Thread: Autotech Lightweight ARB Kits

Hello all

We have had some ARB Kits come in from Autotech and they look spot on :D

Here is a little more info on them:

A few years ago, Autotech introduced lightweight tubular swaybars that are a significant advance in swaybars for Volkswagens. Our lightweight swaybars use hollow tubing to reduce weight by as much as 50 percent! We use different wall thickness material in order to change stiffness for each chassis application. Our tubular swaybars can be 35% to 50% lighter than equivalent rate solid bars.

These swaybars offer two advantages:

1) Greater anti-roll action (than most competitor's bars)
2) Significantly reduced weight

Autotech has designed these swaybars to provide increased stiffness, yet they often weigh far less than solid bars with a similar rate. For example, our 25mm lightweight front swaybar for the Golf 2 is 32% stiffer than a 22mm solid bar, yet it weighs 31% less. At the rear of the cars, where conventional swaybars get heavy, Autotech's lightweight bars can reduce swaybar weight by as much as 50%! Don't be fooled by their light weight, though! Our lightweight swaybars are every bit as strong as conventional swaybars and will probably outlast the rest of the car! Our lightweight swaybars can weigh ten or more pounds less than other bars.

Any racer can tell you: shedding any weight at all from a car is tough, let alone removing this many pounds. All in all, what this means for your car's performance is this: quicker response and better handling. Get rid of those boat anchors called "racing swaybars" you're using now and get serious...get lightweight. :D

We can offer these for:

Mk5 Golf/Mk2 Leon/8P Audi A3/Mk2 Octavia
Front 25mm 3-way Adjustable
Rear 25mm 3-way Adjustable



Mk4 Golf R32/Mk1 LCR (Front only)/Mk1 Audi TT/8L Audi S3
Front 25mm 3-way Adjustable
Rear 22mm 3-way Adjustable



Mk4 Golf/Mk1 Leon/Mk1 Audi TT/8L Audi A3/Mk1 Octavia
Front 25mm 2-way Adjustable
Rear 28mm 3-way Adjustable



Mk3 Golf 4Cyl and 6Cly/Mk3 Ibiza (Front only)
4Cyl Front 25mm non Adjustable
6Cly Front 25mm 3-way Adjustable
Rear 28mm non adjustable or 3-way Adjustable.



Mk2 Golf
Front 25mm non Adjustable
Rear 28mm non Adjustable or 3-way Adjustable.



Mk1 Golf
Front 25mm non Adjustable
Rear 28mm non Adjustable



B5 Passat
Front 32mm non Adjustable
Rear 28mm non Adjustable



Prices are soon to follow, and more pictures of them fitted to cars

We will be placing an order with Autotech once a month (until business picks up with their product) to help with delivery costs. As the 4 we just had cost an extra £35 per kit for delivery so the more orders the better!

Regards
Mike

Just a little update and a few piccys

Here is the Mk3 Golf VR6 front ARB, this has been fitted to JBS Darren’s car and he is in the workshop I have asked him to do a report on this for me from a customer’s point of view

Standard and Autotech

Adaptor Plate for the 3-way adjustment

Fitted to the car




Here is another one.

I supplied this one (Mk4 Golf Rear FWD) to a customer and asked him to do a review on the ARB for me and take some pictures as he was fitting it himself.

This is gone on a Mk1 Skoda Octavia vRS - Review soon to follow, he did have a Whiteline rear ARB fitted but he removed that due poor quality and fitted the Autotech, he also mentioned that with this ARB it is even stiffer on the rear