16-05-2014, 05:08 PM
To be fair Alan, Xsara VTS beams are often a complete a**ehole of a job to strip as Citroen didn't appear to grease the splines at all from what I can work out, hence they seem to seize into the arms and tube far worse than 205, 306 etc. The last couple I've just ended up cutting the tubes on to get the arms and TB's out.
You best bet in my opinion is to find a late, low mileage base model beam as that's likely to be in the best condition in terms of the tube and shafts, and then use the arms, torsion and anti-roll bars from either your current beam or a dead doner GTi or equivilent spec one.
Don't get me wrong, there's still good used beams out there for 306's, but they're getting thinner and thinner on the ground as time goes by.
You best bet in my opinion is to find a late, low mileage base model beam as that's likely to be in the best condition in terms of the tube and shafts, and then use the arms, torsion and anti-roll bars from either your current beam or a dead doner GTi or equivilent spec one.
Don't get me wrong, there's still good used beams out there for 306's, but they're getting thinner and thinner on the ground as time goes by.
1990 Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9 // 1991 Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9 16v // 1992 Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9 // 1999 Peugeot 306 HDi Estate