saxo vtr leaning slightly

5th April 2011, 07:35

Just noticed that my car is leaning to one side rear ( down by approx ) half inch ! when i drive i haven't noticed any noises etc !
anyone ?
cheers

5th April 2011, 18:38

Is it just low at the front or rear? If so its likely to be a coil spring gone

5th April 2011, 19:03

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Originally Posted by stevo192

Is it just low at the front or rear? If so its likely to be a coil spring gone

Hello mate just rear passenger side and down half inch , i measured up from floor to saxo arch on both sides , i was wondering can you buy dampers and spring set just for the rears ? it would be nice to have a matched set
cheers

5th April 2011, 19:16

Yes, sounds very much like a coil spring then. As far as I'm aware you can't buy sets but you could just get a couple of rear springs and shocks. I'm not sure if you would have a branch near to where you are but I always find GSF car parts are excellent. If not they do mail order too

http://www.gsfcarparts.com/

5th April 2011, 19:22

Back of the car doesn't have coil springs.

It's probably fine, and nothing to worry about.
Has it been lowered? If so, most likely they didn't lower it be equal amounts.

You could adjust the torsion bar on the side which is effected to make it level again.

5th April 2011, 19:39

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Originally Posted by gsavill90

Back of the car doesn't have coil springs.

It's probably fine, and nothing to worry about.
Has it been lowered? If so, most likely they didn't lower it be equal amounts.

You could adjust the torsion bar on the side which is effected to make it level again.

its down mate i think by 40 mm , what do you actually get if i bought a new suspension kit , i assume 4 dampers and matching springs for the fronts ? , it could handle better compared to my old xr2 its abit poo ! lol

5th April 2011, 19:58

So it's already been lowered?
In a kit you'd get four dampers, and two front springs. Then the rear torsion bar has to be adjusted to match the front.
If whoever lowered the back of your car didn't quite get the measurements right you would end up with one side lower than the other.
I used to have a Mk3 fiesta... handled like a boat compared to a saxo

Good luck in getting it sorted!

5th April 2011, 20:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by gsavill90

Back of the car doesn't have coil springs.

It's probably fine, and nothing to worry about.
Has it been lowered? If so, most likely they didn't lower it be equal amounts.

You could adjust the torsion bar on the side which is effected to make it level again.

LMAO so it doesn't

apologies

5th April 2011, 21:05

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Originally Posted by stevo192

LMAO so it doesn't

apologies

no probs stevo :0) my old xr2 handled really well i did pay afew quid for the set up though the mk1 and mk 2 xr2's were pretty well balanced front wheel drive cars even as standard and if i had the space and extra cash i'd buy another one in a shot , retro

in my opinion now

5th April 2011, 22:47

I do miss my fiesta.. was my first ever car.
Only a 1.4 mind... so nothing special to drive

6th April 2011, 08:11

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Originally Posted by gsavill90

I do miss my fiesta.. was my first ever car.
Only a 1.4 mind... so nothing special to drive

The 2 first fiestas looked nice the xr2i / rsturbo fez were strange looking but im warming to them now ! lol the others looked like poo , i had afew friends with turbo technic cars back in the day , one was tweaked abit more and that gave the bigger cars a run for their money