Suspension setup

[PetrolHeadSeb]

I'm planning to uprate the suspension on my Saxo as it's still on standard shocks and springs which give a similar feel to a bouncy castle.

Obviously there's loads of options out there and so far I've come up with these options;

Spax PSX Adjustable Kit / Koni Street Kit @ £300

Koni Adjustable Sport Kit @ £400

Bilstein Grp N Dampers and D Faulkner springs @ £500

A lot of people seem to swear by the Bilstein setup but I'd like to spend less really, so was wondering if anyone has any experience of tracking these or similar setup's on their own cars?

[macgracing]

We have heard good things about the Koni FSD's, are these a possibility for you? They offer a good compromise of ride and comfort by all accounts.

[chris7676]

Koni Sports (yellow adjustable shocks with springs) is a very good kit and still cheap (MR2 mk1 experience here).

[Sir_Dave]

Get on 106owners, 106rallye register or saxperience & buy the following 2nd hand:

Bilstein B8 dampers all round - £250 (or Grp N front if you want it stiffer, Grp N rear should only really be used with an uprated rear ARB, or it will be over damped)
Faulkner 155lb -35/45mm springs - approx £50

A Spax PSX kit will be about £150 on there, iirc a load fell off the back of a Halfords lorry & they are still floating around very cheap.

Most importantly. DO NOT EVER BUY NEW PARTS FOR A SAXO/106, you buy pretty much everything 2nd hand, for peanuts.

Edited by Sir_Dave on Monday 17th January 13:23

[Sir_Dave]

Read this if you want some inspiration.

The full build, inc. the car cost me £2400:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...