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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: MattieG on 11 March 2005, 10:26
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Hi guys
This is my first post on this forum so be gentle :wink:
Anyway - Ive decided not to lower my new GTi and go for uprated ARBs first off. Was gonna fit Eibach but then someone mentioned Neuspeed are actually stiffer and better. Is that true? :undecided:
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you can get a thicker rear bar from Neuspeed
neuspeed are more expensive also
i had the Eibachs on my old 16v and they were amazing, so much so that im after a set for my latest 16v
i wouldnt say Neuspeed are nessecarily better they just offer a bit more variety on stiffness, but the Eibach kit is a very good balance
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are any of the kits adjustable??
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Eibach defo aint. im near enough sure the neuspeed aint either
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Thanks for the help mate :)
Probably go with Eibach :)
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the neuspeed rear is adjustable i think :huh:
i dont think the eibach ones are in production any more :cry:
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the Eibach ones are back in production!
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the neuspeed ones are available in different thicknesses so you could dial in the amount of stiffness you want i suppose, but i'd go for lowering the car before fitting the arb's.
Gambit, i heard they can make the ride a bit harsh, mines pretty low on coilovers so isn't the smoothest ride at the best of times just wondered what set up you had and what the ride was like?
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My golf is on standard suspension I would be very interested in any comments about how uprated arb's affect the ride, is it a harsher ride or does that only come with lowering a car.
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when i first put them on my old 16v i to was running std 16v shocks & springs. the difference it made was unreal. you dont lose any comfort at all with the arb's but the turn in on the car was amazing with them. you could just chuck into roundabouts and fast corners. i then coupled it together with Eibach springs and gas shocks and it made it even better.
if im honest my new 16v wouldnt touch the old one handling wise. and my new one is running 55/40 bilstein setup - hence why im after a new of arb's for it!!
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I dunno about lowering with the amount of speed bumps etc. I had a 1.6 driver lowered on Koni/Eibach and it was really nice actually but rolled too much. This time im doing ARBs first :)
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the Eibach ones are back in production!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :smiley:
time to start saving :cool:
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what are the other options for other brand ARB's? i know we've mentioned eibach ( who rock) and also neuspeed but i heard that rallye's had significantly thicker ones that are still available and will fit the front of mk 2's, any other options or am i looking at around ?200? its something i'd like to replace but i can think of other stuff i'd rather spend the money on.
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seat ibiza's have a larger front ARB that can be swapped onto mk2's - not sure which model exactly but i assume it'd be a GTI or TD model with a heavy front end!!
also AutoTech in the US do a lightweight set but they are v.expensive - www.AutoTech.com
im going for the Eibachs again
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one problem that can occur when fitting the front ARB
the subframe needs to be dropped in order to fit the ARB but this can sometimes cause the subframe chassis nuts to shear meaning you need to get them rewelded
this happened on my old 16v but only cost ?25 to get them rewelded
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why does the subframe have to be dropped?
i thought it just bolted up underneath in the middle and on the ends? when i changed the end ones a few mot's ago i losened the middle ones to be able to swing the ARB to make the job easier, surely it i undid them all the way the ARB would pop off?
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i never asked i just assumed it was to take the tension out of the bar
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oh right, i'll add it to the list of other things to get done at some point!!