Front/Rear ARBs..

[RDH]

Car came with both when I bought it, and basically the squeeking etc is just abit tiresome at times. I never drive it hard enough for these to be neccessary either tbh.

Would I cause any problems if I just remove them both? Will I notice any difference?

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Whiteline arb on the rear and standard on the front?

 

[RDH]

I've just realised I may be confusing ARB's with strut braces?

Basically the one in the boot, and the one under the bonnet between the two top mounts.

Excuse my mechanical ineptism.

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Yeah strut braces you mean. Won't make a difference removing them mate.

 

[Will.]

Strut braces don't REALLY do anything. More show than anaything.

 

[RDH]

Thank the lord, off they come. Cheers lads.

 

[Will.]

Make a bit of money out of them too. Some chav will pay top dollar for something he thinks will make his car go faster.

 

[Dan519]

rear one is an utter waste of time due to the way the shocks are mounted and having nothing to do with the geometry, front does a bit if it's fitted well, but the mk2 doesn't really need it

 

[Tony Hunter]

Throw the rear one over the nearest hedge,sell the front one.

 

[RDH]

Rear one is the ''carbon'' K-tec one, not in the best of conditions. The front one is the polished K-tec one in pretty good nick tbh. No idea what they are worth, not much I'd imagine though.

 

[2 live]

lol@ front ones doing nothing. check out a car with a sunroof, and a front strut brace fitted, particularly the mk1s, the body flex will go to the next weakest point with the brace fitted, this would be the roof, or the huge hole in it, and start buckling it within weeks

 

[.Stevo.C.]

1*2's don't have sunroofs though do they.

 

[Scrooge]

The squeezing is usually down to people fitting the rear ones wrong over the rubbers.