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Any idea how much fitting would be Ash?Trig
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 Trigger
General Trig  Location: Up North Registered: 30 May 2004 Posts: 7,122 Status: Offline |
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 Posted 1st Apr 2009 at 00:13
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drew o
Senior User  Location: Cwmbran, South Wales Registered: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 568 Status: Offline |
Post #27
im still looking to have one soon ash any joy on the price?________________________________________ 306 GTi-6™ In Moonstone FTW Team Speedline Turini PS3-Drew_o |
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Posted 1st Apr 2009 at 00:16
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drew o
Senior User Location: Cwmbran, South Wales Registered: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 568 Status: Offline |
Post #28
i deffo want a hybrid one ash anyone else for ________________________________________ 306 GTi-6™ In Moonstone FTWTeam Speedline Turini PS3-Drew_o |
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Posted 1st Apr 2009 at 00:18
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dommo
Regular  Location: Stoke Registered: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 320 Status: Offline |
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Assuming it's like a standard ARB to fit then it's easily doable in a couple of hours.I fitted a GTi rear ARB to my diesel last year (when I was 18 - and I'm fairly car mechanic orientated, but not massively, I wouldn't touch a cambelt for example) and it's still fine, it made a creaking sound once so I retightened it and it's fine. ________________________________________ '99 306 Meridian TD with Bosch fuel pump - Cheap veg oil motoring'99 Xantia Activa turbo - not cheap veg oil motoring  Goes around corners well though |
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Posted 1st Apr 2009 at 00:23
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Rich E
Forum Admin Location: Hertfordshire Registered: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 7,757 Status: Offline |
Post #30
Two hours?! The last one I changed I had done from start to finish in arond 20 minutes, and that included fitting new seals. Even a novice should be able to do this inside an hour. ________________________________________ Rich |
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Posted 1st Apr 2009 at 02:50
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james_geldart
Senior User  Location: Yorkshire Registered: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 943 Status: Offline |
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Rich E wrote: Two hours?! The last one I changed I had done from start to finish in arond 20 minutes, and that included fitting new seals. Even a novice should be able to do this inside an hour. what exactly is involved in fitting one of these, kwick guide anyone? Ive rebuilt my front suspension, and swapped the rear shocks and beam mounts , but ive always hesitated messing about with the rear beam (lowering etc)... i assume from what youve said its fair easier than swapping torsion bars and beam rebuilds? and doable with the beam on the car? cheers James ________________________________________ Recommends:'mechanical_repairs' - Leicester 'miles' for suspension & Grp N/A goods Baker BM Mounts |
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Posted 1st Apr 2009 at 02:53
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clen666
Seasoned Pro  Location: Co. Durham Registered: 12 Feb 2009 Posts: 2,401 Status: Offline |
Post #32
I'd be interested in a hybrid arb  where is best place to get all the seals that need renewing? ________________________________________ Team 'unintentional rat look' |
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Posted 1st Apr 2009 at 03:12
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tobeski
Seasoned Pro  Location: Broadstairs Registered: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 1,150 Status: Offline |
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quote: quote="james_geldart"] Rich E wrote: Two hours?! The last one I changed I had done from start to finish in arond 20 minutes, and that included fitting new seals. Even a novice should be able to do this inside an hour. what exactly is involved in fitting one of these, kwick guide anyone? Ive rebuilt my front suspension, and swapped the rear shocks and beam mounts , but ive always hesitated messing about with the rear beam (lowering etc)... i assume from what youve said its fair easier than swapping torsion bars and beam rebuilds? and doable with the beam on the car? cheers James Fitting is p*ss easy... basically take the rear wheels off, undo the smaller bolts holding the arb end plates to the trailing arms. Then get an M12 bolt and wind it in to one of the end plates so it comes of, then just pull the end plate on the other side and the whole bar will come out. Easy as that, 20 mins max. Look at nwphoto's FAQ for lowering the rear as it's included in the process ________________________________________ Now rollin' in a 182FF |
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Posted 1st Apr 2009 at 03:25
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dommo
Regular Location: Stoke Registered: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 320 Status: Offline |
Post #34
I did say "easily doable in a couple of hours"  So that's to include someone who's clueless (such as myself). Although I think it took me about an hour to do mine, winding that m12 bolt took some doing though, the end plate really didn't want to come off. ________________________________________ '99 306 Meridian TD with Bosch fuel pump - Cheap veg oil motoring'99 Xantia Activa turbo - not cheap veg oil motoring Goes around corners well though |
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Posted 1st Apr 2009 at 05:15
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scouse monkey
Newbie  Location: Bristol Registered: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 49 Status: Offline |
Post #35
If anyone is doing this and is around Bristol or Chorley/Preston and wants to get rid of their old GTI ARB then give me a shout on PM  |
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Posted 1st Apr 2009 at 14:29
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dannygti-6
Senior User  Location: under a car!!! Registered: 17 Nov 2007 Posts: 517 Status: Offline |
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Very intrested in this also if this goes ahead at 165 i will have 1 ________________________________________ Xbox Live = Sp4nTeam one gti-6 - 2 cherry rallye's |
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Posted 1st Apr 2009 at 18:39
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monkeyman
Seasoned Pro  Location: Sunny St Albans Registered: 01 Oct 2008 Posts: 1,955 Status: Offline |
Post #37
Just paid full price over at Spoox : (but at least I get to play with this one soon : ) As said above, removing rear wheels and the end plates gives you access to the rear ARB fixing. ________________________________________ Spanner Monkeys Monkey SpannerForum Search Clicky |
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Posted 1st Apr 2009 at 19:27
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smighall
Smeg-all  Location: b*tching and Whinging Registered: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 10,012 Status: Offline |
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I may well take one Ash, if you need to make numbers up ________________________________________  Seat Leon Cupra FR / 306 GTI6 / Breaking 205 GTI6 / Caterham 7 / Mercedes Sprinter 311CDI LWB Sold: Fisher Fury - Laguna DCI Estate - P1 306 XSI - E30 BMW 325i Baur Convertible - Daihatsu Fourtack - Suzuki GSXR600 - 205 Rallye |
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Posted 1st Apr 2009 at 20:35
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fletch
Track Head  Location: The nearest Shell garage Registered: 12 Jun 2004 Posts: 12,273 Status: Offline |
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Another taker here |
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Posted 1st Apr 2009 at 20:56
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clen666
Seasoned Pro Location: Co. Durham Registered: 12 Feb 2009 Posts: 2,401 Status: Offline |
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1. drew o2. andy+katie 3. clen666 4. dannygti-6 5. smighall 6. fletch lets do this! ________________________________________ Team 'unintentional rat look' |
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Posted 1st Apr 2009 at 21:31
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cjm_harris
Seasoned Pro  Location: Parts for Sale section Registered: 04 Dec 2007 Posts: 7,442 Status: Offline |
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I'm also interested in one of these.So if you buy this hybrid ARB nothing else needs to be bought to enable you to fit it to a standard 6? Edit: Just read the original post  ________________________________________ Chris1999 China Gti6 Supercharged  [Fun car] >>Project Thread<<2000 Bianca 306 Diesel [Work runabout] |
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Posted 1st Apr 2009 at 22:52
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drew o
Senior User Location: Cwmbran, South Wales Registered: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 568 Status: Offline |
Post #42
nope unless you break something lol________________________________________ 306 GTi-6™ In Moonstone FTWTeam Speedline Turini PS3-Drew_o |
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Posted 1st Apr 2009 at 22:44
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SteviePut
Seasoned Pro  Location: Down south Registered: 20 Oct 2005 Posts: 13,637 Status: Offline |
Post #43
One of my plans was to fit one of these. But I'm a little confused as to why it's a different thickness each end(I've never looked at one). Why is it not made at say 28mm all the way across? Or is it that it'll only fit in one way?? Surely the effective diameter is really only 25mm?? Or am I missing something. And lastly, can someone who has one tell me what it's actually like? Is there a noticeable difference? ________________________________________ My old man wrote me a letter from prison once. It said if you don't want to end up in here, stay away from crime, women and drugs. Trouble is, that don't leave you much else to do, does it? |
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Posted 1st Apr 2009 at 22:56
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smighall
Smeg-all Location: b*tching and Whinging Registered: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 10,012 Status: Offline |
Post #44
Steve, it has to be a hybrid (to make it 25mm or whatever) as the sizes change in the trailing arms. So it will only fit from one side, otherwise you have to machine the trailing arm shafts etc IIRC.________________________________________ Seat Leon Cupra FR / 306 GTI6 / Breaking 205 GTI6 / Caterham 7 / Mercedes Sprinter 311CDI LWB Sold: Fisher Fury - Laguna DCI Estate - P1 306 XSI - E30 BMW 325i Baur Convertible - Daihatsu Fourtack - Suzuki GSXR600 - 205 Rallye |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2009 at 01:10
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SteviePut
Seasoned Pro Location: Down south Registered: 20 Oct 2005 Posts: 13,637 Status: Offline |
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smighall wrote: Steve, it has to be a hybrid (to make it 25mm or whatever) as the sizes change in the trailing arms. So it will only fit from one side, otherwise you have to machine the trailing arm shafts etc IIRC. Cheers Sean ________________________________________ My old man wrote me a letter from prison once. It said if you don't want to end up in here, stay away from crime, women and drugs. Trouble is, that don't leave you much else to do, does it? |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2009 at 01:31
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SteviePut
Seasoned Pro Location: Down south Registered: 20 Oct 2005 Posts: 13,637 Status: Offline |
Post #46
1. drew o2. andy+katie 3. clen666 4. dannygti-6 5. smighall 6. fletch 7. Stevieput (I'll have to pay by chq so let me know when the funds are required )________________________________________ My old man wrote me a letter from prison once. It said if you don't want to end up in here, stay away from crime, women and drugs. Trouble is, that don't leave you much else to do, does it? |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2009 at 01:32
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ash
Six Addict  Location: Chelmsford Registered: 25 Mar 2003 Posts: 7,520 Status: Offline |
Post #47
SteviePut wrote: One of my plans was to fit one of these. But I'm a little confused as to why it's a different thickness each end(I've never looked at one). Why is it not made at say 28mm all the way across? Or is it that it'll only fit in one way?? Surely the effective diameter is really only 25mm?? Or am I missing something. And lastly, can someone who has one tell me what it's actually like? Is there a noticeable difference? As per Sean's reply, 25.4mm is the biggest that will fit one trailing arm, and 28.5 is the biggest that will fit the other. All but 14" (IIRC) are 28.5mm, making it effectively the equivalent of a 27-27.5mm ARB rather than the std 24mm. It will make a noticeable improvement to a std car and also works well if you uprate the suspension. It makes the turn-in better, whilst removing the roll induced weight transfer at the rear of the car. Basically it gives you controlable lift off oversteer. The first one was fitted to my own GTI6 about 5 or 6 years ago; I currently use a 30mm ARB on my race 306. |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2009 at 13:35
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ash
Six Addict Location: Chelmsford Registered: 25 Mar 2003 Posts: 7,520 Status: Offline |
Post #48
1. drew o2. andy+katie 3. clen666 4. dannygti-6 5. smighall 6. fletch 7. Stevieput (I'll have to pay by chq so let me know when the funds are required )8. Shane 9. 10. Looks like this will go ahead as soom as I have the cash. PM me and let me know how you would like to pay and I'll send you my details. I'd rather have a bank transfer of |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2009 at 13:52
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clen666
Seasoned Pro Location: Co. Durham Registered: 12 Feb 2009 Posts: 2,401 Status: Offline |
Post #49
Shweeet, lets get to 16! :pAre you taking payments now then? ________________________________________ Team 'unintentional rat look' |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2009 at 15:16
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drew o
Senior User Location: Cwmbran, South Wales Registered: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 568 Status: Offline |
Post #50
i can pay end of april if that ok mate? defffffooo want one come on guys get the numbers up to 16 ________________________________________ 306 GTi-6™ In Moonstone FTWTeam Speedline Turini PS3-Drew_o |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2009 at 16:12
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