Arb Fitting
#1
Posted 23 February 2010 - 09:00 PM
#2
Posted 23 February 2010 - 09:04 PM
#3
Posted 23 February 2010 - 09:09 PM
No need to remove clam. Just the front undertray.
The bolts through the bushes are a little awkward to access as one on each side is partially blocked by the wishbone. I found a long allen key extension went through the chassis at the front far enough to undo the bolt though.
Thanks Matt
#4
Posted 23 February 2010 - 09:12 PM
#5
Posted 23 February 2010 - 09:21 PM
#6
Posted 23 February 2010 - 09:22 PM
#7
Posted 23 February 2010 - 09:36 PM
I'd get Mr Randall's advice on what will work best with his Nitrons.
Hmmm, sounds expensive and I've not even asked yet:rolleyes:
Edited by Sticky, 23 February 2010 - 09:36 PM.
#8
Posted 24 February 2010 - 10:38 AM
#9
Posted 24 February 2010 - 10:42 AM
P.S. The drop links can be a real pain as they'll probably be quite badly corroded (had to cut one of mine off). I'd budget to replace them as part of the upgrade, if I were you.
spent well over two hours to do my drop link
.................. a real pain
abr done / drop link done
Edited by crazyfrog, 24 February 2010 - 10:43 AM.
#10
Posted 24 February 2010 - 10:43 AM
#11
Posted 24 February 2010 - 10:46 AM
#12
Posted 24 February 2010 - 10:50 AM
dont plans have a fairly thick ARB kit for £200 or something?
bought mine from them at that price
#13
Posted 24 February 2010 - 05:16 PM
dont plans have a fairly thick ARB kit for £200 or something?
iirc JJJ sent me a guide to fit it.. can forward it on if required
Found the one on the Useful threads sticky. Realised that when I used the search function it looked everywhere rather than just at the forum I was viewing at the time. Cheers for the help
#14
Posted 09 February 2019 - 11:12 AM
Just fitted an updated 1" ARB from Matt Bentley (£246 delivered) . It was a PINTA job but would have been easier if I read this thread first. The ARB uses original aluminium bracket and comes with a new rubber mounts.
Top tips as mentioned previously :-
-remove aluminium access plate, covering ARB.
-Drill out the hole to access the top cap head (think I went up 12mm, original is about 8mm) so you can get a proper fitting on it. I also had to chip a small amount of the red hard plastic seal (looks like mastic but Rock hard) this was so that the Allen key fitting and socket was fully on so not to round the cap head bolt.
- remove the front wishbone bolt, really easy to undo.
-use a scissor jack or similar to push wishbone up and out of the way to get bottom cap head bolt out of ARB bracket.
-you have to take off both small aluminum plates by the ARB brackets to remove and replace ARB. (if you have a lift you may get away with 1 bracket) These are held on with 3 rivets. Drill rivet head with 4mm drill then chisel off the back of the rivets (one of them I couldn't drill out so just chiselled off and removed properly when off the car.
-when Re attaching new ARB put top bolt in first (just a couple of threads) then you can see and line up bottom thread otherwise you can't see top bolt alignment.
-As my car is mainly for the track, I have put it on full hard on the drop links, which is the closest hole to the front.
-rivet small aluminium plates back on and reattach aluminium plate covering ARB. (check radiator hoses for leaks while your there).
1st track day is 26th March so I'm looking forward to seeing how it handles as I've heard good things.
Here some pics
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#15
Posted 11 February 2019 - 07:57 AM
-Drill out the hole to access the top cap head (think I went up 12mm, original is about 8mm) so you can get a proper fitting on it. I also had to chip a small amount of the red hard plastic seal (looks like mastic but Rock hard) this was so that the Allen key fitting and socket was fully on so not to round the cap head bolt.
The red stuff is the chassis glue
Holds the car together
No problem to grind/cut some of the excess away as it tends to splooge out during chassis manufacture and baking in the oven and then cures to a hard state.
Bye, Arno.
#16
Posted 11 February 2019 - 09:16 AM
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#17
Posted 28 February 2019 - 07:40 PM
Get ready for understeer if you just up the Lb on the front ARB in isolation...
#18
Posted 28 February 2019 - 09:30 PM
fill the ends with sikaflex / tigerseal.. i have seen these rust to death in not such a long time because water gets in and just sits there...
#19
Posted 28 February 2019 - 11:28 PM
That a real GT3?
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