so how do you adjust the height once the bars are all the way out? this is one thing i havent covered at college lol

you literally move the whole arm up or down by the amount yo uwant to lower/raise it by (normally leaving 5mm for it to settle.

Then you put the bars back in at the height you want.

measure from the arch to the hub, then when you have reset it, measure again and thats how much difference you have lowered/raised

aaaaa sweet thanks guys.

looks good i love the creativity

great guide

steve, thats just what i needed.
brilliant, the world is such a better place now =D
J x

looks a good guide need to lower mine its about 3 foot in the air lol

nice guide
going to give this a go tomorow :D

nice guide i need to raise mine bk up 15mm so ill have ago on tuesday when i not at college or work

just a little bump for this thred as its the best lowering guide iv seen good work mate

I asked my tutor today (i do motorsport engineering) who used to work fot pug and did lowering on the 106 wich uses the same suspension as the saxo.... he old me the way they did it at the garage is to dot punch two dots 1) on the bar 2) the same position but on the housing. use the socket and bolt until the head (all the spines are out and there is just the bar in) and turn it until the next spine is lined up with the dot punch, apparently 1 spine is about 1 inch and it doesnt break anythig :S just woundering :S

that wouldnt adjust the height, that would just turn the torsion bar round a spline. you would have to move the arm then put the bar back in to adjust the ride height.

This method is not fail proof, it wont work on alot of beams thesedays unless you're lucky and unless you know what you're doing.

Theres a serious risk of snapping bolts in the end of the torsion bar using this method if you dont know what you're doing.

The theory is good, but its not fail proof

tell them how bad mine was even doing it the other way lol

oryte cheers... gunna give this a go when i eventualy get some money :(

great thread :D

I'm needing to raise mine for off road competitions.

Once the torsion bar is out, the suspension arm will drop. Can I leave it at its lowest point and then re insert the torsion bar to get maximum height?

Presumably I'll just need to jack the arm up a bit to refit the damper and job's a goodun?

Looking good man!

Anyone?

theory in that is good but you'll be left with very little downwards articulation on the rear as the shocks will be at close to max travel, longer shocks would be needed i would imagine. be a bit like fitting raised springs on a land rover and running standard length dampers

spot on guide buddy but a quick question i tryed this 3 times now and failed every time is ther a nut and washer both ends of the 2 bars (4 nut and washers)? i got the two outter washers out but how the fell do you get the inner nut and washer out do you not need to remove them ?

cheers agen for awsome gide

white11

all 4 bolts have to be removed matey

haha that would explane the falure lol whats the easyist way of getting the inner troxs bits i can never get a good grip on them as ther torxs it alwas rounds off the rest of the dissmanteling is fine just cant get to.them :( any tips??
cheers for reply

torx 40 on an extension for the drivers side and smack it in with a hammer, get the torsion bar out and that lets the passenger side arm drop making access to the inner bolt on the passenger side much easier

ooo i get you thanks m8 :) ill try weekend

Once the bar is removed and arm has been moved to the right height does it matter where to bars go back in on is it a case of where ever they fit

I know I'm digging up an old thread but is it true that the anti roll bar can come flying out and cause lethal damage maybe death? I've heard some crazy stories just want to clear them up before I go near it!
Cheers

Only if it's not bolted in properly. Even then it only tends to have an end plate rub on a tyre.

if in doubt take it to someone who knows what there doing like kris for example he dd mine and was a spot on job

looks gd mate thinkin of havin a go on mine will be usein your guide

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I ill need this guide. Thanks

As most/all garages do not lower them anymore due to torsion bar at rear, unless lucky like my circumstance last year, it's best if you can to do it yourself. Guides come in useful, why forums were invented lol...