306 Lowering Guide (Torsion bars also in 106, 306, saxo etc) (part 2)

[kstbless]

cant you make a clearer video :)

[daryld161]

i lowered my 206. it was lowered b ya friend by 2 nicks/notches. i tryed today to slide it down to 1 nick. / higher the rear by 20 mm. wont go in? :(

[drapears]

Great guide mate! Me and my freind have been trying to lower his p2 106 gti but it aint going no where, i will use it again when i come to lower mine further! Does this method not fubar the bearings like the splines method because surely this is doing virtually the same to the bearings?

[SPYDOC1]

Very informative. We have a s1 rally car, got a recon axle that was too high, udjusted it to a normal height and fuck me its got 6 inches of free bounce with shoks and everything bolted back up. The shocks are Bilstein motorsport and in good nick, these axles are over engineered for what they do, we 've been trying all day t set this up right but still not anywhere near done, Do the torsion bars need to be forcing aginst each other ?

[Tadas0718]

exactly what you are using to remove the torsion bars?because I have tried various ways but I can not remove.thanks

[westonsuperphotos]

I have a pug 106. i love torsion bars :L if you reverse the car and keep lifting your handbreak the back of the car will bunny hop :L

[darrenjlobb]

@westonsuperphotos

also it rips the liners off the rear drums and shears the beam mounts. so not a good thing to be doing.

[BEADYEYE2011]

@westonsuperphotos expect to be fixing yer back brakes soon then

[cbeg1]

great vid lad its helping me a lot at the minute lowering my phase 2 but i cant get the swingin arms off have u any tips?

cheers

[flexywozere]

Great guide mate, make one for the front end and it will be a sticky on all forums!

[ginge191]

awesome video, pretty tempted to give that one a go, does seem fairly straight forward. goood effort

[Trentaur]

Cheers mate! good video...helps a lot! BUT you should tape a flashlight to your camcorder so that parts that are dark will brighten :D thanks again for sharing.

[A5HF1EUTY]

Nice videos :D one question tho, that doesnt seem overly difficult (well youve made it look relatively easy lol) so why does my local motormania not offer the service of lowering just because of the torsion bar? he said if you do it wrong you can end up just dropping the rear of the car, i assume by not slotting it into one of the holes or something :S so why :P lol

[ax150hp]

my friend thank you a lot for the video, you help me a lot to get my saxo lower, and repair rear system by myself(sorry my english no good)

[0all0about0the0DONK0]

top vid pal

[dinochips]

do the torsion bars have differents ends then ? i want to lower my xsi 40mm, should i undo both ends of the bar?

[406jonny]

cut the torsion bar clean out te fcuk

[weeg91]

Question:

how the fuck do you actually adjust the height?

[darrenjlobb]

well, once you have the torsion bars out you put them back in selecting a spline position higher up closer to the car. that way it will sit closer to the ground.

[weeg91]

@darrenjlobb cheers, didnt mean to swear AT you lol just me being fekin confused lol

[C4XGT]

good video btw 5* y do u have to let your insurance know 4 ?

[chippett09]

awsome well done mate!!! and im glad u mentioned the click/notch method!! not a good idea!!! can u come and do mine lol

[chrisnicol2009]

does the shock go straight back on? im considering this mod to my saxo, is the setup much different?

[dazbrunt]

hi mate how low is your blue pug mate thinking of doing it this week end

[Iam18yearsolddddd]

hi there! how can I raise my pug 205?

[darrenjlobb]

Same process, just raise not lower :D

[Iam18yearsolddddd]

great, thanks. I don't wanna waste your time, but can you write steps for this job, like number 1: take the wheel off... :) I would appreciate it  Thanks

[adzter86]

is that a gti-6 or s16?? i have a 1.6 xt meridian special edition lol

[digger11050]

ive got an n reg turbo diesel sport what would you charge for lowering just the rear ?

[nursingsister]

you make it sound easy i think ill just pay to get mine done lol as its a 1995 and i ent to good with bolts lol thanks anyway and great video

[kaihunt]

Thats ok then i have 17's on mine im doin the torsion as I speak just trying to get the other washer out of the end everythings running smoothly at the moment fingers crossed

[kaihunt]

This is a great vid really helpful, im going to lower my phase 3 this weekend hopefully everything will run smoothly but i have a few questions. do your wheels rub on the arches and do the torsion bars stiffen up once you've lowered them? Thanks

[darrenjlobb]

My wheels dont rub no, and they are 17's....

And know they wont get any stiffer, only way to siffen up the ride is to upgrade to a gti'6 setup, which has firmer bars, and some uprated shocks!

[Cillian13]

man you are a legend ,this is a great vid,ill be using it in the next week or two when im off,i reckon ill drop her (my 106) 60mm,but ive a feeling everythings gonna be tight as a nun. Thanks for the help bud. :)

[kitchy5191]

Hi im in cambone and seen your car about a few times, but hears my question. on the back one side is lower than the outher ive never lowered it and don't want to but do u recon like me that someone may have had it apart for someression and not put it backtogether right meaning that it leans on one side. (its a good 2-3inches lower on the left than on the right) thanks Matt

[darrenjlobb]

Hi mate, suprised uve seen me, never drive out that way! Its possible, but have u cheked for camber at all, do the wheel lean inwards at the top at all? Check that first...

[Vilagen]

easyer than i though. thanks

[covps2blue]

Lol love the bit where u say right a change of cameras as the other ran down, peice of shit!!! LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[skaterforlife33333]

cheers for this video, im concidering doing this myself. a mate of a mates quoted me £150 for all around lowering but i dunno if this is a rip off or just me being stingy? whats your opinion?

[darrenjlobb]

Tbh thats not bad, i mean its a fair bit of work front and back, thats less than a garage would want, i say , if your confident, have a go yourself, if you cant do it, go to ur mate, u wont find a better deal at a garage

[aideboi]

really interseting but a really clear giude mate this helped me alot i am 16 an have a peugeot 106 that i am doing up for next year an this helped me alot an car is now lowerd 40 mm but i might go lower i dont no yet lol but cheers mate (Y)

[shireskateboards]

tempted to do mine, already been done 40mm or so but needs to go down a little bit more to have it nice an flat

[darrenjlobb]

Got for it :P

[soniclbg]

dont supose you want to do mine aint got the space i'm only in devon ?

[darrenjlobb]

Can do, wat age is it?

[darrenjlobb]

Its never to late to get another one tho is it ;) hehe Glad you found it intresting

[darrenjlobb]

You remove the bars, raise with the jack to the new heigh, then push bars back in, just keep spinning bars until they go in, they will go back in one position only....

The ride will be the same provided you dont go to low so that it bottoms out on the bumpstops (this will FAIL MOT) if you need to go really low, you need to run some uprated shocks, otherwise it will ruin the standard ones because ur running them out of there range. Uprated shocks will make the ride harder.

[dr3wwy69]

iv watched both of your videos ther good cheers its still puzzle my head!! im learnin to be a mechanic soo its helps im just wonderin when you higher it with the jack how do u get it to stay at that height is it when you put the torsion bar bk through it.. wat do u line it up with the splines? and when you lower your car that does it make the ride harder and not a springy cheers drew