Lowering back end

[PaulRobo]

Can you just adjust the bar to make the back end lower when fitting springs on the front? If so how hard is it to do. I aint got round to getting a bible yet (haynes)

 

[DAVE77]

You can adjust the torsion bar at the back of your car to lower it, the thing is getting it right. I lowered my car last year. The front end is easy, but getting the back just right was a bit of a trial and error.

I adjusted the torsion bar by 1 spline, but this lowered the car about 100mm. So while putting it all back together (to let someone else have the headache of doing it for me), I noticed that the splines on the inside of the torsion bar are tighter, so I adjusted it using the splines on the inside of the torsion bars, and hey presto, I got it set up just right.

I had an old Maxpower mag that told you how to adjust torsion bars on a 5gtt, So I set to and did it myself.

Now my car sits 60mm lower at the front, and 70mm lower at the back.



Dave77

 

[PaulRobo]

Sweet well i guesas ill have a blast at that opne day this week then. Was gonna do it today, but last night some kid ran out infront of me.. to cut a long story short, snapped wishbone, buckled alloy and one hell of a job to get the old wishbone of! lol

 

[DAVE77]

OUUUCCCHHHHHH !