Best suspension mods for £500?

1. davidharvey Established Member Joined: Aug 2008 Mull of Kintyre Posts: 1496 Saxo VTR. Pug 407. trabant...seriously VW T25

   #1 2nd February 2009, 15:08

   Looking to spend about £500 on suspension for my 02 VTR. What would be the best way to go about it. I may spend more if need be.
   
   Forgot to say....fast road/road rally type spec
2. ellwise69 Infrequent Poster Joined: May 2007 Stoke-on-trent Posts: 239 Mk1 Vtr

   #2 3rd February 2009, 12:39

   Springs, dampers, upper and lower strut braces are the best bet mate.
3. Timlowthian Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2007 Cowes, Isle of Wight Posts: 600 Saxo Vtr MK2, Bodied 106 xsi

   #3 3rd February 2009, 12:42

   £10 over your budget but id go for these
   http://www.kamracing.co.uk/manufactu...xo-pug-60.html
4. DanT Established Member Joined: Feb 2007 P'boro Posts: 1619 R27 Clio

   #4 3rd February 2009, 12:47

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by davidharvey Looking to spend about £500 on suspension for my 02 VTR. What would be the best way to go about it. I may spend more if need be. Forgot to say....fast road/road rally type spec

   Really depends on how much you wanted to spend on literally just the shock and spring combo.
   
   So for example, you could spend all that £500 on the -50mm Bilstein B8 kit from kamracing.
   
   An alternative would be say for £207 you could buy the apex -50mm kit from kamracing and along with that you could get upper and lower OMP braces, a powerflex lower engine mount, powerflex rear beam bushes, powerflex front antiroll bar bushes, powerflex front wishbone bushes and still have about 80-100 notes left over for saaaaay i dunnoooooooo a new 106 gti rear 24mm anti roll bar off of ebay.
   
   Whats it to be then lol.
5. mick_vts Newbie Joined: Oct 2008 Preston Posts: 3 2001 saxo vts

   #5 3rd February 2009, 16:07

   im in exactly same situation wantin to spend £500 on my vts. was gonna get the bilstein b8 dampers, faulkner 45mm springs, and polybush the lot but bilstein put there prices up 30% on the 31st jan so the b8's on kamracing.co.uk went from £247 to £400 overnight its hardly a 30% hike more like 60%. iv emailed them about it and had no response.
   
   anywayz im just gonna keep lookin on ebay my friends got exactly the same setup on his vtr and says that it's the shit
6. peebee Established Member Joined: Jun 2004 Worcester United Kingdom (England) Posts: 2209 Saxo VTR MK2

   #6 3rd February 2009, 18:22

   Bloody hell, why the hell have they done that! I was going for Billys myself, dont know now!
7. de4n0 Established Member Joined: Nov 2008 nottingham Posts: 1250 2003 citroen saxo vts.

   #7 3rd February 2009, 18:25

   might be able to get some decent coilovers for that.
8. davidharvey Established Member Joined: Aug 2008 Mull of Kintyre Posts: 1496 Saxo VTR. Pug 407. trabant...seriously VW T25

   #8 3rd February 2009, 18:41

   Having done a bit of research it looks like I may need to spend more. larger torsion bar would take a huge chunk out of £500 and seems to be the way to go....or is it? Any help/advice appreciated.
9. KamRacing Saxperience Addict Joined: Nov 2006 A farm shed in Aylesbury Posts: 14916 Corolla AE86 Peugeot 205 B18C (in bits)

   #9 3rd February 2009, 18:44

   the Bilsteins were on special offer and now they're not, makes the price hike seem greater.
   
   if you want to keep in budget the Apex are a good kit to chose, combine that with some polyrace bushes (stiffer than powerflex), upper and lower strut braces and some uprated engine mounts and you'll be on your way to improving things massively.
10. davidharvey Established Member Joined: Aug 2008 Mull of Kintyre Posts: 1496 Saxo VTR. Pug 407. trabant...seriously VW T25

    #10 3rd February 2009, 19:06

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by KamRacing the Bilsteins were on special offer and now they're not, makes the price hike seem greater. if you want to keep in budget the Apex are a good kit to chose, combine that with some polyrace bushes (stiffer than powerflex), upper and lower strut braces and some uprated engine mounts and you'll be on your way to improving things massively.

    PM sent re this topic.
    
    Wasn't counting braces in the budget, toying with idea of sumpguard as opposed to lower brace, cos our public roads are the worst in the country here, and I also go on unpaved roads a lot
11. KamRacing Saxperience Addict Joined: Nov 2006 A farm shed in Aylesbury Posts: 14916 Corolla AE86 Peugeot 205 B18C (in bits)

    #11 3rd February 2009, 20:12

    a sumpguard protects the sump rather than holding the suspension in place.
    
    Kev
12. davidharvey Established Member Joined: Aug 2008 Mull of Kintyre Posts: 1496 Saxo VTR. Pug 407. trabant...seriously VW T25

    #12 3rd February 2009, 20:23

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by KamRacing a sumpguard protects the sump rather than holding the suspension in place. Kev

    But I can't have both.
    OR can I?
13. CorbyMotorsport Newbie Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 12

    #13 5th February 2009, 22:47

    Have a look at these, less than £500 and cheaper than on ebay.....
    
    http://www.corbymotorsport.com/citro...-kit-p-51.html
14. davidharvey Established Member Joined: Aug 2008 Mull of Kintyre Posts: 1496 Saxo VTR. Pug 407. trabant...seriously VW T25

    #14 7th February 2009, 04:35

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by CorbyMotorsport Have a look at these, less than £500 and cheaper than on ebay..... http://www.corbymotorsport.com/citro...-kit-p-51.html

    Have heard that Gaz units are good...but no experience of them. Anyone had a set of these?
15. McBain Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2008 London Posts: 613 Saxo Vts

    #15 7th February 2009, 14:00

    I've used gaz adjustable dampers on another car, they were very good. They're much the same as avos which are good too.
16. Alex_Oldroyd Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2008 Leeds Posts: 314 posi blue Vts Beaten black and blue!

    #16 8th February 2009, 11:41

    spend around 300 on springs and dampers then the rest on poly bushes, thats the route im goin down and u can feel every upgrade
17. davidharvey Established Member Joined: Aug 2008 Mull of Kintyre Posts: 1496 Saxo VTR. Pug 407. trabant...seriously VW T25

    #17 8th February 2009, 13:54

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Alex_Oldroyd spend around 300 on springs and dampers then the rest on poly bushes, thats the route im goin down and u can feel every upgrade

    Which springs/dampers you got then?
18. Lidders Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2008 Yate, Bristol Posts: 266 215.7HP Starlet.

    #18 6th March 2009, 13:43

    ????? which dampers u got alex?
19. Raz Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2007 Darlington Posts: 8766 Icelandic Grey Citroen Saxo VTS

    #19 6th March 2009, 13:47

    the set up in which i am going for is the Apex Sports Sus 35mm with powerflex bushes all round. my car is used for the road, so wont be going on track...Kam has said the Apex kit is perfect for road use
20. davidharvey Established Member Joined: Aug 2008 Mull of Kintyre Posts: 1496 Saxo VTR. Pug 407. trabant...seriously VW T25

    #20 6th March 2009, 14:40

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Raz the set up in which i am going for is the Apex Sports Sus 35mm with powerflex bushes all round. my car is used for the road, so wont be going on track...Kam has said the Apex kit is perfect for road use

    Thats what I am going for too. MOT due in 3 weeks though, so will see if it needs anything doing first
21. MaRiO89 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 7705 Saxo VTS

    #21 6th March 2009, 14:47

    Gax GHA coilover kit..On eBay brand new for £425..
    
    Look the bollocks and are a really good quality kit..