205 Gt / Xs

[Marlon 0]

Hello,

 

As I'm hopefully working over the summer, I am hoping to do a few upgrades to the suspension to make the car handle even better than it already does...

 

After numerous searches of the forums, here are my initial ideas

 

1) Front suspension Puly Bushes by TI Motorsport.

2) grpN rear beam mounts, (will these fit on an GT?)

3) new tyres

then after those if I have any more spare money

4) upgrade to gti spec front springs and dampers as I read this makes the handling much better

 

So, what do people think, do you reckon this will make a significant difference?

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

id say a decent set of tyres should be the top of your list imho, i fitted some 1.9 speedlines with some marangoni zeta linea tyres in place of the standard skinny buggers and they make such a big difference its unbeleivable

p.s. gt's are cool

[Guest cknotty]

Marlon, put a Ti poly lower engine mount in, like I did when I had DRU. OK, so I know it's not a suspension component as such, but it made a hell of a difference. Going back to suspension, if you are going to change the front dampers, perhaps the rears could benefit too?

 

Chris

[Marlon 0]

yea, I meant to add new front and rear dampers below new tires, doh! just standard ones though as performance dampers seem abit pricey on a student budget.

Edited March 27, 2007 by Marlon

[stu_woac 1]

you want scrap yard hunter for the shocks you never know what you can fin d in a scrappy I found a front set of blisitein yellows the nice and stiff ones still cost abit today even tho coilovers are taking over, the bloke didnt really know what I had in my hand as he said £30 will do for those nice LOL

[Guest mick925]

gti rear axle and gti front struts,swap the springs for 40mm drop ones though or it`ll look like its pulling a wheelie like my mates did, it doesnt look lower at the front though, cause of the light engine i expect.

[Guest cknotty]

Any extra height at the front is probably what you'll need anyway Marlon, since I know what you'll be doing with it

[Marlon 0]

lol, well tbh getting the front and rear suspension from a gti seems abit of a hassle really as I'd need to find a stacked gti (not rare I know but will need getting it somewhere sensible to do the swap).

 

Can someone confirm if the grpN beam mounts will fit on an GT rear beam?

[stu_woac 1]

confirmed LOL gra A too which is what I run

[Jrod 7]

The old rubber bushes are a bitch to get out tho!

[stu_woac 1]

not really there is a way thats simple holesaw is a clue thats all I will say

[Jrod 7]

If you can holesaw down that hole and remove the metal bit aswell then ytou are a better man than I am.

[sonofsam 5]

I found them easy to do lol @ holesaw!

All you need to do is, burn out the existing rubber bush with a blowlamp, get a hacksaw, remove the blade.

then insert the blade into the hole and reattach the hacksaw to the blade, cut through the collet, so it realises

it's tension, then knock them out with a flat bladed something.

 

Grp A bushes are good imo, and not too much for the road either.

[Jrod 7]

I got the rubber out easily but took like an hour to get the metal bits out with a hammer + screwdriver.

 

Once you had the first one out the second one was easy, just put a socket in the hole and hammered it.