spax psx 40mm drop suspension kit

1. smithyvtrhonda Newbie Joined: Apr 2007 worcester Posts: 29 saxo vtr 2002 reg

   #1 29th April 2007, 12:27

   hi to all out there!!! im new to this forum so bear with me!! has anybody fitted one of these spax psx 40mm drop kits to their saxo? i fitted one to my car yesterday and it has made a great difference to the looks i'm well pleased!! the problem i now have is that a have a rattle coming from "i would say"the front struts! i had no assembly instructions with the kit and put it together the same as i have built struts up before! i had two black plastic disc's (with spax embossed on them) left over at the end of assembly and could not work out where these were supposed to be fitted! is the rattle on front end due to these discs not being in strut assembly somewhere?? can anybody help!!! i fitted new lower wishbones and new dop links when i fitted suspension. any help greatly appreciated! cheers..
2. devilsadvocate Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2006 Maidstone Posts: 8210 Golf TDI

   #2 29th April 2007, 12:46

   I have fitted a suspension before but not to a saxo. Hard to say what the rattling is without hearing it. My advice would be to put the fron on axle stands, remove the wheels, allow the front to spin and listen to where the rattle is coming from.
   
   Chances are that if there were two pastic discs then its likely they are meant to be fitted somewhere. Take a pic of the disks and post in on here so we can see what they look like.
3. devilsadvocate Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2006 Maidstone Posts: 8210 Golf TDI

   #3 29th April 2007, 12:46

   Stupid double posting.!!
4. Mrk1 Established Member Joined: Jun 2006 Bristol Posts: 1358 Mk2 VTS

   #4 29th April 2007, 12:48

   I don't have much experience in lowered saxos and the problems found in doing so.
   
   But it sounds like that "knocking noise" problem that is common when people lower their saxos.
   
   Hope this helps http://www.saxperience.com/faq/show-...e.php?artid=86
   
   If the link doesn't work all FAQ's can be found in tab next to forums.
5. smithyvtrhonda Newbie Joined: Apr 2007 worcester Posts: 29 saxo vtr 2002 reg

   #5 29th April 2007, 13:59

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by devilsadvocate I have fitted a suspension before but not to a saxo. Hard to say what the rattling is without hearing it. My advice would be to put the fron on axle stands, remove the wheels, allow the front to spin and listen to where the rattle is coming from. Chances are that if there were two pastic discs then its likely they are meant to be fitted somewhere. Take a pic of the disks and post in on here so we can see what they look like.

   cheers bud! i'll post a photo of them as soon as i've worked out how to put photos on this forum...
6. smithyvtrhonda Newbie Joined: Apr 2007 worcester Posts: 29 saxo vtr 2002 reg

   #6 29th April 2007, 15:47

   
7. smithyvtrhonda Newbie Joined: Apr 2007 worcester Posts: 29 saxo vtr 2002 reg

   #7 29th April 2007, 15:48

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by smithyvtrhonda

   still hav'nt worked out how to attatch a photo... soz
8. devilsadvocate Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2006 Maidstone Posts: 8210 Golf TDI

   #8 29th April 2007, 16:03

   To display a picture in your post you need up first upload it to a webserver so it can be viewed by typing in the URL. If you dont have your own domain hosting that you can use there are a few free ones, like ImageShack and PhotoBucket (google them). Once you have uploaded to your own or one of these free webservers you should have the exact url of where your image is displayed. i.e www.photobucket.com/....../.
   
   All you do then is copy and paste the url into your post and make sure you add the html tags before and after. The tags are [I-M-G] and [/I-M-G]. So it will be in the format:
   
   [I-M-G] w-w-w.photobucket.com/...../ [/I-M-G]
   
   Completely ignore the dashes above and dont use them. Its the only way i could get the txt to display without the website thinking i was actually trying the attach an image. So it will be IMG and not I-M-G.
   
   Hope that makes sense
   
   If not or you have trouble email me the photo and il upload it for ya. ldatlen@yahoo.co.uk
9. smithyvtrhonda Newbie Joined: Apr 2007 worcester Posts: 29 saxo vtr 2002 reg

   #9 29th April 2007, 19:54

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by smithyvtrhonda hi to all out there!!! im new to this forum so bear with me!! has anybody fitted one of these spax psx 40mm drop kits to their saxo? i fitted one to my car yesterday and it has made a great difference to the looks i'm well pleased!! the problem i now have is that a have a rattle coming from "i would say"the front struts! i had no assembly instructions with the kit and put it together the same as i have built struts up before! i had two black plastic disc's (with spax embossed on them) left over at the end of assembly and could not work out where these were supposed to be fitted! is the rattle on front end due to these discs not being in strut assembly somewhere?? can anybody help!!! i fitted new lower wishbones and new dop links when i fitted suspension. any help greatly appreciated! cheers..

   picture of discs at....
   
10. smithyvtrhonda Newbie Joined: Apr 2007 worcester Posts: 29 saxo vtr 2002 reg

    #10 29th April 2007, 19:56

    thanks buddy!!!! got photo uploaded in the end!! nice one thanks for your help!!!!
11. stevenet15 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2006 aylesbury buckinghamshire Posts: 4822 Astra Turbo, saxo vts, punto turbo

    #11 29th April 2007, 20:08

    looks like the rubber suspension spring wedges that goes inbetween the spring coils and helps stiffen it up and stop spring chatter which is the noise u are probably experiencing. some springs have these (normally adjsutbable kits) and some dont. someone on here with the psx kit will be able to show u pics of it fitted, it normally goes at the top or bottom of the spring or wound into the first loop
12. smithyvtrhonda Newbie Joined: Apr 2007 worcester Posts: 29 saxo vtr 2002 reg

    #12 29th April 2007, 20:20

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by stevenet15 looks like the rubber suspension spring wedges that goes inbetween the spring coils and helps stiffen it up and stop spring chatter which is the noise u are probably experiencing. some springs have these (normally adjsutbable kits) and some dont. someone on here with the psx kit will be able to show u pics of it fitted, it normally goes at the top or bottom of the spring or wound into the first loop

    thanks for the info bud, these are plastic/nylon discs not rubber so i dont know if that makes any difference to your thinking or not! like you said hopefully someone on this forum has the same kit fitted and can shed some light on the situation!!! nice one....