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Offline Gloves88

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Anyone fitted a front Eibach or H&R ARB?
« on: 23 March 2011, 22:40 »
I've got a H&R front ARB and bought new drop links to fit it.

Only problem is the drop link I have has an internal diameter of 30mm but all the poly bushes have an external diameter of 34mm....no matter what I do, they dont fit.

Has anyone else encountered the problem of poly bushes not fitting?

I got the drop links from vwspares (i think), did anyone get droplinks from somewhere else and not have this problem?

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Re: Anyone fitted a front Eibach or H&R ARB?
« Reply #1 on: 24 March 2011, 00:40 »
I've got an Eibach Front & Rear one... I had to get the correct fitting kit for both from Eibach before they could be done...

Not much help; but I suggest yo go to the manufacturer and buy their proper fitting kit...

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Re: Anyone fitted a front Eibach or H&R ARB?
« Reply #2 on: 24 March 2011, 08:02 »
Do the ARB's help much? Worth the money?

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Re: Anyone fitted a front Eibach or H&R ARB?
« Reply #3 on: 24 March 2011, 08:34 »
Do the ARB's help much? Worth the money?

Yes they make a lot of difference.

Offline Gloves88

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Re: Anyone fitted a front Eibach or H&R ARB?
« Reply #4 on: 24 March 2011, 09:16 »
I've got an Eibach Front & Rear one... I had to get the correct fitting kit for both from Eibach before they could be done...

Not much help; but I suggest yo go to the manufacturer and buy their proper fitting kit...

H&R dont do a fitting kit....I got the droplink bushes with the ARB but no droplinks.

Do you know where I can get the Eibach fitting kit? I'm guessing it would be exactly what I need...think I'm right in saying the eibach and H&R front ARBs are both 22mm

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Re: Anyone fitted a front Eibach or H&R ARB?
« Reply #5 on: 24 March 2011, 09:53 »
get some oem drop links, this is probably why. the pattern ones arnt quite the same from my experience
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Re: Anyone fitted a front Eibach or H&R ARB?
« Reply #6 on: 24 March 2011, 10:05 »
Is that a "get them from VW" job or can you get OEM droplinks else where?

I dont suppose you have a VW part number handy do you?  :smiley:
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Re: Anyone fitted a front Eibach or H&R ARB?
« Reply #7 on: 24 March 2011, 10:26 »
if it was me id rob from scrappy/ebay/classified, since you'll be chopping out the bushes anyway!

can get em from loads o different VAG cars, just be aware some are slightly different depending on the bar fitted. G60 ones have an offset head, and some used a G60 stylee bar. easy to ell though g60 looks like this:
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