passenger strut top domed! 00 vts

  1. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2004 Grimsby United Kingdom (England) Posts: 5489 SUPERCHARGED saxo vts
    #1
    yes mine looks domed compared to the driver side

    only noticed as im doing an engine swap so removed the strut brace...

    ive since managed to get a look at one other mk1 vtr and it was the same as mine!

    are they like that or do i need to reshape it and weld in some strut enforcing plates?

    stew
  2. Established Member Joined: Nov 2008 dorset Posts: 1113 saxo vtr mk1
    #2
    yeah you will as we had a saxo come into my brothers garage and it failed mot as it comes down to structure/chassie alignment or summit along those lines basically car is bent as itll sit lower on one corner
  3. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2005 Sydney Posts: 8525 Mango Westcoast
    #3
    If your running hard springs for track work its known to be a weak area of the saxo/106 chassis. Can easily be resolved by getting it straightened + having some top strut plates welded on
  4. Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2007 Aylesbury, Bucks Posts: 12836 Yeaaahh Fiesta
    #4
    One of my old vts' destroyed the top chassis mounts. Ran a few too many kerbs on track. The shell was soo rotten i just scrapped it rather than doing the repair
  5. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2004 Grimsby United Kingdom (England) Posts: 5489 SUPERCHARGED saxo vts
    #5
    cheers lads i do have 250lb springs. ive since looked at another vts and appeared to be similar shape. i am going to reshape it and fit some plates as advised.

    also noticed that my arb hits the chasis on very hard cornering. it looks like it may be bent but id get the strut top right 1st
  6. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2005 Sydney Posts: 8525 Mango Westcoast
    #6
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by sexy_gt View Post
    cheers lads i do have 250lb springs. ive since looked at another vts and appeared to be similar shape. i am going to reshape it and fit some plates as advised.

    also noticed that my arb hits the chasis on very hard cornering. it looks like it may be bent but id get the strut top right 1st
    Well i bent mine with 180lb springs so with 250 im sure its pretty easy to do lol.

    Hard to see but it is doomed...



    Fixed!

  7. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2004 Grimsby United Kingdom (England) Posts: 5489 SUPERCHARGED saxo vts
    #7
    nice work mate.

    not going to be able to keep my strutbrace then
  8. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2004 Grimsby United Kingdom (England) Posts: 5489 SUPERCHARGED saxo vts
    #8
    What did you do about setting the geometry?
  9. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2004 Grimsby United Kingdom (England) Posts: 5489 SUPERCHARGED saxo vts
    #9
    how thick was the plates???
  10. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card
    #10
    Ive just checked mine due to a problem with handling at the moment, and my driver side is domed.

    How do you reshape them? Do you just go mental with a hammer and block of wood on the underside?

    Ive bought some GrpN reinforcment plates this morning to weld on for the 275lbs springs now, so needs to be reshaped.
  11. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2002 United Kingdom Posts: 8390
    #11
    beat this!



    The Saxo ones are soft as shite, everyone I know has had their turrets go like that.
  12. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card
    #12
    ^ fucking hell LOL, how you manage it that bad? Just a one off? lol
  13. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2002 United Kingdom Posts: 8390
    #13
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by db_sax View Post
    ^ fucking hell LOL, how you manage it that bad? Just a one off? lol
    Yeah the council dug up a section of 60mph limit back road past me, which was on a slight crest just after a bend. You can see other traffic coming, but not the road surface if you know what I mean, which meant I couldnt see the ditch and 4"+ ramp. Hit it at about 50, bent two expensive alloys, bottomed out the dampers, broke my springs(!) and did that to the top mounts.

    Tbh, Im surprised I didnt fly off the road and die.
  14. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2004 Grimsby United Kingdom (England) Posts: 5489 SUPERCHARGED saxo vts
    #14
    ouch! how did you go about reshaping and geting the geo correct gab?

    i need to get some of these plates.
  15. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card
    #15
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by sexy_gt View Post
    ouch! how did you go about reshaping and geting the geo correct gab?

    i need to get some of these plates.
    Get them from APS car mate about £10-£15 less than other competitors Just got mine today!
  16. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2004 Grimsby United Kingdom (England) Posts: 5489 SUPERCHARGED saxo vts
    #16
    do you have a link?
  17. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2002 United Kingdom Posts: 8390
    #17
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by sexy_gt View Post
    ouch! how did you go about reshaping and geting the geo correct gab?

    i need to get some of these plates.

    Reshaping with a block of wood, a hammer and a dolly. made a couple of quick jigs off a perfect condition AX in the scrapyard and double checked them by using strutbraces.
  18. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card
    #18
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by sexy_gt View Post
    do you have a link?
    Theyre website isnt working properly this week so youll have to buy through eBay or over the phone:

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=230441993321

    Or you could email them, and they will send you a paypal invoice.
  19. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2004 Grimsby United Kingdom (England) Posts: 5489 SUPERCHARGED saxo vts
    #19
    cheers danny.

    bought some last night