Lowering

[Chief]

I need to get my car lowered. I have already bought the springs ages ago and my mate said that he can fit them for me. But I need to get the back lowered, as he doesnt know how to do this. The car is a 1995 Clio RSi. I know places like Elite & Xtremes will do it for about £100, but Chirstmas hit my wallet hard.

Does any one know of a place where I can get this done cheaper?
(Im in Essex and near both Herts and Cambs)

 

[Tom_16v]

You can do it yourself following this guide;

http://www.daz-uk.com/cliosport/guides/lowering-torsion-bar/http://www.daz-uk.com/cliosport/guides/lowering-torsion-bar/

 

[Chief]

Nice one. Cheers fella.

Have you used this guide, how tricky is it?

 

[Tom_16v]

I havent used it, got Demon Tweeks to do my torsion bar!

Plenty of people have used it though.

 

[Ben P]

I used it on my clio (same rear bar setup as RSi)

It was so much easier than I was expecting. Make sure you take end caps off bars and spray a load of WD40 in there about a week prior so it gets in a nd helps lubricate things. (Hee hee I said lubricate)

Then just follow the guide which is excellent. You may find (as I did) that when the bars are out you cant see the notches in. Just raise the rear arms by as much as you want to lower the car by)

 

[STICKER TWONK]

Yep, I too followed this guide and its really simple. Just pull torsion bar out, jack rear arm or hubs up to how low you want it (depending on whether torsion bar is open or closed), then put torsion bars back in.

 

[Daz]

Hehe, daz-uk.com is famous because of that guide. I see all sorts of car clubs abroad using it, too!

 

[Ben P]

Change the link to p**n. Just for a week or so.

That would be funny.

 

[1fast6]

ben how come your valver is 5 door? did u put a valver lump in a RT 5 door or something?

 

[ChavyBoy]

Its not a valver !