i think the wheels on saxos catch on the rear bumper bracket, this need trimming, as for cutting the torsion bar, thats bollox, i have never ever ever heard of that, basically when ya take it down clicks you are putting what hold the wheels on a bit further round some splines so at rest the car returns to a lower height. Its not really a DIY job but can be done, but if gone wrong you can either hurt your self very badly or lose all torsion in the bar. I really carn think what they must have cut!!!!!
Had a think and a fag, only thing i can think of is when you twist something it naturally shortens in length as the material compreses, what they might have done it trimed the splines to get the rear hub assembly on meaning that when you take the compression off of it to take it back to factory settings the bar will be too short, i dunno, im no expert on the subject, im just guessing really:boggle:

[Edited on 21-07-2004 by Greasemonkey]

my mate had his saxo 'lowered' 60mm at the back when he had the standard 15" saxo alloys..they had to 'cut' the torsion bar to drop it 60mm :boggle: he then stuck some 16's on and now when he has peeps in the back the tyre catches on something metal in the arch... any ideas? He went back to the place that lowered it but they sed its his fault for changing the wheels afterwards and they cant adjust it as its been 'cut'.. I dont understand neither does he..! :|

cheers for clearing that up for me

right a torsion bar is exactly like it sounds, imagin a round steel bar, if you twist it, it would be under 'torsion', instead of springs retuning the car the is ride height the twisting action or torsion on the bar gets the car back to normal ride height, the twist in the bar is controlled by dampers as a corsa is, only down side is when you drop it a few clicks the bar is under more load (torsion) and is harder to twist so the rear end becoms very hard

theres not springs on the back i think

so the springs on the rear are not replaced when lowering the car then, only the ones at the front

its a metal bar and spring "ithink" and they adjust the tension so it sits lower/higher
there isnt any tracking on it i dont think

like the corsa's rear beam no tracking

how do they lower the car or do they just need to be altered so the tracking / allignment isn't out

yes its possible to put it back the way it was they just adjust it

Whats the deal with them as on saxo's / 106's it always says lowered torsion bar and wondering what they are and what they do. Is it possible to convert a car back to std suspension after its been altered