James R
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Because the ARB only connects to the tie bars, it ends up lifting the inside wheel, which means less traction over all and hence the understeer.
How much were the Koni's?
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broster
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quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
ive only recently been getting LOADS of understeer... thought it was due to my tyres being near the end of there life....
BUT i put a GSI front ARB on my car over christmass(it had none before) and this is when the problem started really....
hmmmmm.... i think this could be causing problems....
yes take it off and stiffen the front end up a tad
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Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
ive only recently been getting LOADS of understeer... thought it was due to my tyres being near the end of there life....
BUT i put a GSI front ARB on my car over christmass(it had none before) and this is when the problem started really....
hmmmmm.... i think this could be causing problems....
yes take it off and stiffen the front end up a tad
i'll pull it off at the weekend and see what happens.....
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stevegreetham
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i bought the konis off jacko on here mate. i can however give you the contact details of a blokey round here who sells at really good prices and knows his stuff
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and-m
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Registered: 5th May 02
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What happens I wonder when its MOT time, they usually jack the rear of the car up on the flat bottom of the axle. will the ARB bend if jacked there?
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AdiSRI
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id imagine so y do they jack it up??
#and if they do can they not use the normal place...
Also siberia yeh it does seem as tho having a rear ARB and no front one is best combo, im gonna take mine off friday and have a drive see wat i think.
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Siberia
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fook that so i'm gonna pull the front one off when i get home... i'll keep ya posted....
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and-m
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when doing an MOT they use a 4 poster ramp with a sliding jacks to jack up the front and back end to test steering, wheel bearings etc.
[Edited on 18-01-2005 by and-m]
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AdiSRI
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well mine was on at mot and they didnt mention it to me... and my garage work on it quite abit and hes not bothered either...
let me know how it goes siberia be good to know!
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stevegreetham
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how do you think i should have the koni's set up? (hard/soft)
Because i only had std suspension before this i am a little unsure, cheers
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broster
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Hard is good for smooth roads like tracks, soft is good for comfort, just play about with it mate, dont go too hard tho, try it on medium see what its like.
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Siberia
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those of you with whiteline rear anti-roll bars.....
remove your front ARB
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AdiSRI
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does it help cancel the understeer??
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jamesw
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my experience of koni shocks is soft setting = hard, hard setting = even harder 
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stevegreetham
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well i like going fast round corners when in other peoples cars however i didnt dare try it on standards because i will die.
The fronts are adjustable on the car so thats no probs as i can just have a tinker about until i am happy. because the rears are only adjustable when off the car i think i will have them set around 50% soft/hard.....then start to tinker about with that if i am not happy
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
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I have no ARB's front or rear, but got silly camber on front wheels... car tends to oversteer very easily. What effect would puttin the whiteline rear ARB have?
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welshdude
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Registered: 6th Feb 03
Location: Swansea. Drives: 2006 Impreza STI
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Since I installed the whiteline ARB it has almost eliminated body roll, seriously you need one of these
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Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by welshdude
Since I installed the whiteline ARB it has almost eliminated body roll, seriously you need one of these
have you got a front ARB on ? remove it and see how it feels
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welshdude
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Well I have a 1.0 12v so I'm not sure if that had a front roll bar as standard?
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Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by welshdude
Well I have a 1.0 12v so I'm not sure if that had a front roll bar as standard?
yeh it does its a weedy 10 or 15mm one
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