LOWERING

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:30 am

Does any one know if lowering the 206 cc is just as simple as changing the 4 springs or is there anything else that needs to be done?

Thanks
Craig

Post by **Lyndon** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 6:59 pm

derek as had his done,best speak to him

although he did have problems tho

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:13 pm

i just had the front springs done and the torison bar or whatever its called adjusted.

50-60mm drop and looked good but it kills the suspension. had it all fixed but it was knackered again when i went to sell the car.

if you are going to do it then do it right. >>>>>>> awaits teddy gti for the right info as he knows his stuff

GhostRider · Post by **GhostRider** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:39 am

mine will be lowered tomorrow... -40mm with KW springs...

with the rims back on... after driving in winter set up with the original pug rims...

teddy206 GTi · Post by **teddy206 GTi** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:21 pm

Yeah if you just want to lower it then just get some new front springs...and lower the back end with the torsion bars...

I would get new uprated dampers though but then i wanted mine to handle better not just be lowered...

You can't go wrong with Eibach front springs. they do cost a bit more but they are pretty much the best you can get. The Pro Kit drops it 30mm but i'm convinced mine has settled a bit as i cant even geta trolley jack under the front of the car now!

GhostRider · Post by **GhostRider** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:25 pm

I just got my car back...
it's lowered only with springs and the original dampers...

you can lower your 206 with only frontsprings but no more than 40mm to keep it save...
luckily the original peugeot dampers are pretty strong so they can handle it...

the torsion bar can be hard to get loose but there you dan't need any springs...

I 'll see how long de dampers will hold...

Greetzz

Sarah · Post by **Sarah** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:44 am

Do you have any pictures of it lowered as was intending to get mine done when i pick it up next week but got my 106 lowered 55mm and thats not low enough for my liking but my mates gf has her cc done and thats only done about 30mm and that looks fairly low.

Yeah if you just want to lower it then just get some new front springs...and lower the back end with the torsion bars...

I would get new uprated dampers though but then i wanted mine to handle better not just be lowered...

You can't go wrong with Eibach front springs. they do cost a bit more but they are pretty much the best you can get. The Pro Kit drops it 30mm but i'm convinced mine has settled a bit as i cant even geta trolley jack under the front of the car now!

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:40 pm

Here is a pic of the one I had lowered 50-60mm

teddy206 GTi · Post by **teddy206 GTi** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:05 pm

Dropping the front by 30mm allows bumps to be taken without too much worry of bottoming out. It also avoids the sunken looking rear end (See above!) which also gives more camber to the wheel.

If you consider the fact you can't get your hand between tyre and front arch that shows it's low enough!

And doesn't it look pretty under the arches too...those are GTi 180 brakes...

Sarah · Post by **Sarah** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:54 pm

Cheers for the pics think def be going 60 as that looks mint seen as im used to driving an impratical lowered car already

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:25 pm

Well it's certainly impractical i can promise you

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:41 am

Hi

i just wanted to ask if anyone had any decent tutorials or a good discription of what needs to be adjusted at the back for the tortion bar to be lowerd on a CC.

Thanks
Craig

marcelnl · Post by **marcelnl** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 7:54 am

Hi

i just wanted to ask if anyone had any decent tutorials or a good discription of what needs to be adjusted at the back for the tortion bar to be lowerd on a CC.

Thanks
Craig

www.ccfreunde.de it is in German though http://www.ccfreunde.de/apportal/main.p ... &artid=182

DPH · Post by **DPH** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:26 pm

Here is a nice handy translation website.....nor normally perfect english but enough to understand exactly what is required.

http://babelfish.altavista.com/

teddy206 GTi · Post by **teddy206 GTi** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 8:36 pm

Cheers for the pics think def be going 60 as that looks mint seen as im used to driving an impratical lowered car already

60mm??? I do hope you're not serious. Suspension is there for a reason and lowering it that much won't do the dampers, handling or the car any good.