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rear anti roll bars
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:57 pm
by BigAustin
will a B7 RS4 rear anti-roll bar fit a B6 S4 ?
I have seen one for sale and have read that it improves the handling.
RE: rear anti roll bars
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:21 pm
by xyber
Yep, fits on and sorts out the understeer nicely I understand, on my to do list aswell
Re: rear anti roll bars
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:26 pm
by chunky79
BigAustin wrote:will a B7 RS4 rear anti-roll bar fit a B6 S4 ?
I have seen one for sale and have read that it improves the handling.
From what i have been told they won't. PG from the RS4 forum told me. Different set up on the rear.
Dunc
RE: Re: rear anti roll bars
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:44 pm
by xyber
I was looking the the HOTCHKIS and possibly ECS TUNING site and they both said it bolts straight on I think? Have a gander
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 5:01 pm
by chunky79
http://www.rs246.com/index.php?name=PNp ... ic&t=78134
He might be wrong but this is what he told me. Would be gutted if he is wrong cause it was really cheap!!
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 5:02 pm
by xyber
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:35 pm
by BlingBling
He is talking out of his rear end. The RS4 RARB does fit a B6 S4, I have one fitted.
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:48 pm
by chunky79
Nice. I missed out on a good buy and he missed out on some money.
Go for it BigAusitn and make the beast even better.
Atleast yours runs at the moment!!
Dunc
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:12 pm
by BlingBling
IIRC the total cost for the mod was £60-ish. They are easy to fit and there areplenty of DIY guides available.
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:33 pm
by BigAustin
thanks for the reply`s.
I`m still waiting for a price as its advertised with a few other RS bits.
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:05 am
by nihc
Hi,
I did the mod about 3 months ago and it transforms the handling. I did notice quite a worrying level of understeer before, now I'm a lot more confident around tight country bends. It's a mod every S4 owner has got to do.
The parts cost around £70 from an Audi dealer and that was for the ARB, bushes, brackets and bolts all round.
I do have a list of part numbers if anyone wants them, but the ( second) Audi parts guy knew exactly what I was after and had no problem.
You have to drop the rear exhaust, but it's only 4 bolts and then 6 bolts to get the ARB off. In all it took about an hour. You must use thread locking adhesive on the ARB bolts as I did mine without first time around and the bolts were loose after a day. I used a blue locktite on mine and they haven't moved since.
Regards, Chris.
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:14 pm
by P_G
nihc wrote:Hi,
I did the mod about 3 months ago and it transforms the handling. I did notice quite a worrying level of understeer before, now I'm a lot more confident around tight country bends. It's a mod every S4 owner has got to do.
The parts cost around £70 from an Audi dealer and that was for the ARB, bushes, brackets and bolts all round.
I do have a list of part numbers if anyone wants them, but the ( second) Audi parts guy knew exactly what I was after and had no problem.
You have to drop the rear exhaust, but it's only 4 bolts and then 6 bolts to get the ARB off. In all it took about an hour. You must use thread locking adhesive on the ARB bolts as I did mine without first time around and the bolts were loose after a day. I used a blue locktite on mine and they haven't moved since.
Regards, Chris.
Apologies to all, the B7 RS4 rear ARB does fit the B6 S4 as it was a mod that I did when I had an S4. I was getting mixed up with the brake upgrade
I will say the Hotchkis ones are even thicker though but a good bit more expensive.
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:33 pm
by BigAustin
right finally got my ARB organised.
part numbers for anyone interested are;
roll bar 8E0511409AL @ £53.77
bushes 8E0511327D @ £2.44 each , need two
mounts 8E0511439 @ £2.49 each , need two
bolts N10127707 @ .64p each , need four
after my discount I paid less than £70, a cheap upgrade.
Now all I have to do is fit it.
John