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Best Anti Roll Bar kit?

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pat15312:
Who knew this would be such a hard decision to make!!!
Can you please give me a bit of feedback on 6 of the anti roll bar kits on the market from the top brands.
Basically I nee you give me some sort of clue in order for me to make an informed decision isntead of jsut guessing.
I'm not going to take into account the difference in price in order to make things a bit simpler.
I want the kit that will offer the largest improvement in handling without making the car horrible to drive around town or over bad roads...
At the moment I'm leaning towards the thickest H&R due to reccomendation by Ed at APS.
Cheers,
Patrick

vRS Carl:
I voted Eibach purely because thats what i have. :happy2:

stealthwolf:
Unless someone has fitted each type to their car and driven around the same circuit to test each one out, you are never gonna get an accurate answer.

RedRobin:

--- Quote from: stealthwolf on September 03, 2010, 12:30:36 pm ---
Unless someone has fitted each type to their car and driven around the same circuit to test each one out, you are never gonna get an accurate answer.


--- End quote ---

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Also, different sizes/settings front and back will suit different drivers. Some prefer a looser rear end for example.

I think it's a case of establishing which brands to avoid, if any. IIRC there have been reported problems with hollow ARB's.

Over 70k miles on my Eibach's and even though I had the opportunity to swop to VWR, they advised it would be an uneccessary added expense.

Janner_Sy:
they are all different and it depends on what your after.  also just because a bar is thicker, its not necessarily stiffer, they might be a solid or hollow bar or different material etc.

a point of note for bars though.

the thicker the front bar the more understeer.
The thicker the rear bar the less understeer thus closer to oversteer.

what ever you go for id say choose an adjustable kit, because if you dont like the balance you can adjust it very easily to make itmore neutral or more aggressive.  

On my vRS i had the eibach front and rears, they worked best set on front -soft, and rear -stiff.  i was however considering fitting a stiffer rear bar though as i prefer the back to be that tad looser to get the nose into a corner, understeer is for gays :grin:.

i havent voted on the choices you have as id go for the whiteline 24mm adjustable front and rear bars.  you can see they test their kit on cars before releasing. i get the idea alot of other companies get the std ARBs and merely make them stiffer. and the bars are matched closer together. its the rear bar which is the main issue on these cars.  


however from the list i'd be goinf for the autotech 25mms, or neuspeed 25mms as long as they are adjustable

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