s1cab

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I'm almost at the stage of doing the rear suspension on my track car.. atm its got gaz coilovers. I'm thinking of going for adjustable rear tie bars and parallel bars to replace the wishbones. I want them all rose jointed etc. What you running and any pic's ?

kingbx95

I have gaz golds Mef rear link kit (Adjustable parralel bars and tie rods) with 16i rear anti roll bar all rose jointed.

sorry no pics at mo as it's all in bits

gus

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as above really

s1cab

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Are they available anywhere ?

kingbx95

Jano does them, but only in batches as far as I recall? None available last time I enquired though.
Mef stopped making them years ago as did zoo

Muz made his own recently, getting decent rose joints is the key as they aren't cheap for quality items!

s1cab

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I messaged jano on his site earlier. How did muz get on with his did he finish it ?

kingbx95

Yeh sure he has. There in his resto thread. Check it out mate.

Like I said there not particularly complex or anything just need cds tube and decent joints really.
the originals had conical rose joints (not sure if hats the right name) for the tie bars but normal joints can be used, just offset like i think muz has done (cant quite remember) Think the special ones are hard to come by...

gus

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Crappy pic

s1cab

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Wanna sell ?

s1cab

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who made yours mate?

kingbx95

nah took me years to source! Just waiting and waiting
besides my car should be back once I pull my finger out and get the zt back together!

they do. Come up very occasionally.
There is a company local to me that would make them for you but no clue on pricing

gus' s look like mef too but with a bracket added for arb. May be wrong though

s1cab

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Just gutted i missed one on here for £650 2months back by about 30mins :-(

kingbx95

Sure more will come up sometime mate. Worth keeping an eye out on ebay too sure a brand new front and back mef set up go on ebay for £600 about 6 months ago

What did Jano say?
Did you check out muzs?

s1cab

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Yeah i had a look at muz's. Just waiting to hear back from jano i'm sure he will do them for me. I'll ring him tomorrow if i dont here back

gus

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Spot on

Yeah mines all mef gear. Bilstein struts that have all been revalved and adjustable for bump &rebound, new springs with helpers and an Orion arb rose joined also

kingbx95

what did you do about the plastic covering gus (when adding the bracket for arb)? Mine are sleeved in a clear rubbery plastic coating.

Was also after a set of those Bilstein s but gave up looking and went gaz golds as got a good deal on a new set from factory!

gus

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Just cut the sleeping off

I got the bilsteins from mef but gave since had them rebuilt by Dave @ gaz for slicks

muz

I'm using RS1600i front and rear ARB's, Leda coilovers and made the rear kit myself all held together with 12.9 bolts. The parts for the bars, ie CDS tube, joints, bungs etc alone were around £400, IIRC, without the fab time. For example it took around 10 hours to turn the spacer reducers out on the lathe!

s1cab

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done a cracking job muz

luke19790_3

I may have a front and rear setup for sale, depends if i start breaking my car

s1cab

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If you do i'll 100% have the rear set up

luke19790_3

Not sure yet but I'd want buyers for most parts before stripping it