Rear anti roll bar options

[craig green]

I actually liked the feel of my mk1 1.2L without the rear (or fr) ARB's.

[bazil]

I've got a astra gte arb on mine, but IMO not worth doing cos all it does is stop the beam twisting, as they are not fixed between the chassis and suspension the do not eliminate body roll

[vaughanmc]

I put a Saloon one on for piece of mind - Was the only one I could get from a scrappy at the time

And I'll likely put a thicker GTE/GSi item in the Mk1 back beam as well

[vaughanmc]

Edit - Double post!

[Benn]

Corsa is alot wider, i tried to fit a whiteline rear one (for a corsa) on to mine.. Was no chance. Am gonna try a cav one..

[AlexW]

ARB is well worth doing IMO. The rear beams DO flex a lot.

Body roll isnt killed no, but in thery it helps, That is more down to the soft springs though. Hence track people run very very stiff rear springs.

[brucer]

DaveB has a Cav one on his Corsa, If you can measure a Nova rear beam, it might work. Cav ARB is 120cm.

Pics of his, Hope he dont mind

this looks a good idea, but theres got to be a better way of securing the middle of it. maybe weld a flat plate across the middle of the beam so the bush can sit on, have the plate protruding out of the beam about an inch and then use some proper ARB clamps to bolt that to the beam. if anybody understands that.

[AlexW]

Yeah, dave himself said it needs doing proper. Im going to do the same mod and plan to use the same exhaust clamps but also use a proper ARB U shape thingy.

[bmw156]

when i fitted my rear one i loved it,

deffo felt the improvment

[bazil]

Christ I can't even remember how mine looks I know it is double bolted at each end but is not fixed in the middle, don't think the astra had it fixed in the centre either.