How Much Has This Been Lowered By (PIC)?

6th December 2006, 17:01

6th December 2006, 17:03

ill take a stab : 40mm

6th December 2006, 17:05

more than that wont it?? either way looks mint at that height

6th December 2006, 17:06

60 front 50-60 back IMO

6th December 2006, 17:08

thats how i want mine 2 sit loks mint

6th December 2006, 18:35

looks about 60 on the front and 50 on the back

6th December 2006, 18:47

50 front 45 back and it looks perfect!

6th December 2006, 18:51

looks 50mm all round to me

6th December 2006, 18:54

each notch on the rear torsion bar drops the car buy 50mm each time. i know this as i did mine the other day. its such an easy job! anyway yeah its down 1 spline on the rear and id say 50mm springs on the front

6th December 2006, 18:57

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Originally Posted by spencer_cammedvts

each notch on the rear torsion bar drops the car buy 50mm each time. i know this as i did mine the other day. its such an easy job! anyway yeah its down 1 spline on the rear and id say 50mm springs on the front

your sus wont last very long if that's the way you did lower it.

You're supposed to take it out, reset it and hen put it back in again.

6th December 2006, 19:06

i did take it out and reset it! what you talking about? i had it lowered at a garage and they dropped it 3 splined instead of 2 and i was sitting on the bump stops so instead of paying another £120 i decided to put it right myself.

got it on axel stands and took the torsion bars out from each side and put them back in and then dropped it off the stands to see how it sat. the 1st go it was back to normal height! so then i know that all i had to doo was take each torsion bar out again and while it was out, i pushed the wheel up into the arch until it was on the next spline of the torsion bar. did this for both sides and it sits perfect now!

6th December 2006, 19:15

The people who done myn pulled out the torsion bar measured between the center of the disk/axle to the rear arch and raised it 45mm from that point using jacks then refitted the torsion bar, so cant understand what all this notch here and there probably why my arches rub

6th December 2006, 19:19

wait a minute ill get a pic to show you

6th December 2006, 19:25

this is one of the torsion bars. there is one for each wheel on the rear. you can see the notches/splines on the end of it. you push the wheel up then slot the torsion bar back in and the plins lock in the nex topoth/teeth round in its slot. a bit breif but there you go.

6th December 2006, 19:25

do you understand now?

6th December 2006, 19:28

there is now way you could lower it anything in between unless you bought aftermarket torsion bars.i.e softer or stiffer

6th December 2006, 19:38

thats what they done mate then raised the arm and put the bar back in looked pretty easy with the correct tools, but the reconed they could only take it up in 15mm increments hence why i got it 45mm as i only wanted 40mm to match the front im no expert like but i would say my rear looked more like 50mm than 45 heres a pic what do you think?

6th December 2006, 19:54

yer it looks the same as mine mate. 50mm. if you wanted the rear any higher then just ditch the spare wheel and your rear seats. should raise it a good 10mm. lol

6th December 2006, 20:03

Yeah the only problem is a space for my 5 year old to sit lol

7th December 2006, 00:19

spencer/stiffler your way off... the rear can be lowered heighten to anything you want by the mm. Using the premium member guide you got that picture from it shows you how to do this.

7th December 2006, 03:45

60 fornt 50 back i rekon

7th December 2006, 08:07

hows that then? i dropped mine one spline on the bar itself and its dropped it 50mm. please explain! how can you drop it less than 1 spline?

7th December 2006, 09:23

you havent dropped it by splines at all if you have followed that method, splines involves knocking the whole rear arm off and just fitting it back on pushed up a bit on the next spline that will fit, innaccurate and potentially dangerous.

Doing it the correct way, you remove the bar, adjust the arm to whatever height you want (lower or higher) then reinsert the bar. You can twirl the bar around 100 times if you wish it wont affect the height.

If you followed the correct method and all you did was take the bar out while supporting the arm then resinserted the bar one spline round then the ride height wont have changed as you havent adjusted the arm

7th December 2006, 12:35

right now im talking to someone who actually knows where im coming from as they know what the torsion bar is like!

you dont have to knock the arm off itself you can just push it up into the arch then slot the bar back in. i know what you mean though. just taking the bar out and spinning it one spline wont do jack shit. the how-too is very informative but can be misleading. but the reason im saying the minimum you can lower it is 45/50mm is because when you push the arm up into the arch you cant just push it up 25mm or whatever because the splines on the torsion bar itself wont line up! or should i say you wont get them to line up correctly in the back of the arm on the opposite side of the car. you know what i mean? so how can you lower it any higher than 45-50mm?

im not saying your wrong mate i would just like to know as it would be helpfull to me and lots of others!

Cheers scotty boy!

7th December 2006, 12:42

The splines will line up, just rotate the bar until they fit. Remove the bar, raise the arm to whatever, then spin the bar until it fits, it will fit back in or the worst will be raise or lower the arm by a few mm to get it to slot back in

7th December 2006, 12:51

i understand what your saying but i dont see how it can work! lol im SOOOOOOOOO confused! i dont see how the torsion bar will line up on the opposide side of the car?

probably just being thick but hey!

7th December 2006, 12:58

you dont need to see why, it just does

Honest this is the correct way to do it and any of the good companies do it this way as you can lower the car to whatever is needed

7th December 2006, 13:24

they will line up in the holes they were in before if not anything else, the splines are pretty much equal all the way round so it dont matter where the bar locates

7th December 2006, 14:49

bout 55 front 50 bak, perfecto nearly