Old Nov 22, 2008 | 07:43 PM
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Bit of progress, Well i managed to get what i though was an S1 front anti roll bar set up, but after getting it through post it was different as the S1 is cast steel and this 1 was aluminium, after a bit of research i've found out it is an RS1600i item which is supossed to be better than the S1 item as the anti roll bar is thicker 8) 8)
This is it
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I bought it as a mate is looking for 1 for his Mk3 so if it was no good he was going to have it off me. After offering it up to the car and adjusting the tie bars to make them shorter(they where all free and adjusted no prob's ) it looked like a good fit
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i then had to cut the towing eye space out a little bit
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and make one on the drivers side
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after than it fitted on a lot better and it sat level with the inner most side of the cross member (closest to the bulk head)
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after doing that i figured that i could move it forward a fair bit , bit this ment cutting the bottom of the front panel off
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It's a pitty it's the alloy type not the steel as if it where 15mm narrower it would fit perfect between the chassis legs, i might cut it in half yet as 1 of the original tie bar mount holes will line up with it.
I need to weld a box section onto the front of the cross member to mount the front bolts to.
I'm happy with the progress so far and i'm 95% sure it'll go on.
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