Suspension :)

[Andyt]

Got round to lowering my raer yesterday and today. Fookin torsion bars are a pain in the scrotum. It started snowing as well. I'm gonna leave the front till next weekend.

A pic-

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[redsaxored]

that car is B . E . A . UTIFUL!!

[Dan]

good job mate!how much it gone down? bout 60-80mm?

how hard was it on a scale of 1-10?

[SaxoAL]

Good job Andy.
Look great on the back now.
What springs/drop have you got for the fronts??

[reevesy_vtr]

yes mate looks great smileys/smiley20.gif Is it easy to do smileys/smiley5.gif

[sax_stu]

nice mate, looks good. i tried lowering my back end a tad more this weekend, i ended up aborting it. It wasnt the torsion bars that was the trouble (but im sure they wud have given me stick) it was the fucking bolts that hold em in (the torx screws) i jus cud not undo them, no matter how much i tried, and all the methods i jus cudnt get them loose

[Andyt]

Danvtr_9 - The back is 45mm down, looks a bit more because of the ice in the boot and it's parked on a slope i think.

It isn't really a hard job, just time consuming and a begger if you can't get the bars out.


Alex - Eibach springs and billies mate smileys/smiley4.gif

Sax_stu - Perseverance buddy;)


Those wee cam shaped washers are a nightmare to put back in to place as well.


Cheers for the comments guys.

[starkie]

looks wicked m8.. cnt w8 to get mine lowered smileys/smiley2.gif

[sax_stu]

yeah i could see them washers behind, jus cud not undo those pissing bolts. i will try another day, think ive nackered the head on the bolt on the drivers side, ill never get it out. if i do ever get them out im replacing them with a decent set of hex bolts....easier to get undone.

Anyway mate good job

[Andyt]

I honostly didn't have much of a problem with those, just needed the initial elbow grease and then the came out fine. You don't really want to be fucking the torx heads up.

[sax_stu]

yeah i know, hopefully there still be enough of the torx shape left for me to be able to get it undone, other wise it maybe a case of using drills and easy outs smileys/smiley5.gif .

wat did u use to undo them, proper torx socket bit used in a ratchet (sp)?

And how did u manage to get a tool to the bolt behind the brake disk (passengers side) in that little space?

[Andyt]

Yeah i used the torx bit and ratchet. For the awkward bolt at the passenger side i got the torx bit into the bolt and used mole grips to loosen the bolt. The driver's side is very fiddly as well, loads of brake hoses and shit in the way.

[sax_stu]

cool, i mite give it another go wen i get some time, hopefully ill be more successful this time round

[Andyt]

Just updated this with some new pics. smileys/smiley4.gif

[Scott]

very nicely done fellasmileys/smiley20.gif

[scotty_04]

looking good mate what size are your wheels?

[Dan]

good job matey looks nice! smileys/smiley2.gif

[Andyt]

cheers guys, Wheels are 16inch Scotty.

[gordy]

Nice wheels smileys/smiley2.gif
Cars looking very nice! The snow is a bugger up here tho!

[Andyt]

hehe, turns out the wheels came in pretty handy.

[sax_stu]

done a good job mate, fair play to ya