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Grinspeed or TDi North look after mine now. Miles away but worth the journey for specialist treatment. Just wish they were down my way
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Honda returned to fixed rear set up purely to lower production costs across the platform. On the EP3/EP2, the non-hot versions, like the Ford Focus and Mini, were all IRS which naturally bumped costs up.
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In the mid-90s, I had my 5GTt lowered at Elite in Rainham. They had to literally "go to town wid a pair o' pwliars & a bwlo'torch!" lol... They had to heat up the housings with an oxyacetylene to get the damn torsion bars out. IIRC, it took at least 2 hours of faffing about!
But got there in the end. Achieved the desired drop - and what with the addition of adjustable Spax all round - 'the iron' (the little 5's silhouette always reminds me of said white good lol) handled like the proverbial go-kart. It was a hoot.
Nowt a wrong with splined torsion bar/beam rear suspension, IMO.
But got there in the end. Achieved the desired drop - and what with the addition of adjustable Spax all round - 'the iron' (the little 5's silhouette always reminds me of said white good lol) handled like the proverbial go-kart. It was a hoot.
Nowt a wrong with splined torsion bar/beam rear suspension, IMO.
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