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Offline Janner_Sy

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Re: Thinking of ditching my eibach ARBs ?
« Reply #15 on: March 17, 2010, 05:42:09 pm »
i fitted all of my chassis mods individually.

coilovers
anti roll bars
walk
in this order

the anti roll bars had the biggest effect on the handling by a  huge margin in comparison. if you are going to shy off an option scrap the walk or coilovers and still fit the ARBs

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Re: Thinking of ditching my eibach ARBs ?
« Reply #16 on: March 18, 2010, 08:52:10 am »
I fitted Eibach ARB's 2 months ago,and I had the same question with gobbleplease about the front brackets.
The answer is that you should use the OEM brackets,by ''opening'' them so that the new ARB sits in.
Then you use the OEM bolts and everything is fixed ok.

Personally I use Bilstein (custom setup 55mm)shocks,Eibach Sportlines and Eibach ARB's.
With soft-F,hard-R settings, the car is almost neutral on good asphalt.
On the track I'd prefer a harder rear ARB,so I will buy a BSH 27mm arb soon :evilgrin:
I just bought TT front lower arms and WALK,so that I fit them all together.
When everything is done,I will open a topic of ''my ride''. :party:
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Re: Thinking of ditching my eibach ARBs ?
« Reply #17 on: March 18, 2010, 09:32:06 am »
Many thanks Nikiforos :happy2: That's exactly what I needed to find out  :jumpmove:
Should get my car back today with the ARB and R brakes done - the WALK made a noticable difference and the car feels much sharper to drive. Rear ARB help with some roll but I'm hoping the front will make it evern better!

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Re: Thinking of ditching my eibach ARBs ?
« Reply #18 on: March 18, 2010, 04:49:31 pm »
OK - so they finally managed to fit the front eibach ARB by re-using the old brackets (which apparently isn't that straightforward).
The car feels VERY different to drive now - much more so than with just the rear ARB and WALK.
It almost feels twitchy and picks up on a lot more imperfections from the road - is this normal? I am running lowered springs on standard shocks.
With the WALK the steering got heavier, but now with the front ARB it's a lot lighter!
Steering is defo more direct and have to be careful as end up cutting corners now!
Is it something that one gets used to as I'm not sure I like it!! :ashamed:
Also, I'm getting some Koni FSDs which I hope will help with absorbing the imperfections?

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Re: Thinking of ditching my eibach ARBs ?
« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2010, 06:42:40 pm »
What do you mean twitchy bud ?

What have you got your rear ARB set at ? I understand the front is a fixed position.
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Re: Thinking of ditching my eibach ARBs ?
« Reply #20 on: March 19, 2010, 09:04:09 pm »
Twitchy as in very sensitive - picks up on all the imperfections on the road and also the steering feels like it has a quick rack!
I need to drive it more - maybe it's just something you get used to  :confused:
Both front and rear ARBs have 2 settings for adjustability - mine are both on soft.

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Re: Thinking of ditching my eibach ARBs ?
« Reply #21 on: March 19, 2010, 10:10:24 pm »
i did quite a bit of trialing on differnt setups at the nurburgring with mine.  ended up with the rear bar on its stiffest and the front bar on softest.  definately the best setup imo

that said i too would have changed to a stiffer rear bar had i not been selling up as i prefer abit more oversteer