Hi guys/girls

bought a set of coilovers a while back of the fella on this site....

i now need to getr shorther drop links, but dont know what size i need, what size mine are on the car, etcetcetc

i drive an 06 polo....

any advice and help appreciated.

Just take the anti-roll bar off

didnt kow that could be done....what down sides would you get from it etc?dont have a clue about suspensions etc lad

also, is there such thing as adjustable ones?

I used ones off a ford mondeo diesel

Just take the anti-roll bar off

Don't because then it'll handle like a boat. I drove with a broken ARB before and its just silly the amount of roll you get.

Lad up here (Pidge87 on here IIRC) took either front or rear ARB off and says it's fine I think. Really, really stiff suspension.

didnt kow that could be done....what down sides would you get from it etc?dont have a clue about suspensions etc lad

You can remove the front ARB (9n's dont have a rear one) if you want (i did) and you shouldnt notice any difference on coilies as an ARB stops body roll on soft standard suspension but what do coilovers do? Remove body roll and stiffen the suspension greatly

You could also get a Whiteline ARB (~£115) which will go under the driveshafts so will not foul the driveshaft at all. Youll need longer drop links for that but you can buy adjustable rose jointed ones from whiteline and iirc they are £80. Not cheap but worth it!

If you dont want to go down either of those routes you can always take your drop links to someone/a company who can weld (a good one would be advisable!) and have them shortened by ~40mm which should be enough. Of course doing this will make the ARB rotate back on itself thus reducing the amount of work/force it can actually transmit across the axle

Just take the anti-roll bar off

Don't because then it'll handle like a boat. I drove with a broken ARB before and its just silly the amount of roll you get.

Not so as I've said above on coilovers the ARB will just make the front end a bit too techt = understeer city =

I went for a blast with tav (very advanced and well schooled driver aka b road monster!) and he will concur there is no need for one when on coilovers. I actually had the front slide a little through one bend because the set up is that stiff!

Edited 30 September, 200718 yr by Pidge87

If you aren't lowering it very far then new short drop links should suffice. FK coil overs come with these in the package. If you really want to hump the car you'll have to look into what Pidge is saying ^^^

As for the ARB cutting...it's not ideal but we did it because it was the only option we had at the time to get the car on the road (without raising the suspension...which was apparently out of the question). To my understanding the purpose of an anti-roll bar is to stop body roll in cars that have "comfortable" i.e. softer suspensions. Car manufacturers use them to provide a well controlled/"sporty" ride without sacrificing ride quality. When the car is riding on firm suspensions there is so little suspension movement/body roll the ARB isn't really doing much.

When I do the sub-frame/wishbone conversion on my Mk3 G40 I will be forced to remove the ARB as well. Hopefully some day Pidge will get a whiteline ARB when they are more easily available in the UK.

you can use the drop links from an ibiza cupra r 2005> they are shortened versions of the nornal ones they cost £17 each from the dealer

here's a pic i dug up from my photobucket album from when i changed the arb on my fabia

for those who dont know, the reason for fitting shorter drop links, is because when the car is lowered a lot the little raised bit on the back of the anti roll bar fouls on the subframe/steering rack.

you can just see the little raised bit in the centre of the bar from this pic... christ knows why they didn't just make them straight...

i would also advise against removing the arb

Edited 30 September, 200718 yr by SkodaBoy

cheers mate

does any one know what size my standard drop links are?

off hand i dont know...

are you sure you actually need shorter droplinks??? there are lots of folks on briskoda who have slammed thier fabia's and i dont even recall anybody ever saying they needed shorter droplinks

I'm using the original drop links and on eibach pro street coilies and lowered a lot at the front and no fouling what so ever :S

off hand i dont know...

are you sure you actually need shorter droplinks??? there are lots of folks on briskoda who have slammed thier fabia's and i dont even recall anybody ever saying they needed shorter droplinks

All is dependent on wheel size aswell and I dont recall mentioning anything about fabia's anywhere?! Fair enough same chassis but i dont drive one so that would be why I didn't mention it

I'm using the original drop links and on eibach pro street coilies and lowered a lot at the front and no fouling what so ever :S

As above the fouling will occur if you are on 16's or less (may well happen on 17s but i cant be sure on that!). When you get down around 65mm onwards I suspect you will notice your ARB hitting your driveshaft, feels like shit when it happens!

Edited 30 September, 200718 yr by Pidge87

for those who dont know, the reason for fitting shorter drop links, is because when the car is lowered a lot the little raised bit on the back of the anti roll bar fouls on the subframe/steering rack.

Pidge's issue was with the ARB resting on the drive shafts when the suspension was compressed. No issues with the subframe/steering rack.

Oh and as a side note to my earlier post, you obviously don't have to cut out the ARB. You can take it out the proper way...which may involve removing the subframe? ...didn't have time for this...so the angle drinder came out....pikey...

Edited 1 October, 200718 yr by Tav

yeah, to remove the ARB you need to drop the subframe.

...or angle grind it in two and slide it out each side...either way