Any help greatly appreciated

1. Boosted Regular Poster Joined: May 2009 Malta Posts: 359 1.5D Saxo Mk1

   #1 26th January 2010, 22:49

   so i'm looking for a decent coilover kit...basically i found this one as i dont know how low i want my saxo to look. what do you guys think about this kit? is it any good?
   
   btw i'm half way through fitting a vt kit to my 1.5D saxo, will post some pics when done
   
   http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CITROEN-SAXO-1...item45ee607554
2. Boosted Regular Poster Joined: May 2009 Malta Posts: 359 1.5D Saxo Mk1

   #2 27th January 2010, 14:35

   so read quite a lot of badly reviews about vmaxx, so now i'm considering either the apex sports suspension kit -35mm drop or the -50mm drop. the car is for daily use and i live in Malta where its more bumps and potholes than good road...
   
   whats your opinion on what kit to get?
3. user_25842 Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2008 canterbury Posts: 174 2000 saxo vts

   #3 27th January 2010, 21:04

   lol dont lower it mate if you got a lot of bumps around ur area lol, is there many sax's in malta ?
4. Boosted Regular Poster Joined: May 2009 Malta Posts: 359 1.5D Saxo Mk1

   #4 28th January 2010, 10:56

   there are lots of saxos but none modified, just normal use. there are like 2 vts's and maybe just maybe say 10 vtr's. i have 1.5D doing the full vt kit and i'm thinking about 40mm drop on front and the rear i need to check when i put the vt arches on because it would leave a big gap from the tyres to the arch.
5. Aron Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Feb 2007 Nuneaton Posts: 3554 EP3 Civic

   #5 28th January 2010, 12:05

   You will get away with a 40mm drop if you use descent parts
6. Boosted Regular Poster Joined: May 2009 Malta Posts: 359 1.5D Saxo Mk1

   #6 28th January 2010, 19:57

   so its either this
   
   http://www.kamracing.co.uk/index.php...saxo-35mm.html
   
   or this
   http://www.kamracing.co.uk/index.php...roen-saxo.html
   
   which one do you think drops the car height enough? i want it to sit low but you know...not low enough to not being able to get in my garage
7. user_32315 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo

   #7 30th March 2010, 17:32

   that vmaxx set up is pretty rubbish if it only lowers 65mm, id much rather spend my money on a good set of springs and shocks
8. Boosted Regular Poster Joined: May 2009 Malta Posts: 359 1.5D Saxo Mk1

   #8 30th March 2010, 17:56

   thx jeffchiz, i'm gonna buy some spaxx 40mm front just to get a nicer look and the rear dunno by how much as i have to cut for the rear arches to fit from flat arch to vt ones. so there will be a bigger gap to fill
9. user_32315 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo

   #9 30th March 2010, 18:06

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Boosted thx jeffchiz, i'm gonna buy some spaxx 40mm front just to get a nicer look and the rear dunno by how much as i have to cut for the rear arches to fit from flat arch to vt ones. so there will be a bigger gap to fill

   yea your right there will be a massive gap between the arch and wheel at the back when you start cutting the metal to fit the vt arches, on my car i am 60mm at the front and 65mm at the back so ive gone down 5mm further on the back which levels it out so on your car id be tempted to go about 40mm at the front and 60mm at the back
   the spax kit will be so much better than the vmaxx ones, or even the apex kit from kamracing