Need advice :) - Saxperience

sexylittleass · 28th February 2008, 14:10

As some of you will remember i had my car lowered in january, when it came back it was higher on the passenger side than the drivers which was really noticeable, i took it back to the garage and he corrected it for me

It was level until lately

It is now uneven again but i got told that when the back is lowered it don't settle like the front end, so does anyone have any idea's as to why its gone uneven?

Mark51^p · 28th February 2008, 14:26

once your back end is lowered it stays how it is. this is because the the rear is a torsion bar and once its lowered it is set at a certain height. becasue the front is on springs it takes a while for the springs to "bed in".

have you any pics?

sexylittleass · 28th February 2008, 14:40

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Originally Posted by Mark51

once your back end is lowered it stays how it is. this is because the the rear is a torsion bar and once its lowered it is set at a certain height. becasue the front is on springs it takes a while for the springs to "bed in".

have you any pics?

I will try to get some up in a bit, the drivers side is now about 10mm lower than the passenger, but it was even

sexylittleass · 28th February 2008, 21:12

Not had chance to do any pics yet

Does anyone know of what could of gone wrong for it to of gone lower on drivers side?

lavo-vts · 1st March 2008, 21:13

this normally happens when the bolt on the anti roll bar plate comes out.

tif992ss · 2nd March 2008, 00:07

isnt this the car with the drum back axle on a vtr ?

sexylittleass · 2nd March 2008, 08:03

yes it is the one with rear drum brakes, i brought it like it. i shall be buying a disk rear axle in the next couple of weeks.

lavo-vts · 2nd March 2008, 10:06

did mk1 vtr have drums on the back?
as yours is the mk2 change over version, colud this not be the reason.

sexylittleass · 2nd March 2008, 10:21

i think all vtr and vts have rear disk brakes, except mine lol, i think the previous owner must of damaged the disk one and just stuck the drum one on to sell

lavo-vts · 2nd March 2008, 10:22

all vts's do definately. just not sure if the earlt vtr's do

Predator_R32^p · 2nd March 2008, 10:28

im very sure mk1 saxos vtrs came with discs too

lavo-vts · 2nd March 2008, 10:31

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im very sure mk1 saxos vtrs came with discs too

yeah im wrong just searched.
maybe it was a furio with a vtr engine dropped in? or matbe its just bin changed for some strange reason

sexylittleass · 2nd March 2008, 10:33

maybe you could be right, i got told on here that all vtr's came with disk brakes that's all

lavo-vts · 2nd March 2008, 10:36

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Originally Posted by sexylittleass

maybe you could be right, i got told on here that all vtr's came with disk brakes that's all

does it say vtr on your log book? or just 1600cc.

AlexR · 2nd March 2008, 10:43

probably just how you're looking at it. 5mm side to side is nothing, that's within citroen toleranes as the weight distribution isn't spot on. Park it on some 100% level and even ground and measure all 4 arch gaps(bottom of arch moulding to top of wheel rim) and report back.

sexylittleass · 2nd March 2008, 10:48

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Originally Posted by lavo-vts

does it say vtr on your log book? or just 1600cc.

It says vtr mate

lavo-vts · 2nd March 2008, 10:51

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Originally Posted by sexylittleass

It says vtr mate

hmm well looks like its just been changed then. previous owner prob bent a trailin arm and put a drum beam on from scrappy. drums are ok on the rear anyway