Spax suspension guide?

  1. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2006 Lincolnshire Posts: 8845 1. Mk2 Posi Furio 2. Fiesta Zetec S
    #1
    Is there one which i can access as i have this SPAX full 40mm kit coming:

    http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=101408

    and i want to do it myself with my brother, to save money (get it checked afterwards )

    Thanks

    Emma
  2. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2005 Coventry Posts: 17782 Fiesta ST150
    #2
    there is a guide on here and also one on a suzuki website, it is linked on here somewhere, just a case of looking
  3. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2006 Lincolnshire Posts: 8845 1. Mk2 Posi Furio 2. Fiesta Zetec S
    #3
    i thought that what just for lower the torsion bar?

    not completely changing it
  4. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2005 Coventry Posts: 17782 Fiesta ST150
    #4
    yeah, think there is one on here for the front aswell.


    yep both guides to lowering front and rear are in the premium modifications section
  5. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2006 Lincolnshire Posts: 8845 1. Mk2 Posi Furio 2. Fiesta Zetec S
    #5
    lol i aint premium
  6. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2005 Coventry Posts: 17782 Fiesta ST150
    #6
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by furiofanatic View Post
    lol i aint premium
    become premium then
  7. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2006 Lincolnshire Posts: 8845 1. Mk2 Posi Furio 2. Fiesta Zetec S
    #7
    how much it cost?
  8. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2005 Coventry Posts: 17782 Fiesta ST150
    #8
    ten english sterling
  9. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2006 Lincolnshire Posts: 8845 1. Mk2 Posi Furio 2. Fiesta Zetec S
    #9
    £10 for year?
  10. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2005 Coventry Posts: 17782 Fiesta ST150
    #10
    yeah, have a look in the shop, everything is explained there
  11. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2006 Lincolnshire Posts: 8845 1. Mk2 Posi Furio 2. Fiesta Zetec S
    #11
    will it make me a newbie again though?
  12. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2005 Coventry Posts: 17782 Fiesta ST150
    #12
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by furiofanatic View Post
    will it make me a newbie again though?
    no lol
  13. Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut
    #13
    3 threads recently lol!! you been trying to build the car in a day?

    get a haynes manual.

    fitting suspensions fairly easy, only thing to remember only fully tighten things like the bolts on the rear shocks when the car is ON THE GROUND!
  14. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2006 Lincolnshire Posts: 8845 1. Mk2 Posi Furio 2. Fiesta Zetec S
    #14
    lol I have a maxpower Haynes Maual
  15. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2005 Coventry Posts: 17782 Fiesta ST150
    #15
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by furiofanatic View Post
    lol I have a maxpower Haynes Maual
    all these questions and you allready have a book telling you how to do everything.....
  16. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2006 Lincolnshire Posts: 8845 1. Mk2 Posi Furio 2. Fiesta Zetec S
    #16
    lol i forgot about it, sorry.
  17. Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut
    #17
    except the max power haynes is shite.
  18. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2006 Lincolnshire Posts: 8845 1. Mk2 Posi Furio 2. Fiesta Zetec S
    #18
    oh great! What should i do then?
  19. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2005 Coventry Posts: 17782 Fiesta ST150
    #19
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by furiofanatic View Post
    oh great! What should i do then?
    upto you, get a proper haynes manuel, or become premium and use the guides on here. or get a garage to do it all seen as daddy pays for everything
  20. Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut
    #20
    go to halfords and buy one or get a proper haynes on ebay.

    sell the max power one its only good for kindling.
  21. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2006 Lincolnshire Posts: 8845 1. Mk2 Posi Furio 2. Fiesta Zetec S
    #21
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Baz View Post
    upto you, get a proper haynes manuel, or become premium and use the guides on here. or get a garage to do it all seen as daddy pays for everything
    lol dad wont pay for lowering as it is something i want rather than need
  22. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Nov 2006 Near Hull Posts: 8405 BMW 3.0 X3,toyota mr2 & Skyline R33
    #22
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ryan View Post
    go to halfords and buy one or get a proper haynes on ebay.

    sell the max power one its only good for kindling.
    so true i changed my front bumper trying to use the max manuel it missed out about 4 bolts LOL total shitness at its best ROFL.

    buy a proper haynes
  23. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2006 Lincolnshire Posts: 8845 1. Mk2 Posi Furio 2. Fiesta Zetec S
    #23
    lol better find one then, ebay it is
  24. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Nov 2006 Near Hull Posts: 8405 BMW 3.0 X3,toyota mr2 & Skyline R33
    #24
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by furiofanatic View Post
    lol dad wont pay for lowering as it is something i want rather than need
    pay for it yourself then you money scrounger ROFL
  25. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2006 Lincolnshire Posts: 8845 1. Mk2 Posi Furio 2. Fiesta Zetec S
    #25
    lol i am paying for it myself. Apart from the tyres
  26. Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut
    #26
    to be honest im sorry but with the levels of knowlege you seem to have i wouldnt advise lowering it.

    i sense a big repair bill for a new rear beam after shafting it lowering it.

    get it done by ppl who know what theyre doing.
  27. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2006 Lincolnshire Posts: 8845 1. Mk2 Posi Furio 2. Fiesta Zetec S
    #27
    i know how to jack a car up! i have taken the rear axle of a vts off with my brother!

    i cant believe you said that! lol
  28. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2005 Coventry Posts: 17782 Fiesta ST150
    #28
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by furiofanatic View Post
    i know how to jack a car up! i have taken the rear axle of a vts off with my brother!

    i cant believe you said that! lol
    bah taking this off is the easiest part! putting them back on and remembering where every nut and bolt goes is where it all goes tits up!

    and jacking up a car isn't rocket science lol tells you how to do that in your shitroen hand book
  29. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Nov 2006 Near Hull Posts: 8405 BMW 3.0 X3,toyota mr2 & Skyline R33
    #29
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by furiofanatic View Post
    i know how to jack a car up! i have taken the rear axle of a vts off with my brother!

    i cant believe you said that! lol

    taking a rear axle off and lowering are two different things ROFL plus you was with your brother lol.

    get it done proffesionally emma will cost about £100 -130
  30. Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut
    #30
    nothing to do with removing the rear beam.

    have you ever tried adjusting the torsion bars??
  31. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2006 Lincolnshire Posts: 8845 1. Mk2 Posi Furio 2. Fiesta Zetec S
    #31
    i was going to do it with my brother anyway! as said!
  32. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Nov 2006 Near Hull Posts: 8405 BMW 3.0 X3,toyota mr2 & Skyline R33
    #32
    emma get it done properly lol all it takes is for you or your bro to miss a nut and you could be driving along and your back end flats right out and you end up with a alloy in your boot ROFL
  33. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2006 Lincolnshire Posts: 8845 1. Mk2 Posi Furio 2. Fiesta Zetec S
    #33
    lol do you think my brother and i are stupid or something?!!
  34. Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut
    #34
    do you know that a buggered rear beam is expensive to get put right, and potentially very dangerous?

    reason being why i said get a professional to do it.
  35. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2006 Lincolnshire Posts: 8845 1. Mk2 Posi Furio 2. Fiesta Zetec S
    #35
    well not being funny but why is there a guide then?

    I was going to get it checked over after done
  36. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Nov 2006 Near Hull Posts: 8405 BMW 3.0 X3,toyota mr2 & Skyline R33
    #36
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by furiofanatic View Post
    lol do you think my brother and i are stupid or something?!!

    do you really want me to answer that question lol

    (only messing!)
  37. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2006 Lincolnshire Posts: 8845 1. Mk2 Posi Furio 2. Fiesta Zetec S
    #37
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by djmartinp View Post
    do you really want me to answer that question lol
    i find that quite insulting lol but i know your joking
  38. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Nov 2006 Near Hull Posts: 8405 BMW 3.0 X3,toyota mr2 & Skyline R33
    #38
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by furiofanatic View Post
    i find that quite insulting lol but i know your joking
    hence why i edited it and put only messing .

    emma something as important as suspension seriously should be done by a quilified machanic.

    there isa guide due to someone decided to post one but have to remember the person who posted it maybe quilified in machanics so know exactly what they is doing and i mean exactly.the bad thing is some people may look at the guide and think well it cant really be that hard EH yeh it is LOL.and i recan 9/10 attemps by people who are not in the know how have failed missrably.

    we are only looking out for you emma and saying get it done properly which is hte best way to do it tbh even people on here who are really experienced with the runnings of a saxo will get this kind of job done by a garage.
  39. Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut
    #39
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by furiofanatic View Post
    well not being funny but why is there a guide then?

    I was going to get it checked over after done
    how you gonna get it checked if you get one bar changed and the other one roggered...??? cant drive the car then.

    the guide is there, but imo should only be used by people with good experience and knowlege about cars.

    the rear beam is one of the nastyest jobs to do on a saxo.
  40. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Nov 2006 Near Hull Posts: 8405 BMW 3.0 X3,toyota mr2 & Skyline R33
    #40
    think aobut it emma you get it done in a garage and its done in say a day or two days.

    you do it at home you have college for starters your bro maybe busy at times.
    plus because your doing it your experince wont be as high as a machanics so a two day job to them is a weeks maybe more job to you and if you rogger it up then you have to pay out even more money for replacement parts then someone get a garage to pick your car up to then go and repair it which you could avoid in the first place by getting it done by a garage lol
  41. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2006 Lincolnshire Posts: 8845 1. Mk2 Posi Furio 2. Fiesta Zetec S
    #41
    i will get a garage to do it then ok
  42. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Jul 2004 Solihull Posts: 18231 Two Tone Sax
    #42
    lowering the rear torsion bar in the max power manual is the wrong way to sdo it, it will get you to do it by notches (splines)

    a haynes manual says you need specialist tools and is too much for a wannabe mechanic

    pay a tenner for guides on both the front and rear
  43. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Jul 2004 Solihull Posts: 18231 Two Tone Sax
    #43
    also it says in the guide about being decent with a spanner etc...