I bought a GTIR a few months ago, mainly for parts as I have a decent shell, I ran it for a couple of months and all seemed ok, I now have it up in the air ready to drop the engine etc and have noticed the front anti roll bar is missing !, can anyone tell me if this is a mod done for the track ? or something to do with lowering the car ? Ive never come across this before, cheers.
Anti roll bar missing
- Thread starter deewig
- Start date
I'm not convinced it's a particularly smart thing to do; better to stiffen the rear ARB than remove the front one, but I don't know if it has any other effect on the alignment etc.
I might have a spare in the shed. - I need to empty it to move house pretty soon, so there's no point moving it to another shed.
I might have a spare in the shed. - I need to empty it to move house pretty soon, so there's no point moving it to another shed.
You
You need to set the car up properley and lowering springs on stock shocks is no good.So loose the front are and tail comes out..!??????? If so I've missed that... back to slingshot out of a roundabout
Mine understeer bad (lowered Springs on standard. Shocks) could this help..??
I will write it up later for you...hope you like lift off oversteer..lol
Pm sent to you.Like a 5 turbokeep your foot planted I say lol
Fair enough, but I still think it's better to dial it out by stiffening the rear rather than just removing the front; that way you've still got control of the roll rate rather than making it unpredictable. - I'm sure I got told it was an MOT failure to have suspension components missing, but I guess that relies on the tester recognising that it's not there.
Thanks for all the info,
I have D2 coil overs on plus an aftermarket rear bar and the cars sitting pretty low, the shell that i`m going into has the front bar present so maybe I will leave it on and try it but I must admit the car drives just fine.
On a different note, the engine should hit the floor today (gently I hope) I have left the boxes on for now, are there any tips for essential jobs to do while the engine is out of the shell ? I have already fitted a recon starter and replaced the front mounted oil cooler with a standard one, most of the wiring was sorted when the omex was installed, injectors are cleaned and serviced, new oil and water line for the turbo are made, cheers.
I have D2 coil overs on plus an aftermarket rear bar and the cars sitting pretty low, the shell that i`m going into has the front bar present so maybe I will leave it on and try it but I must admit the car drives just fine.
On a different note, the engine should hit the floor today (gently I hope) I have left the boxes on for now, are there any tips for essential jobs to do while the engine is out of the shell ? I have already fitted a recon starter and replaced the front mounted oil cooler with a standard one, most of the wiring was sorted when the omex was installed, injectors are cleaned and serviced, new oil and water line for the turbo are made, cheers.
Fire & skill
Vintage member
When my car arrived from Japan it had NO front OR rear ARB. Have since fitted a whiteline adjustable to the rear but never anything to the front, it drives pretty well as it is tbh.