Vauxhall Corsa 2.0 XE Club

[Drizz]

You got it ok then Dave?

[simonmarsden]

very interesting read, looks like my old corsa xe

[DaveB]

Arrived on Thursday Drizz, you'd sent it to my parents house. nevermind, got it in the end

So, todays mission should I decide to accept it; get a Cavalier mk3 rear ARB to fit to a corsa.

Off we go then:


My cavalier ARB was from a 2.0 sri cavalier. You can also use(I believe) one from a v6 cavalier, which is actually thicker.

Then, measure up the up the distance between the holes on the base of the corsa rear beam (116cm) and compare that with the total length of the ARB (120cm)


After measuring 116cm apart on the beam, drill a hole in each end that will fit the relevant bolt size (M10).
<This bit was an absolute twat, and unless you have a pillar drill and some very good drill bits. A normal 'hand' drill might struggle>


After offering this up and bolting it up loosely, I moved the standard (although in this case powerflex) cavalier arb mounting bushes nerear into the middle of the beam.

A trip to the local motorfactors for 2nr 92mm exhaust clamps. Bolt it all up, and WALAH!





An (almost) whiteline rear ARB for a corsa, for just £13.98 (tenner for the arb, 3.98 for the two exhaust clamps!)

First impression, in wet weather, is a BIG improvement. The rear of the car is much stiffer. VERY impressed

for Rick who gave me the idea in the first place, and Drizz for offering me the arb

[Drizz]

No worries at all chap, glad it does the job!

[Rick Draper]

Dave you can cover my costs the next time i see you!

Nar looks good dave, will be doing this on my corsa i think, cheap is best and tbh thats as good as a whiteline setup, just not as bling.

[wazpaz]

cheap is best

lmaolmaoNot something i'd ever have imagined you could/would ever say

[vidas]

Excellent. Have you used any spacers or some rubber at the end bolts?

Very simple and efficient.

[Benn]

Hhhmm looks good dave, sadly cant see it fitting the nova tho.

[Gaz86]

Hhhmm looks good dave, sadly cant see it fitting the nova tho.

why not? the beam is essentially the same.

cant beleive how well that fits looks perfect. the only problem i se is where the exhaust clamps are going to cut through the polybushes, cant you weld on some cut down cav ARB clamps to the exhaust clamps to spread the load?

[Benn]

No the corsa beam is alot wider than the nova beam, i found that from trying to fit the whiteline rarb.

[Gaz86]

how much is a lot? i thought it was something silly like 5mm

[LongLiveTheNova]

Looks a neat job

[vxlgsi]

Nice one fella, must admit my whiteline mad a huge difference.... make sure you tighten it all up when its on the floor though or you will mess up all your corner weighting effort.

[Benn]

how much is a lot? i thought it was something silly like 5mm

Its only about 15mm each end, but thats 30over all. Cav one might bend a lil tho.

[DaveB]

the only problem i se is where the exhaust clamps are going to cut through the polybushes, cant you weld on some cut down cav ARB clamps to the exhaust clamps to spread the load?

I 'modified' the clamps with my grinder to make them less sharp. I can't see them cutting through the rubbers, but I'll keep an eye on it

Excellent. Have you used any spacers or some rubber at the end bolts?

There are rubber mounts on the end of the bar, that come from the cavalier. I've just drilled through those and used that as the rubber bit that clamps to the beam.

make sure you tighten it all up when its on the floor though or you will mess up all your corner weighting effort.

It was on the metal ramps that you drive up, so technically was 'on the floor' ? No?

[Adam-D]

how thick is it compared to the whiteline one?

and do all cav's have one? std rear arb?

[DaveB]

Standard vaux arb thickness; so probably 18/21mm compared to the whiteline 24mm iirc?

Don't know what cavs they come on tbh

[Olsrey]

Standard vaux arb thickness; so probably 18/21mm compared to the whiteline 24mm iirc?

Don't know what cavs they come on tbh

I would imagine anything none four wheel drive.

[Olsrey]

EPC lists a few different rear anti roll bars for Cavaliers with no four wheel drive so I'm guessing it varried through what engine and car spec they came with.

[Rick Draper]

Cav SRI

[DaveB]

Oulton Park Trackday book for 7th February 2009. So we'll see just what a difference all the last few months worth of improvements have made (if any)

[leesturbo]

Oulton Park Trackday book for 7th February 2009. So we'll see just what a difference all the last few months worth of improvements have made (if any)

will you be doing first corner comedy off moments
looking good northy

[astra v6 230bhp]

alrite dave, i dont need the gsi rear arb but i will give you a tenner just to take me out in it lol

[Ste L]

what a bunch of badgers on corsa-c


http://www.corsa-c.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=186287

[Gaz86]

lmao @ so i think YOU FAIL