Feeler thread - Group buy on Mk2 TT lower arms...................

[animal]

Is anyone able to clarify what the situation is with R32 front suspension? I'm assuming its the same as the S3 but it would be nice to know for sure. If I can shed some weight, every little helps!

[RedRobin]

is the group buy still open?

....stokeballoon has said that he's happy take single orders - It's posted earlier in this thread IIRC.

He's away at Nurburgring for a few days at the moment and returns some time next week.

[Janner_Sy]

did he get a set fitted before going to the ring.  Couldnt think of a better place to test it

[danishmkvgti]

Is anyone able to clarify what the situation is with R32 front suspension? I'm assuming its the same as the S3 but it would be nice to know for sure. If I can shed some weight, every little helps!

Well, i didn't get my tt arms+ball bearings and S3 hubs fitted, but i determined that you can't use gti or S3/R32/cupra  ball bearings to the TT lower control arms, the bolt pattern is different.
So to get the camber adjustability you can only use TT arms and ball bearings .

[geordie56]

Danish hi pal, so are you saying that the hubs wont fit and the alloy lower arms and balljoints will? Therefore Have to use the existing steel hubs? Cheers

[Janner_Sy]

danish have you had them fitted yet then????

[danishmkvgti]

danish have you had them fitted yet then????

no, the bolts for the caliper carriers are 18mm to short, will have them monday, will be fitted shortly after 

[danishmkvgti]

danish have you had them fitted yet then????

no, the bolts for the caliper carriers are 18mm to short, will have them monday, will be fitted shortly after 

Well this isn't exactly regarding the TT mk2 Lower control arms, but it's related.
Had a go at fitting the rear S3 hubs today, it was a no go 
The carrierbolts are the same though, that's the good part but the rest ,7, bolts don't fit as they are to short. Also the weight are very similar on the iron GTI ones and S3 alloy ones. I gues it's because the S3 are dimensioned to cope with the forces generated by the drivelines, so when i fit them it will be so i can say i did it 

[Nikiforos]

Danish hi pal, so are you saying that the hubs wont fit and the alloy lower arms and balljoints will? Therefore Have to use the existing steel hubs? Cheers

Geordie, I fitted the TT lower arms with the existing GTI iron hubs.You have to change the back bushes of tt arms and fit the one from the GTI(or WALK if possible ).
Besides you need the TT balljoints with the 3 bolts that bolt on the hub.
The camber with eibach sportlines,tt lower arms and superpro antilift bushes increased to 1.6 degrees(it can go up to 2)
and caster now is about 9 degrees.

[RedRobin]

^^^^
@ Niki:

Please tell me what you know about "superpro antilift bushes".

I'm about to PM you about that BSH catchcan I have for sale 

[Nikiforos]

^^^^
@ Niki:

Please tell me what you know about "superpro antilift bushes".

I decided in superpro bushes for several reasons.
First of all the material is better than powerflex and you get a 3 years guarantee(or 32k miles)
The superpro antilift is an eccentic bush that goes in the existing rear aluminium mount of the lower arm.
So you dont have to change the all mount(as WALK) but only the inside bush.
Depents on the angle you fit the inner bush,you can adjust the caster degree and the antilift effect.
The more ''forward'' the hole is fitted,the more caster you get.The more ''downwards'',the more antilift effect you get.
The price is lower than the WALK and you can get more than 9 deg.caster when with WALK you get a standard 8,5deg.
Finally the bush is a 2 pieces kit (inner,out),so there is abrasion between the 2 pieces of bush when the arm is working.
Here is a link with the eccentric antilift bushes.
http://www.priracing.com/shopimages/products/normal/SPF3273KBIG.jpg

[RedRobin]

^^^^
Efcharisto!

I'll check that out later. I already have WALK fitted but there may be other Superpro bush goodies. JonnyC uses them, so that's a good recommendation too.

[Janner_Sy]

Could you maybe fit those adjustable superpro bushes into the WALk mount??  Could be a good setup

[animal]

^^^^
Efcharisto!

I'll check that out later. I already have WALK fitted but there may be other Superpro bush goodies. JonnyC uses them, so that's a good recommendation too.

So VWR AFAIK...

[animal]

Could you maybe fit those adjustable superpro bushes into the WALk mount??  Could be a good setup

Surely not worth doing both?

I'm going the Superpro route as it means no god-awful gold anodised bits under my car.