Hey guys!
It's one thing after the other with my S3! Having some knocking issues occaisonly when I go over pot holes, humps etc. It's not to bad at the moment, but it's there which is annoying.
So I got a mate whose also a VW techy to check my car over and he spotted that my front bushes were worn and showed me. (They were orange with rust!) So I got him to change them. Whilst he was doing it he spotted on the front ARB where the bushes sit I have 2 developing cracks both on side off my ARB on the plastic sleeve which apparently is quite common, dam it! Anyway he still replaced the bushes and it has softened the knocking somewhat, but not totally - which he expected after seeing the ARB.
So could those ARB cracks really be flexing the bar that much to cause the knocking issue? It must be by the looks of it, crazy!
So front ARB fitting.... Does the sub frame need to be dropped to gain access to it to change it??? Any idea how long/difficult a job is it? My mate said it's most likely to be a sub frame drop job but didn't have a ramp to check... Prices to fit one? Ouch this is going to be expensive I bet!
I have standard suspension so I'd want to go OEM with the ARB unless anyones got any better alternatives which will work with my standard setup?
Many thanks.
It's one thing after the other with my S3! Having some knocking issues occaisonly when I go over pot holes, humps etc. It's not to bad at the moment, but it's there which is annoying.
So I got a mate whose also a VW techy to check my car over and he spotted that my front bushes were worn and showed me. (They were orange with rust!) So I got him to change them. Whilst he was doing it he spotted on the front ARB where the bushes sit I have 2 developing cracks both on side off my ARB on the plastic sleeve which apparently is quite common, dam it! Anyway he still replaced the bushes and it has softened the knocking somewhat, but not totally - which he expected after seeing the ARB.
So could those ARB cracks really be flexing the bar that much to cause the knocking issue? It must be by the looks of it, crazy!
So front ARB fitting.... Does the sub frame need to be dropped to gain access to it to change it??? Any idea how long/difficult a job is it? My mate said it's most likely to be a sub frame drop job but didn't have a ramp to check... Prices to fit one? Ouch this is going to be expensive I bet!
I have standard suspension so I'd want to go OEM with the ARB unless anyones got any better alternatives which will work with my standard setup?
Many thanks.
