Anti roll bar upgrade

[essextom]

My anti roll bar seems to have been used as a jacking point and is a little bit bent. ive seen that eibach do an anti roll bar kit but it's a little bit more than I want to spend. Has anyone got any experience with a stiffer one, or knows of a cheaper alternative? Cheers.

[Tim_R]

I'm doing a little bit of second guessing here as you don't say which end is bent. However front ARBs should have a slight downward bend in them towards the centre of the car to allow clearance for the exhaust pipe, I wonder if yours has been removed and refitted upside down at some point?

Rear ones are pretty much straight from side to side, I think I've still got a standard rear one in my garage somewhere if needed. Eibach ARBs are a good upgrade if you are still running standard springs or fairly soft lowering spring (like eibach's pro kit) as it stiffens up the rear a lot more and gives a sharper turn into corners. I think H&R used to do ARBs for the mk1 chassis as well, although i seem to remember they were more expensive than Eibach.

[essextom]

Thanks for the reply. It's def been damaged it bends up near the inner mount but only on one side. I've got wietec tx adjustable coilovers to be fitted, so I can make the ride quite hard. Think I'll just fit a standard one and replace at a later date if I fancy it. Are there thicker standard ones?

[mr.brown]

16v ones might have been thicker but obviously hard to get hold of. I have a standard one here with Powerflex bushes if you fancy a p/ex for the other bits.

[essextom]

Yeah that might work mate. Fancy meeting on sun 19th at cobham services?

[mr.brown]

Sounds good

[b5byt]

I've just fitted front and rear H&R ones with all black series polybush kit but can't say how it feels yet as the car is not running.

[essextom]

You'll have to let me know if it's worth the £ when it's on the road.