lowering the rear (preferably near stoke)

1. sick6sicks Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2011 Staffs Posts: 102 2002 furio 1.4

   #1 30th December 2011, 01:00

   the front shocks are uprated (they are red and thats all i know) and the front is lowered, but the back remains stock and the whole thing now sits like a shitting dog (i think the back sits higher than normal, because of the front). so basically i need the rear lowering a fair bit,so....
   
   anyone that can do it can you quote me a price
   
   and do i need to uprate rear suspension or will it be fine
   
   thanks in advance for any help.
2. Stefan_Wood Established Member Joined: Sep 2011 Birmingham Posts: 1557 Furio, 306Hdi, Astra 1.9cdti

   #2 30th December 2011, 01:03

   The back's a torsion bar not spring's.
   Will cost you around 50-70quid for the rear lowerd mate
3. sick6sicks Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2011 Staffs Posts: 102 2002 furio 1.4

   #3 30th December 2011, 02:20

   thanks mate, you any idea where i can get it done? i knew it was a torsion bar, but i assumed there were springs involved somewhere too. lol. so no uprating needed then?
4. sick6sicks Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2011 Staffs Posts: 102 2002 furio 1.4

   #4 7th January 2012, 11:07

   so no parts need then? i just need to take it somewhere that will do it and theyll sort it out?
5. JoshFurioBrookes Frequent Poster Joined: Aug 2011 Chelmsford Essex Posts: 822 Silver 6n2 Polo

   #5 7th January 2012, 11:24

   If you are going to lower it more than 40mm then generaly people use uprated rear shocks
6. sick6sicks Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2011 Staffs Posts: 102 2002 furio 1.4

   #6 7th January 2012, 14:51

   any particular kind of shocks needed, the way my cars sitting at the moment ill need to lower it by about 75mm to get the centre of the wheel the same distance from the skirt as the front
7. user_36198 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172

   #7 7th January 2012, 18:55

   £75 to lower the rear, if you're dropping it that far i'd recommend dampers be upgraded too
8. sick6sicks Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2011 Staffs Posts: 102 2002 furio 1.4

   #8 8th January 2012, 11:06

   mandyslover, that sounds good, where abouts are you. also i dont think the overall drop is 75 its just that the front has been lowered by what looks like 30 or 40 mm, and the back has remained untouched so is sitting overly high, like you can fit your fist between th arch and the wheel. so i dont know whether thats normal or not on stock shocks. but if you reccomend that i need uprated shocks what would i need, if its any help the front wheel is about 2 fingers ((maybe 25mm?) from the arch. and i would like the car to be parralell to the floor rather than the squatting dog that it is now.
9. user_36198 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172

   #9 8th January 2012, 17:29

   unless otherwise asked i set them so the sills are parallel with the floor, think it looks better then having rake on it. We're in Langley Mill,just the other side of Derby from you