do clios have a torsion bar?

[vaux.dan]

hi im driving a mk2 (i think) 52 plate authentique and my mate has a saxo and hes just had his lowered by a perfomance garage as his had a torsion bar. i was wondering with them both being french does the clio use a torsion bar or not?

the cars already been lowered but im looking to lower it down more

 

[Dean.]

nope

 

[sideways danny]

the mk1 clio does, but the mk2 uses springs

 

[vaux.dan]

thanks lads

 

[rory182]

common on Peugeots and Citroens, and as Danny said the mk1 clio had one too. Means there's shocks on the back but no springs, a torsion bar is a beam across the wdth of the car which is in torsion (twisted) acting as a spring.

 

[Adz172]

Torsion bars on saxo`s are shite! I had a saxo for 2 years and had to replace it twice cause of the bearings going! lol

 

[Fred@BTM]

the mk2 clios do have a torsion beam rear axle that uses springs just to confuse you all!

 

[sideways danny]

sort of

If you look at a conventional torsion bar arrangement, they have ARBs and a torsion spring

Basically the beam is the ARB

 

[Cliotoby]

The sports have a T bar iirc?

And lesser models have a rear beam.

?

 

[BoroGTI]

Torsion bars on saxo`s are shite! I had a saxo for 2 years and had to replace it twice cause of the bearings going! lol

The bearings only go when you start to lower them, it opens up a gap in the cup they sit in and grit ad debris gets in and f***s them, i went through 2 on my 106