I had been thinking about getting one on and off since I bought the car, and I went ahead and order a Whiteline the week before last as part of a group buy, many thanks to Mike at Awesome. Brilliant service as always. It arrived a couple of days later, and I have managed to get it fitted on Saturday.

Fitting was dead easy. We used some rusty old small ramps to get the car up. It comes with instructions which I found rather helpful. Not so much because of the content, as it's an A4 page with a bit of writing, but because you can pretty much piece it together from the black and white pictures without reading anything. It's that straight forward! It probably took 20 minutes max including reversing the car up. I decided to play it safe and have it on the medium setting, as I didn't really know what to expect.

The car - hasn't had much done to it compared to some others on here. Everything aside from the following is standard I think:

- SeatSport FMIC

- Milltek Decat + Catback

- Turbo Dynamics MD376

- Oscarli remap (still mapped for standard turbo)

- Seat front upper strut brace

I've been driving it like this for about 5 months.

Myself - I'm not much of a driver. I've been driving for 5 years and have always driven turbo diesels... and not even much of a range of turbo diesels! I've had two 1.7/1.9TD Cavaliers, a Fabia 1.9TDi Elegance and now the Fabia vRS. Previous to owning the Furby vRS I never had much of an interest in cars at all - they got me from A to B to C and that was that. Even now, I haven't been around a track. This is the first car that I have modified at all. I don't chuck the car around corners or pretend that I am a race driver (well, okay, maybe sometimes when there's nothing else about).

The difference - I drive the same route to work and back every day. It has a few of sharp bends / corners and plenty of roundabouts - nothing overly special. I also visit Norwich from Lowestoft on a weekly basis.

The difference was instantly and obviously noticeable even just going around the first corners from my house. I am really quite amazed at the difference it has made. Previously, when going around roundabouts and sharper bends, the car used to basically chuck me in to the doors. Though there is still a bit of roll, it is now much much less pronounced and I don't feel like I am leaning myself in the opposite direction whilst cornering. There's just much less roll even on the medium setting - it really does do exact what it says on the tin. I'm probably going to shift it up to the hard setting, and I think it would likely be perfect for me then.

I would say that the quality of the ride for me has actually dramatically increased, and I was kind of expecting the opposite given that it joins the rear suspension together.

Get one. Be it Whiteline, Jabba (I suspect if you need the Jabba one, you already know it before buying), or some other manufacturer. I wish I had got one of these first, before the strut brace, as I didn't really notice any difference after fitting the strut brace!

I hope this has been somewhat useful to someone (I'm sure it's already been done to death!)

Edited 14 March, 201115 yr by mark.r.cullen

how much was the role bar?

looks good - mine is already lowered 20mm on eibach springs and heard RARB makes a big difference!! - tempted!

it makes me wish i had bought one in the group buy :'(

Couldn't agree with you more. Even though my commute is only 8 miles, it makes it so much more fun driving to work in the mornings.

This morning, the main road was closed for repairs, so I had to go the twisty back way. I arrived at work on a monday morning with a big grin on my face

how much was the role bar?

looks good - mine is already lowered 20mm on eibach springs and heard RARB makes a big difference!! - tempted!

It was £125 delivered. I heard that having the car lower helps too. I'm torn between new alloys, as mine are in a right old state, or getting a set of FSD's (I have had the Eibach springs sitting in my room for a year now!!).

Couldn't agree with you more. Even though my commute is only 8 miles, it makes it so much more fun driving to work in the mornings.

This morning, the main road was closed for repairs, so I had to go the twisty back way. I arrived at work on a monday morning with a big grin on my face

Heh. It certainly does. My usual commute is roughly 8 miles (Home is Hemsby, G/F is Lowestoft, work is between the two!).

I may have to start finding alternative routes

I put mine on last week and loving it

Do you find that the ride has stiffened a little?

Going to get a set of coilover a some point to improve it evenmore :yes:

has anyone with one of these and lowered fairly low, ie 40mm had any prolems of the RARB rubbing on anything?

has anyone with one of these and lowered fairly low, ie 40mm had any prolems of the RARB rubbing on anything?

Not a chance as it's bolted to the rear axle X beam, and only sits a couple of inches below the rear shock lower mounting bolt.

Mmmm may have to get one in a few months, will go nicely with my new cupra bushes.

has anyone with one of these and lowered fairly low, ie 40mm had any prolems of the RARB rubbing on anything?

My car is 70mm down on coilies and my rarb is no trouble at all!

Hello mark.r.cullen

Did the beam have to be drilled to accommodate the two central supports??

Was wondering why a drop link was used from the shocker down to ARB, as opposed bolting ARB directly to inner part of shocker.??

Studying the photo, the length/width of ARB does not allow a direct connection.

With a bit of clever measuring and bar bending, and the two central supports, could achieve the above idea.??

All food for thought.

Many thanks for your very much appreciated photograph.

I want this piece to, but unfortunately Awesome not send to Slovenia :'(

Hello mark.r.cullen

Did the beam have to be drilled to accommodate the two central supports??

Was wondering why a drop link was used from the shocker down to ARB, as opposed bolting ARB directly to inner part of shocker.??

Studying the photo, the length/width of ARB does not allow a direct connection.

With a bit of clever measuring and bar bending, and the two central supports, could achieve the above idea.??

All food for thought.

Many thanks for your very much appreciated photograph.

You don't drill anything. The whiteline is fitted exactly the same as the Jabba, except for the droplinks. The droplinks allow you to have it on 3 differnet stiffness settings, whereas the Jabba version is fixed.

The guide for fitting is here, which might help explain it a bit better.

I put mine on last week and loving it

Do you find that the ride has stiffened a little?

Going to get a set of coilover a some point to improve it evenmore :yes:

I can't say that I have noticed the ride being any stiffer. I've been in the G/F's friends 05 Civic Sport, and as far as I know that's standard... it'll rattle your fillings out! I find it's improved the quality of the ride for me.

Not a chance as it's bolted to the rear axle X beam, and only sits a couple of inches below the rear shock lower mounting bolt.

Yep. Instructions say to cut off the length of bolt that remains after fitting, but I didn't bother. There's plenty of room between those and the road.

Mmmm may have to get one in a few months, will go nicely with my new cupra bushes.

I would definitely recommend it if you can spare the ~£125 and a few minutes of your/mates time to fit.

Ah yes, I have the Cupra bushes too :-)

Hello mark.r.cullen

Did the beam have to be drilled to accommodate the two central supports??

Was wondering why a drop link was used from the shocker down to ARB, as opposed bolting ARB directly to inner part of shocker.??

Studying the photo, the length/width of ARB does not allow a direct connection.

With a bit of clever measuring and bar bending, and the two central supports, could achieve the above idea.??

All food for thought.

Many thanks for your very much appreciated photograph.

You don't drill anything. The whiteline is fitted exactly the same as the Jabba, except for the droplinks. The droplinks allow you to have it on 3 differnet stiffness settings, whereas the Jabba version is fixed.

The guide for fitting is here, which might help explain it a bit better.

As softscoop says, nothing needs to be drilled or modified at all to fit it. They are there for the different settings :-)

I want this piece to, but unfortunately Awesome not send to Slovenia :'(

I hope you are able to find an alternative source that will send to Slovenia. It's quite large and fairly heavy, so I guess that is why Awesome won't send there :-(

i already ordered 4wheel from UK, so i dont know why is this f... piece of steel a problem :(

i already ordered 4wheel from UK, so i dont know why is this f... piece of steel a problem :(

Might help if you can't get one from Awesome GTI.

http://www.whiteline.com.au/dealer_REGION.php?locale=EU&description=Europe&type=country&region=

J.

I have a whiteline RARB on the middle setting. For the forthcoming Castle Coombe spank around im gonna put it on the on the stiffest setting. Anyone done this and felt/experienced and great difference??

I've got i on the stiffest setting just put it straight on to that setting it's great fun!

I have a whiteline RARB on the middle setting. For the forthcoming Castle Coombe spank around im gonna put it on the on the stiffest setting. Anyone done this and felt/experienced and great difference??

Mine will be going on the stiffest setting this weekend I think, so I will let you know if yours isn't done before that.

Thanks very much for the kind words!! Sounds like it has made a difference hahaha!

Just so you all know I believe we have got a GB going on Seat Cupra.net and soon to be going on clublupo so if you want give us a call from said forums and order one at the £125 price ...... But I didn't say a thing!!! haha!

Thanks again!

Mike

Not a chance as it's bolted to the rear axle X beam, and only sits a couple of inches below the rear shock lower mounting bolt.

cheers