Quote:Right after having no luck in finding the torsion bars I want/need, i've made a few calls and can now offer a group buy on custom torsion bars for the 306, but can also include them for the 106 and 205 ones too.

Your choice of size, however thick you want. Anything over 23mm will need the trailing arms to be removed as the bar won't physically fit through the splined holes, but the splined ends will remain the same size so no actual machining work is needed.

These are the same guys that Pug1Off use that retail at £324 + £14.99 delivery so there is potential for a MASSIVE saving here. To put things in perspective, Peugeot Sport 23.5mm bars were retailed at 200Euros EACH when you could buy them new. Xsara 21mm bars, even with Peugeot staff discount at cost + 10% come in at £190 new.

As you can see the prices are exceptional considering you could go as hardcore as 25mm for a similar price to new Xsara VTS bars!

Approx. spring rates

18mm 90lb/inch
19mm 110lb/inch
20mm 135lb/inch
21mm 165lb/inch
22mm 195lb/inch
23mm 235lb/inch
24mm 280lb/inch
25mm 330lb/inch

I've also been assured these are multi-stage heat treated and made of the same material as Peugeot Sport bars (EN47 iirc?) so no chance of sagging after a few miles.

As said, without mentioning names, the company they supply has never had any complaints from customers, and these direct from the manufacturer come in at a massive saving.

With regards to sizes:

He's produced the hybrid ARB before so has the exact dimensions to guarantee no modification to fit one. 30mm ARB's will need the trailing arm pins modified.

Torsion bars can be done to ANY size. 21.5mm? No problem. 23.1mm? Sure.

The maximum size they can make the torsion bars in to fit without removing a trailing arm are 23.5mm, the same as the Peugeot Sport ones. The cutaways in the splined sections are deeper than the 24mm diameter so to confirm, 24mm bars will not fit without removing a trailing arm.

Please email me at stancewagon@hotmail.co.uk or PM me if you want payment details and to arrange delivery address etc.

(20-01-2013, 09:58 PM)Niall Wrote: Just to say, i purchased the 23.5mm Torsion bars for my 6. I was a bit worried they had done a runner with my money but they showed up very well packaged and fitted perfectly and improved the handling no end! Only thing i will say is the dusting of paint they get isn't brilliant so i would recommend giving them a coat your self before fitting just to ensure they last.

Oh and remember to adjust your ride height. Mine was lowered 35mm on the standard bars, put these in at the same 35mm, dropped it on the ground and it was back at standard height due to the new stiffness

(20-01-2013, 10:04 PM)SRowell Wrote: How likely is this to happen again in the future? And what are the prices outside of the group buy (normal pug1off prices?)?

Id like to ideally get low and get some nice wheels before putting bigger TBs in D:

(20-01-2013, 09:54 PM)cwspellowe Wrote: Depends what beam you have.

Standard 306 tb's are 19mm, gti's are 20mm, late ph3 meridian estates were lucky to get 21mm's.

GTi rear ARB's were 24mm iirc? I'm sure someone can confirm various sizes for models. Long story short, the biggest you'll have are 21mm bars given your reg. If you want low and wide, 23.5mm's are the way forward, I run them on mine and barely get any scrubbing with the wheels flush with the arches.

(21-01-2013, 08:16 PM)cwspellowe Wrote: All bars are the same price as the lumps of material all start the same size

Can do 205/309 bars yes