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Offline Sammy

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Whiteline rear ARB
« on: June 26, 2012, 08:39:20 pm »
Has anyone used this arb or know anthing about it? I found a nice deal on ebay comes with everything needed to fit

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volkswagen-Golf-Mk5-GTI-Whiteline-Rear-Adjustable-Anti-Roll-Bar-BWR20XZ-/190656747232?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2c640716e0
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Re: Whiteline rear ARB
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2012, 08:57:17 pm »
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Re: Whiteline rear ARB
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2012, 08:59:45 pm »
i got mine from GNJ motorsport who is on the forum for £168 posted

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Re: Whiteline rear ARB
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2012, 09:01:05 pm »
I've got the rear on mine - big difference in handling, but can also make the back end fairly light  :driver:

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Re: Whiteline rear ARB
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2012, 09:06:21 pm »
yep got both front and rear. rear is good, makes for "entertaining" cornering, with both it feels a lot better, nice and flat in the bends :driver:

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Re: Whiteline rear ARB
« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2012, 09:24:55 pm »
Thanks Gareth and Jimbo  :happy2: Seems like the one to go for then, Will start off with the rear first and see where that takes me
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Re: Whiteline rear ARB
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2012, 10:05:19 am »
yep got both front and rear. rear is good, makes for "entertaining" cornering, with both it feels a lot better, nice and flat in the bends :driver:

what setting did you have the rear one set too with the standard front still fitted?

I'm just going to run my rear on 'soft' which is 40% stiffer than standard rear i think as i have standard front.

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Re: Whiteline rear ARB
« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2012, 05:15:40 pm »
yep got both front and rear. rear is good, makes for "entertaining" cornering, with both it feels a lot better, nice and flat in the bends :driver:

what setting did you have the rear one set too with the standard front still fitted?

I'm just going to run my rear on 'soft' which is 40% stiffer than standard rear i think as i have standard front.

had it on the medium setting, the front is also on the medium as well. I think you'll be impressed with the difference it makes

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Re: Whiteline rear ARB
« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2012, 07:16:07 pm »
i haven't got round to fitting a front one yet

i will try the rear on soft setting and see how it goes. i think soft is around 60% stiffer than standard

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Re: Whiteline rear ARB
« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2012, 08:18:49 pm »
So is the soft setting 40 or 60% stiffer?

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Re: Whiteline rear ARB
« Reply #11 on: June 27, 2012, 09:38:24 pm »
originally i worked it out at +40% but i re-did it earlier with a different calculation and to double check used the conversion chart on the whiteline website and got 60%

with the standard bar being hollow its harder to work out


the OEM 21.7mm hollow bar is equivalent to a 20.45mm solid bar

so using the calculations and the whiteline chart a 23mm bar is around +60% and 24mm around +90%