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?