Wanna mod my 306

AFAIK, a normal garage should be able to do it. However, I'm not entirely sure if you're really serious or not. What are you going to do about the front suspension? Will 17s fit in the wheel arches? Are you at all concerned that you might mess up the handling?

Chris.

Don't go any lower than -40mm springs on the front (you're best to get a full kit rather than just springs, with new dampers all round), and 1 notch on the back (about 40mm). It might scrub a little under harsh cornering with weight in, but not so much as too be a major problem. The ride is quite firm, but not /too/ bad. If it does scrub, its only on the arch liners, so won't do any damage. It'll look nice as well.

If you're going to lower it, you need to go for a full kit - springs and shocks. Stick to the big names - Koni, AVO, Bilstein etc.

Springs alone isn't an option - you'll knacker the ride and handling. Look to pay somewhere around £300 for a two-spring + four-shock kit for your Pug.

...to the extent that you'll be dramatically slowed down on a lumpy road !

It's never going to be as good on anything other than a glass-smooth surface (ie, not a UK road).

Nah its not that bad really, its harsher, but its not harsh to the point of throwing you off the road.

The ride, grip and handling on 306's is really pretty good as standard, I think Peugeot spent some more money in their suspension department than other manufacturers at the time (try any standard mk 4, 5, 6 or 7 escort or mk3 astra for size and you'll hopefully see what I mean). Lowering it simply for looks isn't going to be a popular descision round here (c;

So, as others have said, spend some decent money on the front, do the dampers and the springs. You have to use good kit or you'll lose some of the car's driving charm/finesse. If it's a diesel, I think the springs are slightly heavier rated as the engines a bit beefier, so watch out for that too.

I believe you can get uprated rear torsion bars, possibly from Peugeot themselves IIRC, but I don't expect they are particularly cheap, and might not be as low as -40mm. Find someone who knows what they are talking about, not easy, but there are a few specialist Peugeot tuning people about.

for instance do some fairly seriousfrogmobile modding, and there are others. You could always try asking themfor advice or looking for FAQs, even if you don't actually buy anything fromthem at the moment.

Hope thats something to be going on with.

Douglas

That's cool. It's just from your other post, I didn't know whether you'd seriously been considering it or just had an idle idea of what to do. The other posters in the thread have some pretty good pointers, I don't have much to add other than re-iterate that you really will need some decent aftermarket shockers that are designed for the job. Bear in mind that simply lowering the car isn't as clear cut as it seems - you won't necessarily improve the handling by doing so and you'll obviously affect the ride. If I was going down this route, I'd probably also consider a host of other modifications to go with it - a strut brace, larger anti-roll bars (are they available?), maybe rear discs from a GTi-6 (if you don't have them already), brake and engine upgrades... Of course, if you're just after the look, go ahead and lower it - you could just get some lowering springs, but I guarantee you won't be happy with the ride. It just depends on what your priorities are.

Chris.

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Yep, I would say koni shocks and H&R or Eibach springs if they are available for the front of the pug.

They are progressivly wound so even though lower, they aren't as harsh as some of the others on the market.

You wanna mod your 306?

Well, yore off to a good start, its a 10 yere old family car. Probably got some resail value. well that was then and this is now.

Basicly if you lower it its going to go faster. Obvious. I mean alot of fast cars are lower down (like Feraris and Lamborginis). So if you take a 306 and make it lower, its going to go faster.

Right. Logicaly it follows that...

Alot of gennuinely fast cars have got biger wheels. Like £46000 audi salons. So if you take a 306 and strap some tracctor weels to it, its going to perform like a german ubermaschine.

Dont forget the turd polish when Ur handing over your last 6 months wages for a peice of steel with some holes drilled in it and a rear gril for a car that genneraly goes forwad. and make sure they throw in one of those pennis pumps.

You don't have many friends do you? I bet you go into chat rooms lookin for people (probably little kids as a preference) to talk dirty to you.

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Sorry mate. Lost it.

Was quite an entertaining troll until this post. But now.

Pop, it's gone.

You are no longer making a stereotypical humourous joke.

Lisan boyee wats the joke? Every time im siting in my house and I hear the 'distinctive exaust' of one of my felow car moddifyiers ratling the windows, I make a mental note to post some advise to this group. 1 good turn deserves another boyeeeeee. Hey lisan, Im al for the use of Britans roads and city streets as personel race trax and moving danse clubs for the sosially inadequate and criminaly retarded. Thats me man the law hates me man.

PEACE OUT. CHILL. HANG ME A RED FATWA DADDIO.

It's not a case of it throwing him off the road - it's the fact that the lowered car won't absorb bumps. Lots of bump-steer, and the wheels will spend less time in contact with the road on a lumpy surface - both effectively mean that grip is dramatically reduced. And the bigger the bump, the worse the problem...

Lowering is for track cars - it's a waste of time for road use.