Corsa Anti-Roll Bars

[oli_p]

Can anyone tell me what thickness the front and rear anti-roll bars are on a GSi please??
I was thinking of getting some whiteline ARB's 24mm front and the 22mm rear, but heard GSi front ARB is 24mm anyone so would it be pointless buying the whiteline arb's??
Car is currently a 1.4 flair with C20LET in it so either way ill be upgrading ARB's just wondering if whitelines are worth it or just get the GSi ARB's.

Cheers folks

[donvaux]

definatly get the rear whiteline arb mate its the best thing i've bought for the car

[vxlgsi]

get a heavy dudy rear and get rid of the front one if you have decent front shocks!

[oli_p]

Spax rsx coilovers at the mo with uprated poundage front springs to cope with engine but will be getting some of the AVO's that chris ashtley supply at somepoint when ive sorted few other niggles out on the car. Car wont be used for track though, just want to improve overall handling as been used to owning a saxo for previous year and half and used to love throwing it round the bends, obvious corsa wouldn't match handling in that respect due to heavier engine etc but just want some improvement

[vxlgsi]

give it a go with just a heavy dudty rear you should have better grip and less understeer out of the corners if you get on the power early.

another think to do is to weld plates on the torsion part of the rear beam, for some inside rear wheel lift action.

[oli_p]

ok then cheers , just getting some ideas down on paper for now, as need to sort things out like cambelt etc first and tidy car up abit

[hsvcorsa]

where do you mean vxlgsi, to weld plates on torsion part?

[vxlgsi]

if you look under your rear beam the bar that runs between the wheels is the torsion part allowing the wheels to move independantly of each other... if you weld plates under the bar it will remove some of the flex.. I cant find a pic to show you

[vxlgsi]

Ok found a pic of one of mine from underneath,

[Big Col]

Can anyone tell me what thickness the front and rear anti-roll bars are on a GSi please??
I was thinking of getting some whiteline ARB's 24mm front and the 22mm rear, but heard GSi front ARB is 24mm anyone so would it be pointless buying the whiteline arb's??
Car is currently a 1.4 flair with C20LET in it so either way ill be upgrading ARB's just wondering if whitelines are worth it or just get the GSi ARB's.

Cheers folks

i'm sure i read some where that the later '97> sports had thicker ARB's than the GSi's

[vxlgsi]

I think combo vans had the thickest, so maybe they fitted them on the letter sports

[oli_p]

but im guessing its deffo best to go for a whiteline arb over a vaux version whether it be from a gsi/combo van etc??

[vxlgsi]

yeah but only buy an uprated one for the rear.. if you can try it without the front one and it should be better.

[alistairolsen]

combo vans are 23mm front, the whiteline front isnt worth it IMO.

the whiteline rear is well worth it tho as it reaches out onto the trailing arms.

Running no front arb is a matter of taste, setup and use, in tight bends it tends to lift the inside wheel and promote understeer, in longer sweeping high speed bends, you really struggle without it.

Spax coilovers are cheap, personally I wouldnt run them, the damping rates are all wrong and the spring in general too hard IMO. Im yet to find better than billies.

[wazpaz]

driving without the front made mine aweful to drive. it tramlined all over the road.

[vxlgsi]

I dont see why it would tramline without an arb

[faloyoturbo]

Is the rear anti roll bar easy to fit?

[vxlgsi]

yep takes about 15 mins, comes with grease for the bushes aswell, i got mine from balance motorsport.

[faloyoturbo]

just jack the car up at the rear and bolt on jobbie, might get me one of these to go with a strut brace

[vxlgsi]

dont jack it up... the arb should be fitted with the car in a normal level postion.. its just nuts and bolts

[DutchNovaDiesel]

Original Corsa:
Front: 18 or 22mm
Rear: 14 or 18mm

Cheap upgrade:
Front arb from an early Corsa GSI or Combo, these are 24mm thick
Rear arb from a GSI/1.6 if you've got a 14mm now

More expensive upgrades:
Whiteline arbs. 27&22mm
H&R arbs. 26&22mm

[wazpaz]

I dont see why it would tramline without an arb

just seemed aweful as the front end felt 'loose'

[corsagsi16vplym]

ive always been happy with spax in the past, they on my c20xe corsa at moment aswell and seem ok

[jason aka scamp]

here mate hope this helps you
http://www.europerformance.co.uk/pag...html?id=444802

[A.M.Q.R.]

I 've got a 24mm think front (from a combo) and a 18mm rear standard one (from a corsa C) which is better than no arb!!