To anyone who has fitted an oe uprated front arb to their vrs, did you fit the r32 (23mm) or the s3 (21mm) and does anyone have any suggestions as to which would go better with my eibach rear arb?

cheers

Sweedish

I have the R32 Front ARB and the Eibach Rear ARB.

Im using H&R Coilovers on the car and find that setup perfect. Its flat, balanced and confident in the corners. I have used it on track many times and have no plans to change the setup

If your local to Ashford (Kent) your welcome to give it a drive.

Kind Regards

Garry

hi garry,

well i picked up an s3 one which is 21mm, but kind of want the 23mm bar, however just wondered if anyone had experienced the difference. I might just sell the s3 one as its new and get the thicker bar instead.

Well im near dartford, but will be down to see mike at impossible soon as he is going to supply my new coilovers, i might take you up on the offer, and knowing you have the same setup its good to know its balanced.....my thoughts were the the 23mm bar might be too much however by the sound of it not.

AM LIKING your quick rack mod too, nice one!........... it looks good, problem is if i drive yours i am going to have to get it done as well!!!

hi garry,

well i picked up an s3 one which is 21mm, but kind of want the 23mm bar, however just wondered if anyone had experienced the difference. I might just sell the s3 one as its new and get the thicker bar instead.

Well im near dartford, but will be down to see mike at impossible soon as he is going to supply my new coilovers, i might take you up on the offer, and knowing you have the same setup its good to know its balanced.....my thoughts were the the 23mm bar might be too much however by the sound of it not.

AM LIKING your quick rack mod too, nice one!........... it looks good, problem is if i drive yours i am going to have to get it done as well!!!

Ha Ha, yes, yes you will.... Its the future i tell you

My mate splitting the R32 still has the Front ARB. I shall see what he wants for it, be cheaper than a new one.

Yes, just drop me a PM when you about

Garry

cool, what do you recon the best price you can get a steering rack for, saw 150 on ebay new..

Yes let me know about his r32 arb, that would be good as will save my buying one new, i can then put my 21mm bar on ebay.

Cool, will mail you when im coming down to ip next and we can meet up,

cheers

luca

Sweedish! Would you be willing to post that S3 arb to Ireland?

I to have an Eibach rear ARB and also have a 23mm Neuspped bar fitted to the front, piece of cake to fit and stops the annoying creak from the "corroded" OE one

Phil

I to have an Eibach rear ARB and also have a 23mm Neuspped bar fitted to the front, piece of cake to fit and stops the annoying creak from the "corroded" OE one

Phil

I just fitted my R32 FARB with uprated bushes, will let folks know how it feels. Hope it compliments my Whiteline RARB. I am also fitting Audi TT wishbone bushes tomorrow.

My powerflex wishbone bushes were absolutely shot. (8 months old)

Will post pics when car is done.

I just fitted my R32 FARB with uprated bushes, will let folks know how it feels. Hope it compliments my Whiteline RARB. I am also fitting Audi TT wishbone bushes tomorrow.

My powerflex wishbone bushes were absolutely shot. (8 months old)

Will post pics when car is done.

How come your fitting TT bushes are your powerflex wishbone bushes sh4gged?

How come your fitting TT bushes are your powerflex wishbone bushes sh4gged?

As my thread stated" My powerflex wishbone bushes were absolutely shot"

I would not buy these again. wait till i post the pics to see how bad they are.

As my thread stated" My powerflex wishbone bushes were absolutely shot"

I would not buy these again. wait till i post the pics to see how bad they are.

oh joy, makes me wonder what sort of state mine will be in

cool, what do you recon the best price you can get a steering rack for, saw 150 on ebay new..

Yes let me know about his r32 arb, that would be good as will save my buying one new, i can then put my 21mm bar on ebay.

Cool, will mail you when im coming down to ip next and we can meet up,

cheers

luca

They seem to be going from anything from £50.00 - £150.00 so if their is a new one up for £150.00 then it sounds good to me

Will find out the price and let you know.

Kind Regards

Garry

cheers for the info, let us know how you get on with the tt bushes, are they the same as the cupra r ones?

fugs, i will pm you.

It was 150 new but exchange, so am not sure they would accept a non r32 one, thats not bad money though, might try the stealer to see what they charge!

A new R32 23mm front ARB are around £65 just for the bar.As long as you have the later style arb clips for the bushes you will only need to buy the bar + 23mm arb bushes.

I just fitted my R32 FARB with uprated bushes, will let folks know how it feels. Hope it compliments my Whiteline RARB. I am also fitting Audi TT wishbone bushes tomorrow.

My powerflex wishbone bushes were absolutely shot. (8 months old)

Will post pics when car is done.

Did you change the FARB yourself?

If you did, don't suppose you could tell me what's involved. As far as I can see you unbolt the rack from the subframe and support it up, then drop the subframe down, but that's as detailed as I get!

I've solved my creaking now (removed sleeves and fitted OE 17mm bushes), so a bar change isn't a high priority for me any more. But I'd still like to know how it's done out of interest!

I'm getting to know the front suspension very well at the moment! Recently changed discs, pads, drop-links, arb bushes (twice!) & clamps/bolts, ball joints, wishbones and all associated bolts! It's all been pretty easy surprisingly (even the ball joints!). Nice car to work on this.

As my thread stated" My powerflex wishbone bushes were absolutely shot"

I would not buy these again. wait till i post the pics to see how bad they are.

Powerflex have changed the design on these 'again' and now look more like the superpro ones having more of a domed top rather than a flat one.

I'm thinking of fitting a set of the superpro camber ones which have a offset insert to give upto .75' of camber.

Drove a MK4 golf with TT rack,hubs,wishbones,KW V3,solid top mounts and the camber wishbones and it felt so good.

TT rack is a huge difference.

Did you change the FARB yourself?

If you did, don't suppose you could tell me what's involved. As far as I can see you unbolt the rack from the subframe and support it up, then drop the subframe down, but that's as detailed as I get!

I've solved my creaking now (removed sleeves and fitted OE 17mm bushes), so a bar change isn't a high priority for me any more. But I'd still like to know how it's done out of interest!

I'm getting to know the front suspension very well at the moment! Recently changed discs, pads, drop-links, arb bushes (twice!) & clamps/bolts, ball joints, wishbones and all associated bolts! It's all been pretty easy surprisingly (even the ball joints!). Nice car to work on this.

Hi there, yes i did and i have taken some pics along the way, will post when i get a moment. It is basically what you stated so you are there in your thinking although you will need to replace the bolts when you lower subframe(stretch bolts)

I still have the car up in the air as waiting for a new blueflame sports cat to come.

I also replaced wishbone bushes / steering gaiters cleaned everything, steam cleaned arches, wax oiled them and painted the wishbones/calipers.

Also spotted that I need the shorter ARB links as with my car being quite low and the R32 ARB being thicker , the ARB touches the wishbones.

Anyone know the best place for these??

Powerflex have changed the design on these 'again' and now look more like the superpro ones having more of a domed top rather than a flat one.

I'm thinking of fitting a set of the superpro camber ones which have a offset insert to give upto .75' of camber.

Drove a MK4 golf with TT rack,hubs,wishbones,KW V3,solid top mounts and the camber wishbones and it felt so good.

TT rack is a huge difference.

I am with you on the TT rack. That is my next mod. I tried to find a R32/TT one whilst I was fitting the R32 FARB to save time.