anyone bought / fitted a whiteline ARB recently

[vince172]

as title really. Ive searched through old posts etc, just wondering if anyone has fitted one recently?

balance motorsport will deliver one for £105, sounds good!!

any recent experiences of these?

cheers

 

[ForceIndia]

Yoz rates them. Meant to be good, but I've not tried one.

 

[Gray]

Most people I've talked with rate them, but I only know of one person running one on here!?

He said there was a good improvement, in fact the best mod he purchased for the car!

 

[ForceIndia]

Most people I've talked with rate them, but I only know of one person running one on here!?

He said there was a good improvement, in fact the best mod he purchased for the car!

Tempted to try one with the KW's.

 

[shiyan]

interesting...

warren4, what ride height did you set your KW?

I've got the KW V2 but I've found that I can't lower the front any more than around 30mm about 320mm from wheel axis to front wheel arch, or my driveshafts will rub on the car body under hard cornering on the Nurburgring. No problems with having the rear at around 35mm lower than standard, at 315mm from axis to rear wheel arch

 

[Scrooge]

They really do seem to be good I've expereienced one on a leon before and after really did stop body roll and stiffen the car up quite abit under cornering so worth the money imo.

 

[n111lle]

I had whiteline front and rear arbs and droplinks fitted on my impreza. standard arbs were: 20mm front and 22mm rear, changed for whiteline 22mm front and a 24mm rear. Along with the droplinks it transformed the car & was by far the best mod i ever fitted

best thing about the white line i found was that they are adjustable where as many other makes are not.

 

[vince172]

Are these easy enough to fit? Do the drop links bolt on at the bottom of the rear shock?
Will you see it under the rear bumper if you were following behind, that would be pretty cool I think.

 

[n111lle]

Are these easy enough to fit? Do the drop links bolt on at the bottom of the rear shock?
Will you see it under the rear bumper if you were following behind, that would be pretty cool I think.

Yea the ones i fitted were easy enough, and really good quality. :approve:

 

[vince172]

could you see them from behind the car? did they improve handling (is it noticeable).

 

[Gray]

Yeah you can see them from the rear, the ARB is pretty much inline with the bottom of the rear suspension struts.

 

[vince172]

cool, looks like my next addition to the car is one of these!

 

[murcod]

Here are some pics from OzRenaultSport:

 

[n111lle]

cool, looks like my next addition to the car is one of these!

where are you looking to buy one from? is there a internet link?

 

[Fred@BTM]

i tested these for performance tuner magazine (i think that was the name) good bit of kit for naff all money

 

[the_prophet]

only worth doing with uprated shocks/ springs or coilovers though?

 

[Fred@BTM]

na works on any clio 2, surprising the difference it makes to the back end "feel"

 

[shiyan]

na works on any clio 2, surprising the difference it makes to the back end "feel"

would you recommend it for a track car for the Nurburgring then? Mine's on KW V2 at the moment.

guessing the answer's a yes?

 

[the_prophet]

na works on any clio 2, surprising the difference it makes to the back end "feel"

hmmm.....really.

further investigation required i think.

 

[vince172]

Thanks for posting up some photos!
Is the one pictured the adjustable one or fixed one? Anyone know?

(balance motorsport I think is the place I've previously seen a link to)

 

[caister]

Looks like the adjustable one to me. Do they make the rear end more lively?

 

[murcod]

Yes, it would be the adjustable version (the exta bolt hole in the end of the bar gives the adjustment.)

 

[vince172]

so you pay an extra £50 or so for an extra hole!?

 

[.Ben.]

Do they make the rear end more lively?

It shouldn't - it should make it more planted.

 

[shiyan]

It shouldn't - it should make it more planted.

you sure about that? stiffer anti roll bar at the rear would mean less understeer / more oversteer

 

[Jay Payne]

Exactly what i was thinking

 

[Ash - Clio GTT]

Think ill be giving this a go soon. Noticed that balance motorsport also sell rear toe/ camber adjustment plates, would these make much of a difference as well?

 

[Jay Payne]

^ washers are cheaper

 

[shiyan]

^ washers are cheaper

where can we get those?

 

[Ash - Clio GTT]

^ washers are cheaper

did changing the camber on the rear make much difference?

 

[SkidMarx]

Ive got one mate, rate it highly.

And yes, you can see it from behind, but i think it looks ok.

 

[Jay Payne]

Not a massive difference. Spring changes were the most noticable changes we did.

Phase 1's have quit a bit of negative camber on the rear standard

 

[n111lle]

so you pay an extra £50 or so for an extra hole!?

Eibach make Arbs, but theirs are a solid bar with the ends that meet the droplinks welded on, and they are not adjustable. The Whiteline bars are forged from one piece of metal, with no welds are are adjustable, thus making them stronger.

only worth doing with uprated shocks/ springs or coilovers though?

My Impreza had whiteline front/rear Arbs & droplinks. The rest of the suspension was totally standard. Just adding this made a massive difference.

 

[vince172]

Ive got one mate, rate it highly.

And yes, you can see it from behind, but i think it looks ok.

please please please could you post a few pictures of the rear of your car so we can all see what it looks like if you were following the car and stuff.

cheers

 

[SkidMarx]

Tomorrow mate i will do when there's some light!

 

[.Ben.]

you sure about that? stiffer anti roll bar at the rear would mean less understeer / more oversteer

I stand corrected.

 

[john lloyd]

is that price pg 1 for the fixed or adjustable and on a std suspension set up is it worth getting the adjustable one or just bolt on the fixed item?

 

[n111lle]

An adjustable one will come with a hard, medium and soft setting. I stuck mine on the hardest setting when i fitted mine. Does fixed position one come with the hardest setting?

 

[vince172]

i would guess, and make the assumtion that it would come the same as medium, anybody know the real answer??

 

[Mesa]

Noob question: how do these improve the handling when there's a massive bar already (the beam)?