I made this. Citroën Saxo VTS Build
Hi,just wanted to share a list of all the work I've done so far,what you see has already been posted on the Saxo VTS forum of the country of my origin (Italy),though it's pretty quiet these days unfortunately due to the social medias,I've been slowly updating it over the past 2.5 years even though most of the main chassis work (see underside) has only seen substantial progress recently,it's a pretty straightforward progress thread for now,mainly de-rust,paint etc,but I hope it can be of interest in some way.
Obliviously I'm no professional in no way and I learn as I go and test things so please feel free to make any suggestion (main reason for the creation of this thread) good or bad,they're much appreciated.
Last picture before hibernation:
Rear Axle:
Just a note,I've pretty much used all products from Bilt Hamber for the treating the metal: Electrox,Deox-C,Deox-Gel,Hydrate-80,Dynax S-50 for the cavities and Dynax UB.
Out with the old one:
Needed to cut off one of the 4 mounting bolts as it was jammed due to corrosion,an impact would have worked too but didn't have access to that at the time,have one now.
Started disassembling it:
Mild steel washers off the 4 mounting bolts were badly corroded,had someone custom made them in stainless steel to same specs:
Same with the torsion bars offset washers:
These socket off Irwin came in very handy to remove corroded bolts,would recommend them:
Extractor made for the torsion bars:
Pin looks okay on this side,not so much on the other though,see below.
Even though I found the seal had perished badly,not much longer before it wouldn't do his job anymore:
Faulty side,no good:
Used axle from a 1.1,arb still greased nicely:
First and second pin,much better:
Started stripping and de rusting it for new paint,started on the middle the easiest part:
Started working on the trainling arms,made M12 holes for the ARB plate and 6mm grease nipples,3 each arm:
Deox-C to the rescue:
ARB plate almost finished:
Painted the arms (sorry no pics on them bare out of the Deox):
ARB plate tested fitted:
Mid way trough the Deox process,this was in a bad state:
Splines all clean,look nice (covered in copper grease now):
One part done:
Before and after (again no pics following the Deox apologies,was in the rush to get them clean and painted):
Rubber grommets fitted to prevent dirt inside the trailing arm splines:
Fitted bronze bearings in place of the OEM ones,side to side:
New seals:
Got together a tool to help setting the height of the rear axle:
Cut the outer ring for part upgrade,more on this later:
Axle is ready:
Fitted some PowerFlex:
Painted the rear brake discs shield,electrox first:
Camber kit for the axle,-1.5° from slavesta on 106rallyeforum (this was what the cut ring was for):
Little bit of paint first for the area that will remain exposed:
Assembled:
New rear hubs,after some paint:
Used a nyloc nut instead,grade 10:
80mm studs:
Gaz gold for the rear axle:
Also for the lower gearbox mount and smaller bush from Kam Racing,gave the support a quick paint:
Underside start:
Primed the rear bumper panel for now,still not finished,more later:
Passenger side near where the fuel tank sits,before:
Other side:
Chassis rail driver side,start:
Used Deox-Gel:
Wheel carrier support after Deox,almost ready (no before pics,sorry):
Front mounting pont for the axle:
Driver side,some rust damage present but I wanted to get it cleaned and primed anyway:
Middle part:
Exhuast side,before:
Decided this had to go if I wanted to get everything clean:
Primed:
Rear bench underside,please excuse all the holes from the rear (unused) seat belt plates,mistakes were made,probably should have used a spot weld drill bit instead of normal ones:
Had a start on the front slamp panel for the Pro Comp,it already had (bad) cut holes in it so had to work around that,before:
Started to get it back to bare metal:
Primed:
Passenger side sideskirt,almost ready:
Primed:
Driver side,sadness incoming:
Floor passenger side has seen some water in the past:
Primed,not finished yet:
Mattig side mirrors,had them painted in the color of the car:
Decided to have a go with carbon fiber wrap (I know):
Before:
After:
Made the garage a bit more comfy,before:
Made a start at the driver side front arch,feels bad:
Day 1 of many (this is the most recent job and what currently working on,will update as I get more substantial progress done):
Brake System:
Painted the master cylinder as it was looking in poor state due to paint flaking and rust:
Made new brake lines for the front:
Had the sleeves for protection,will have to see if effective:
This is as close as it gets with the steering at full lock and with no load on the suspension,not really representative of any normal driving situation but it should be okay,will do more testing once everything is in place:
Used a rivnut tool to support the lines at the front:
Proportioning valve,trial fitment,6 positions 100% to 60%:
Rear washer custom made for the lines that go to the rear axle trainling arms:
Brake lines for the rear seat that splits and go to each of the rear arms:
Rear bench will get repainted.
Deatil of the flare with kunifer pipe:
Hi,just wanted to share a list of all the work I've done so far,what you see has already been posted on the Saxo VTS forum of the country of my origin (Italy),though it's pretty quiet these days unfortunately due to the social medias,I've been slowly updating it over the past 2.5 years even though most of the main chassis work (see underside) has only seen substantial progress recently,it's a pretty straightforward progress thread for now,mainly de-rust,paint etc,but I hope it can be of interest in some way.
Obliviously I'm no professional in no way and I learn as I go and test things so please feel free to make any suggestion (main reason for the creation of this thread) good or bad,they're much appreciated.
Last picture before hibernation:
Rear Axle:
Just a note,I've pretty much used all products from Bilt Hamber for the treating the metal: Electrox,Deox-C,Deox-Gel,Hydrate-80,Dynax S-50 for the cavities and Dynax UB.
Out with the old one:
Needed to cut off one of the 4 mounting bolts as it was jammed due to corrosion,an impact would have worked too but didn't have access to that at the time,have one now.
Started disassembling it:
Mild steel washers off the 4 mounting bolts were badly corroded,had someone custom made them in stainless steel to same specs:
Same with the torsion bars offset washers:
These socket off Irwin came in very handy to remove corroded bolts,would recommend them:
Extractor made for the torsion bars:
Pin looks okay on this side,not so much on the other though,see below.
Even though I found the seal had perished badly,not much longer before it wouldn't do his job anymore:
Faulty side,no good:
Used axle from a 1.1,arb still greased nicely:
First and second pin,much better:
Started stripping and de rusting it for new paint,started on the middle the easiest part:
Started working on the trainling arms,made M12 holes for the ARB plate and 6mm grease nipples,3 each arm:
Deox-C to the rescue:
ARB plate almost finished:
Painted the arms (sorry no pics on them bare out of the Deox):
ARB plate tested fitted:
Mid way trough the Deox process,this was in a bad state:
Splines all clean,look nice (covered in copper grease now):
One part done:
Before and after (again no pics following the Deox apologies,was in the rush to get them clean and painted):
Rubber grommets fitted to prevent dirt inside the trailing arm splines:
Fitted bronze bearings in place of the OEM ones,side to side:
New seals:
Got together a tool to help setting the height of the rear axle:
Cut the outer ring for part upgrade,more on this later:
Axle is ready:
Fitted some PowerFlex:
Painted the rear brake discs shield,electrox first:
Camber kit for the axle,-1.5° from slavesta on 106rallyeforum (this was what the cut ring was for):
Little bit of paint first for the area that will remain exposed:
Assembled:
New rear hubs,after some paint:
Used a nyloc nut instead,grade 10:
80mm studs:
Gaz gold for the rear axle:
Also for the lower gearbox mount and smaller bush from Kam Racing,gave the support a quick paint:
Underside start:
Primed the rear bumper panel for now,still not finished,more later:
Passenger side near where the fuel tank sits,before:
Other side:
Chassis rail driver side,start:
Used Deox-Gel:
Wheel carrier support after Deox,almost ready (no before pics,sorry):
Front mounting pont for the axle:
Driver side,some rust damage present but I wanted to get it cleaned and primed anyway:
Middle part:
Exhuast side,before:
Decided this had to go if I wanted to get everything clean:
Primed:
Rear bench underside,please excuse all the holes from the rear (unused) seat belt plates,mistakes were made,probably should have used a spot weld drill bit instead of normal ones:
Had a start on the front slamp panel for the Pro Comp,it already had (bad) cut holes in it so had to work around that,before:
Started to get it back to bare metal:
Primed:
Passenger side sideskirt,almost ready:
Primed:
Driver side,sadness incoming:
Floor passenger side has seen some water in the past:
Primed,not finished yet:
Mattig side mirrors,had them painted in the color of the car:
Decided to have a go with carbon fiber wrap (I know):
Before:
After:
Made the garage a bit more comfy,before:
Made a start at the driver side front arch,feels bad:
Day 1 of many (this is the most recent job and what currently working on,will update as I get more substantial progress done):
Brake System:
Painted the master cylinder as it was looking in poor state due to paint flaking and rust:
Made new brake lines for the front:
Had the sleeves for protection,will have to see if effective:
This is as close as it gets with the steering at full lock and with no load on the suspension,not really representative of any normal driving situation but it should be okay,will do more testing once everything is in place:
Used a rivnut tool to support the lines at the front:
Proportioning valve,trial fitment,6 positions 100% to 60%:
Rear washer custom made for the lines that go to the rear axle trainling arms:
Brake lines for the rear seat that splits and go to each of the rear arms:
Rear bench will get repainted.
Deatil of the flare with kunifer pipe: