 275 Nav (not Cup-S though, and even if you add R-Link there was no DAB option) and an April 2015 265 brochure where it wasn't available even as an option)

The only option before that was to add it as an accessory which was an Autoleads retrofit job, which, frankly, is terrible and best avoided at all costs.

Edited by Butter Face on Tuesday 17th October 15:44

[Alex_6n2]

My brother in laws 275 Cup-S with R-Link has DAB, so I'm not entirely sure Renault even knew what was going on haha