Important! : Saxo not lowered right in even by garage

18th June 2012, 14:40

Hi guys just pick up my Saxo from garage was impress by how she look so low without rubbing however I've had a big bust up 55 min ago with garage because the drivers side is much lower than the passangers 'how ever what size bar do I need to bash the passanger bar out . I know you go from driver side to passangers to knock it out it's only one side I need to do can you guys give me the run up on what I need and what bar size I need to knock bar out thanks

18th June 2012, 16:47

you took it to the wrong garage then matey

18th June 2012, 16:49

its not as easy as just 'knocking the bar out' lol

take it back to them to do it properly. Im guessing they did it by notches/splines therefore one side lower than the other which happens sometimes

18th June 2012, 16:52

from what I understand you want to finish the job yourself? if the bars have already been removed by the garage they should come out pretty easily so you just need to remove the torx bolts & washers from each side and then you can use the big socket and bolt method to pull the torsion bar out rather than knocking it out although if you do need to hit it out an old torsion bar is a good to use if you can get hold of one. I take it you already know how to set the height?

personally would'nt take it back to that garage sounds like they don't know what they are doing

18th June 2012, 17:10

chances are if its sitting lob sided they've done it by notches, in which case only one end of the torsion bar will have come out. Bum amateurs

18th June 2012, 17:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben_SaxoForte

from what I understand you want to finish the job yourself? if the bars have already been removed by the garage they should come out pretty easily so you just need to remove the torx bolts & washers from each side and then you can use the big socket and bolt method to pull the torsion bar out rather than knocking it out although if you do need to hit it out an old torsion bar is a good to use if you can get hold of one. I take it you already know how to set the height?

personally would'nt take it back to that garage sounds like they don't know what they are doing

but hes already paid for a job which should have been done?

18th June 2012, 17:37

Hi guys and thank you vary much for all the replays ' I took it back to the crap ass garage and the guy said the bars had come out freely so he said he gave me my money back due to me saying ill go trading standards formula one are not aloud to do this because I'm thinking it was done off the books
How ever yes I'm going to do it my self the drivers side is fine and look good but the passanger s side is about 2o mill higher and when I'm driveing it boots on that side so yes I'm going to do it my self
I ask the guy paul who did how did you measure the lowernest he said from hub to arch that's wrong I'm sure so more advice is needed please

18th June 2012, 17:40

ask him what method did he do? did he remove the bars completely and measure the distance, or did he remove the trailing arm and rotate it by clicks/notches?

google the guides, badgermotorsport lowering & suzukituning lowering

18th June 2012, 17:43

Hi guys and thank you vary much for all the replays ' I took it back to the crap ass garage and the guy said the bars had come out freely so he said he gave me my money back due to me saying ill go trading standards formula one are not aloud to do this because I'm thinking it was done off the books
How ever yes I'm going to do it my self the drivers side is fine and look good but the passanger s side is about 2o mill higher and when I'm driveing it boots on that side so yes I'm going to do it my self
I ask the guy paul who did how did you measure the lowernest he said from hub to arch that's wrong I'm sure so more advice is needed please

18th June 2012, 17:53

He said the bars completely came out ballshit I think ., how ever I'm going to leave the drives side how it is . I'm going to lower the passangers to match now shall I remove the torx and washers first then knock the torsion bar out then remove arb shock etc etc ????

18th June 2012, 19:33

Does any one know the size mill bar I can use to knock my torsion bar I don't have a spare bar to knock this out so I going to get a mate to make me one much appriacted help please help

18th June 2012, 19:34

approx 18mm round would be best

18th June 2012, 20:08

Thank you mate I'll pass that on to my
Mate that works in a metal company see if he can get me a bar thanks

19th June 2012, 07:16

When I remove the the bar do I just remove torx both end s and washers .. Then tap torsion bar out from driver side towards passangers side then remove ainti roll bar then shock..
Then measure from the centre of hub to vary top of arch wall is this correct guys

bump

19th June 2012, 10:55

Personally mate, it doesn't not sound like you know exactly what your doing, ( no offence! ) So I would take it to another garage and get them to do it

Or ask someone on here to help you. Things you don't wanna fuck with if your not sure is suspension and brakes!

19th June 2012, 11:05

get someone off here to do it if you dont know what you're doing

19th June 2012, 14:28

Well I do know as I've been reading about it that's why I'm asking for help on here I carnt fine no threads

19th June 2012, 16:15

Can any one give me the run down on how to remove the torsion bar just the way you guys have done it please thanks

P.s not taken no garage there all robbin fcks lol im
Gona crack iy my self if I get more info then that way I know what's wright and what's wrong thanks

19th June 2012, 18:12

in one end, pull it slightly with an arrangement of washers/sockets and a long bolt, whilst on the other end, wack it out with a large hammer and metal bar (jack handle/spare torsion bar etc)

19th June 2012, 22:52

Cheers mate 'Do i leave the ainti roll bar in tho As itis .then after removing the torsion bar then remove Arb I'll give it ago Saturday early morning I'll see how it goes ...
by the way nice mk1 mate I've loads of spares for that mk1 cheers tho much appriacted

19th June 2012, 23:09

easier to just remove the arb and undo the dampers before removing the torsion bars

21st June 2012, 21:23

Bump>>>>>>>

21st June 2012, 21:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by saxovtsnap

Well I do know as I've been reading about it that's why I'm asking for help on here I carnt fine no threads

Mate not meaning any nastiness to you but reading about doing a job & actually doing it yourself are 2 different things.Get someone off here to do it for you.

24th June 2012, 10:47

Help ASAP torsion bar out nice cooper grease up now where do u measure fro
The disc high please respond or call me please

24th June 2012, 10:58

Bump bump bump

28th June 2012, 18:31

All done thanks its easy to do

2nd July 2012, 06:20

Nice and fresh all done 80 mill Drop

2nd July 2012, 13:02

You got pics of the lopsided Saxo? Sounds pretty funny tbh

glad you got it sorted though