I did a lot of reading on the R32 arbs before I took the plunge, some said it was one of the best handling mods you could do and some said it made the car feel skittish particularly at high speed. Some said you should fit the front one aswell. So hopefully this will help anyone currently or in the future considering fitting one.
I decided to go ahead and fit the rear one only and see what I thought. Fitted accompanying droplinks and some poly bushes.
I've taken it around roundabouts, twisty tight country roads, dual carriageways and around town to experience all elements of driving with it fitted.
Firstly it does make a difference. The car handles much much better than standard, it feels a lot more neutral through the corners, it feels a lot more agile and the steering feel seems to have improved. Regarding the skittishness, you can feel the back end a lot more when driving round bends, it feels much stiffer (as you'd probably expect) and you can feel it pushing wide if, you're pushing it. You can feel it sliding but that's only if you're actually provoking it, it's not gonna randomly spit you out like some threads I've read on the net.
Around town, it's great, turning into streets feels better, it's a big improvement. The apparent high speed skittishness was something I was most concerned about, I've drove on dual carriageways and I've not noticed this at all, it actually feels more better at road holding to me, steering feels more solid. I was given access to East Midlands airport's runway to test out high speed runs and at 120mph it was completely fine, I can only assume the people that complained of high speed instability had other issues with their handling, tracking out etc.
All in all it is well worth it, the front arb isn't needed at all, it will just reintroduce under steer. I'd recommend it to anyone who is considering it.
I decided to go ahead and fit the rear one only and see what I thought. Fitted accompanying droplinks and some poly bushes.
I've taken it around roundabouts, twisty tight country roads, dual carriageways and around town to experience all elements of driving with it fitted.
Firstly it does make a difference. The car handles much much better than standard, it feels a lot more neutral through the corners, it feels a lot more agile and the steering feel seems to have improved. Regarding the skittishness, you can feel the back end a lot more when driving round bends, it feels much stiffer (as you'd probably expect) and you can feel it pushing wide if, you're pushing it. You can feel it sliding but that's only if you're actually provoking it, it's not gonna randomly spit you out like some threads I've read on the net.
Around town, it's great, turning into streets feels better, it's a big improvement. The apparent high speed skittishness was something I was most concerned about, I've drove on dual carriageways and I've not noticed this at all, it actually feels more better at road holding to me, steering feels more solid. I was given access to East Midlands airport's runway to test out high speed runs and at 120mph it was completely fine, I can only assume the people that complained of high speed instability had other issues with their handling, tracking out etc.
All in all it is well worth it, the front arb isn't needed at all, it will just reintroduce under steer. I'd recommend it to anyone who is considering it.
