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Kurt

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16th Nov 07 at 19:24

so ive just got it back after finally having another gearbox fitted and i noticed yesterday my front wheels were on the wrong side (rotational tyres), so tonight i got it jacked up on axle stands and began swapping them round when i noticed something i never had before

a front arb

i always thought those two from the lower ball joint to the front was the front arb and tonight i noticed a bar joining them so i was like wtf is that, no wonder my car handled better before

oh well

are they easy enough to take off?

[Edited on 16-11-2007 by Kurt]

Colin

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16th Nov 07 at 19:26

arb should make it handle better

Kurt

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16th Nov 07 at 19:28

i have a whiteline on the rear, handled alot better without the front

Paul_J

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16th Nov 07 at 19:28

quote:
Originally posted by Colin
arb should make it handle better

If it's FWD, having a stiff rear ARB and soft / no front ARB = good turn in / oversteery...

Having stiff front ARB and soft rear ARB = understeery...

Having stiff front and stiff rear (if done properly) = neutral nice handling...

But generally on FWD stiffen up the rear ARB. If front is too stiff it'll cause understeer.

Paul_J

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16th Nov 07 at 19:29

I know someone with a saxo VTS, that removes his front ARB to get better front end grip...

the only downside is extra body roll at front.

Butler

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16th Nov 07 at 19:30

Yeah I was gonna say, alot of guys on the Rallye register have started removing the front arb altogether.

Paul_J

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16th Nov 07 at 19:36

I personally would prefere to stiffen the rear, rather than remove the front arb... but as a free mod it's fair enough.

Colin

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16th Nov 07 at 19:37

I was gonna remove the one on my golf to get it lower, thought against doing it tho

Nick-S

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16th Nov 07 at 19:44

how is finding an arb unpleasant

Robin

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16th Nov 07 at 19:45

Mine turned in better with a still front and no rear.

Dave A

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16th Nov 07 at 19:46

quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
I know someone with a saxo VTS, that removes his front ARB to get better front end grip...

the only downside is extra body roll at front.

easily sorted with some stiffer front springs

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16th Nov 07 at 21:09

i ran my corsa without my front ARB, removed it... but it was a bit rear endy in th end, so was going to replace it. Turned in superbly if the car was weighted correctly/balanced for the corner. The rear was the problem.

We removed the drop links from our 205, then retro fitted a lower strutbrace on the subframe, and top one on susp turrets.

It had a bit of understeer

Kurt

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16th Nov 07 at 23:19

quote:
Originally posted by GSi_16v
how is finding an arb unpleasant

because i never used to have one when i first had the car, so it doesnt feel like my car anymore..

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17th Nov 07 at 07:35

thats like saying bigger boobies are bad as they dont feel the same..

change can be good

Superlite Ltd.

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17th Nov 07 at 10:15

quote:
Originally posted by AK
thats like saying bigger boobies are bad as they dont feel the same..

change can be good

haha

Doesn't taking off the front one make the car abit more scarey at high speeds?

Kurt

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17th Nov 07 at 10:29

it does??

Jake

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17th Nov 07 at 10:43

quote:
Originally posted by Superlite Ltd.

quote:
Originally posted by AK
thats like saying bigger boobies are bad as they dont feel the same..

change can be good

haha

Doesn't taking off the front one make the car abit more scarey at high speeds?

I found taking any kind of turn above 90mph - even long sweeping ones, were abit hairy without the front arb.

Superlite Ltd.

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17th Nov 07 at 10:53

Thats what i thought Jake

Kurt

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17th Nov 07 at 10:57

tbh my car doest really get above 90mph

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