Has any one got strut bars fitted, opinions & where can I get then for a 16V?

[eightyeightmph]

^^^ These things ^^^

Looks cool, adds something else to have to polish under the hood & might even improve handling?!

Take it the ones for the back are pretty well generic but the front often seem to exclude the 16V models?!

Where can I get ones for my valver & what are your opinions?

[Len]

I doubt you will notice any improvement in handling in normal road use.
developed for track use really but yes they do look good!

[DaveGTiMK]

my bro has one on his Astra GTE and said he did notice that it was more ridged once this was on, although its a Vaxhaul so it was probably twsting all over the place anyway.

I have seen 16v specific ones come up on ebay from time to time, not sure if anyone has fitted the units you have seen to a valver though, was wondering this myself but chose not to waste the money on one that may not fit.

How do you fit this by the way as it looks like you have to drill holes in the top of the suspension mounts to bolt this too?

[Paul86S2]

Got one fitted to my 16v, but it is used mainly on the track.

Noticeable difference in cornering on the track.

Easy enough to install, you need to drill the top of the towers to bolt them on. Only slight problem was I needed to move the coolant expansion tank forward by about 15mm to stop it rubbing on the strut brace, a couple of straight brackets from B&Q solved this.

The design is slightly compromised strength wise, ideally it should be straight and have triangulated fixings to help stop forwards and backwards movement, but then we are talking motorsport use.

Item no 200215917178 on ebay lists 16v fitment, but then some people will say anything to get a sale.

Rear ones seem to be generic for Mk2 and Mk3's but they dont look meaty enough to make a real difference in my opinion.

Cheers

Paul

[Len]

So if you have to drill the towers do you not have to undo the top mounts and drop the struts? Surely if you didnt do this you would be drilling into the rubber top mount?

[Paul86S2]

So if you have to drill the towers do you not have to undo the top mounts and drop the struts? Surely if you didnt do this you would be drilling into the rubber top mount?

No it just misses them if you get it centralised.

Paul

[DaveGTiMK]

found this on flee bay looks the dogs dodars.....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Golf-MK3-Eibach-Front-Strut-Brace_W0QQitemZ290224146004QQihZ019QQcategoryZ9889QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[DaveGTiMK]

Sparco do one...
 
item code 036RG76 is 16ver specific.

or this one from e-tech....

http://www.edworthys.co.uk/e-tech/performancestrutbraces/1-brushed-silver-alloy-upper-frontstrutbracewith2endadjustersforvolkswagengolf.htm

[Paul86S2]

Sparco do one...
 
item code 036RG76 is 16ver specific.

or this one from e-tech....

http://www.edworthys.co.uk/e-tech/performancestrutbraces/1-brushed-silver-alloy-upper-frontstrutbracewith2endadjustersforvolkswagengolf.htm

Careful if you buy anything from Edworthys. They supplied me with the wrong brake pads, kept promising to get the right ones to me and collect the wrong ones and nothing ever arrived. Eventually I canceled the order and sent the wrongly supplied ones back. They refused the delivery and said I was over the 14 day money back period.
I could get nowhere with them and eventually the credit card company refunded my money, but I had to jump through hoops to prove it all to the credit card company.
Did some research on them and they are apparently well known for this, as well as their sister company.
Beware.

Paul

[eightyeightmph]

Hmm, all interesting, if I got them it would be cosmetics mainly but nice to know what people think & other options to those on fleabay!

Cheers all!