Post by schercheeroo on Jun 3, 2018 14:08:06 GMT
Fitted an NB ARB to my NA over the week end.
The ARB I removed was 20mm in diameter, the new NB ARB was 22mm in diameter. That's a 10% increase in diameter so I guess its at least 10% stiffer.
I'm sure some suspension guru will tell us how much stiffer it actually is.
The ARB does fit, but the geometry at the end of the bars is different, as shown below (NA lower bar, NB upper bar):
Because of this difference the standard NA drop links wont fit. Also my car is lowered so the drop links are too long.
My solution was to make the standard drop links adjustable (i'm too cheap to buy adjustable drop links)
First, chop about an inch out from the middle of the drop link and thread the ends M10x1.5
Second fit the hardware. A long connecting nut (got them from screw fix) and some nylocs. I have two nylocs shown here, but found I only needed one to make it fit on the car.
Third, fit it to the car.
NB drop links are different to the NA items I modified here. The NB drop links have ball joints rather than bolt through bushes.
In the future I may buy one, cut it in half and install a ball joint to the upper half of each of the drop links.
The ARB I removed was 20mm in diameter, the new NB ARB was 22mm in diameter. That's a 10% increase in diameter so I guess its at least 10% stiffer.
I'm sure some suspension guru will tell us how much stiffer it actually is.
The ARB does fit, but the geometry at the end of the bars is different, as shown below (NA lower bar, NB upper bar):
Because of this difference the standard NA drop links wont fit. Also my car is lowered so the drop links are too long.
My solution was to make the standard drop links adjustable (i'm too cheap to buy adjustable drop links)
First, chop about an inch out from the middle of the drop link and thread the ends M10x1.5
Second fit the hardware. A long connecting nut (got them from screw fix) and some nylocs. I have two nylocs shown here, but found I only needed one to make it fit on the car.
Third, fit it to the car.
NB drop links are different to the NA items I modified here. The NB drop links have ball joints rather than bolt through bushes.
In the future I may buy one, cut it in half and install a ball joint to the upper half of each of the drop links.
le sigh