I cant guess, but would like to know what car donated its sway bar to the cause!
Beige 79 Mk1 GLD White 76 Mk1 LS 3 door
White 68 Alfa 1750 Berlina Champagne 91 Alfa 75
Red 09 9N3 Polo TDI White 2010 Skoda Octavia Combi TDI
Another nice mod. I think I will have to follow suit!
Quick update, Rear beam is now all back in place with the knakered brake line replaced (thanks Andrew), pics up on the week end.
Chris
love the magna sway bar idea.
how did you go with the mounting of it? [the mounts more specifically] Looks like you've used new bushes aswell, are they magna or golf items?
Bushes are 26mm universal Poly sway bar bushes (can't remember the brand), for mounts I've used the original Mitsu****ty units as a starting point and cut/lengthened them to suit the MK1 beam. Both retaining bolts have high tensile nuts welded to the backside of the mounting holes to save the grief of trying to hold a nut on while I tighten up the bolt. The only thing that needed a little thought about was how to attach the eye end of the bar to the rear beam, a few pieces of 5mm thick flat bar fixed that along with a few gussets and a little welding - I'll take a few close ups on the week end and put them up here.
Chris
I just picked one of these bars up from center road wreckers, along with a petrol instrument panel and a bunch of other bits and pieces. They only charged $50 for the lot, cheers mate!
So a bit of welding is needed for the link ends?
Thanks for the inspiration!
Last edited by hiho; 09-05-2009 at 03:07 PM.
Beige 79 Mk1 GLD White 76 Mk1 LS 3 door
White 68 Alfa 1750 Berlina Champagne 91 Alfa 75
Red 09 9N3 Polo TDI White 2010 Skoda Octavia Combi TDI
Update time -been a while but work gives me money if I attend - all helps get a little more done on the orange beast:
Now on wheels with low coil overs (low for now)
Down we go in the weeds
New master cylinder and Cordoba booster
That's it for now - next job is to make it go as quick as it looks, stay tuned.
Chris
nice work mate,
coming along real nice.
keep it up
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