Best Mods for Good road handling Please?

[Judderi]

whats the difference between the standard anti roll bar and an eibach one?

[Chris Green]

I'm surprised that no-one has mentioned it yet...

Tyres are probably the most important ingredient to good road holding.

If its sloppy at the moment, then poly bushes will sort that out. Check for worn ball joints, and strut tops too.

HTH,

Chris.

[bosun]

The front bar is thicker and you add a bar to the rear axel.

[Veedubgt18v]

on a gti you should already have a rear bar

[Organisys]

Thanks all, yeah uprated ARB's wont be an option yet, unless I can get them real cheap. Looks like polly bushes is a good option, and as for the tip on tyres, yeah the ones on there at the momment are some horrendous cheap s***t, but I am in the process of re-con and polishing some old skool ATS 5 spoke 15" alloys, and I've found a local place that will do me a deal on Eagle F1's.

Ohh yteah, and maybe a nice big pram handle from an EVO, stuck on the back with tape!

Thanks.

[Organisys]

Just read an article in the lastest EVO mag (has TVR's on the cover) and there is a little column in the technical Q&A bit about how an uprated front ARB can actually increase the tendency to understeer, seems an uprated rear would be good on a golf, to give a more neautral bias?

 

[Gambit]

an uprated front on its own will induce understeer
an uprated rear on its own will induce oversteer

hence you need both for the perfect balance

i ran Eibach ARB's on my old 16v with std 16v suspension and its is far superior to my current 16v which has 55/40mm split with Biltstein shocks!!

[Veedubgt18v]

an uprated front on its own will induce understeer
an uprated rear on its own will induce oversteer

hence you need both for the perfect balance

i ran Eibach ARB's on my old 16v with std 16v suspension and its is far superior to my current 16v which has 55/40mm split with Biltstein shocks!!

i need to pimp my gran or something then to get some of these.........

[Gambit]

get me some while your at it! my previous set only cost me £100 2nd hand and selling them with the car is the biggest mistake ever!!

[Organisys]

Reckon we could get a group buy some where chaps? are some of the cheaper ones any good, such as SPAX etc, or is it like their springs, they really are miles better?