Fitting front swaybar to MKIV

[qsilverza]

Haha at least you will know your car well !

[qsilverza]

Well how did you go ? And did you notice a difference ?

[lesannees]

Hey Snowy- Did you take your IV to an alignment shop in Sydney- VW Village in Kenso perhaps. Cheers

[No457 Snowy]

Hey Snowy- Did you take your IV to an alignment shop in Sydney- VW Village in Kenso perhaps. Cheers

I ended up getting mine done at "Inline Steering and Suspension" in QBN, they did a top job.

I probably shouldn't mention the first two places.


Snowy.

[sukebe]

Finally got around to fitting the front sway bar thismorning. Much easier than I was expecting - don't know what I was worried about! Although, getting the new bar in was a bit tricky because Neuspeed do not provide new clamps, but the larger bar means that the old clamps dont fit too well. I had to go and buy longer bolts which fixed the problem. Also, to anyone looking to fit a front Neuspeed bar: take the wheels off to do it. The instructions don't say to, but its makes it MUCH easier to get to the clamps to tighten them up.

On the road the car is far more balanced and the steering is slightly heavier (which I like). I remember when I put the rear bar in I thought that the car seemed unsettled in high speed cornering, but was surprised at how much I had gotten used to it already. The car is MUCH more balanced in hard cornering now, with progressive oversteer when pushed. Can't wait to get my Eibach pro-kit and Koni FSDs!!

To anyone looking to put in a rear sway bar only, don't. Do both front and rear, it really needs both.

I didnt put in the control arm bushes or the lower tie bar. The bushes are a separate job, and the tie bar is very easy and can be done any time. I would rather do the mods progressively to see what effect each has

[No457 Snowy]

Sounds good mate, how did you go with your alignment when you finished up?

Snowy

[sukebe]

Ive got new wheels and tyres, and FSDs with Eibach Pro-kit on the way over the next few months. I'll get a proper alignment done once all that stuff is in. As for now, the car still tracks truly and doesn't seem to have changed in any noticeable way.

[brad]

This is not something I was aware of. Maybe I will just do it myself.....

KNow anyone reliable to do a proper alignment in Melbourne?

TruTrack have a good reputation but I'm not sure of their VW knowledge

[qsilverza]

I was recommended Traction Tyre's in Rowville. They do a lot of AWD cars. As you say, a lot of regular places just don't know how to do a proper aligment on the VW's.

One place even said to me there isn't any adjustment on the rear.