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So, in for a penny, in for a pound... or several thousand pounds!



Since I am going with the Coilover Suspension, I figured I may as well beef up the Anti Roll Bars, and decided to go with the M030 setup... 30mm hollow front bar, 19mm solid rear bar, factory bushings, and heim joint adjustable drop links for the rear bars... heck of a deal brand new from Sunset Porsche!



Now, that said... are there any particular "Tricks Of the Trade" to installing these? Or, just get under and start pulling off the old stuff, and bolt on the new stuff? Any bolts that need "special" attention, as in like a torch? I've got all of the torque specs, so reinstalling shouldn't pose a problem...



Oh, how about the preload on the rear bar w/ the adjustable drop links... is the idea to have the rotational tension on the bar at "0", with the rear wheels on the ground, or should there be a slight "load" on the bar, and if so, biased toward which side? i.e. pushing up on the driver's side and pulling down on the passenger side, or just the reverse? I figure all of you track guys have prolly tried everything at least twice!!! ;>))

no load on the bars - set the car on its weight, and then adjust the links - you should roll the car back and forth 20-30 ft a few times to get the ride height settled in first

Got it! Will do.. sounds easy enough, but will prolly take me six tries to get it right! Thanks Flash!

lol - happy to help



it's not too tough - you'll get it on the first shot

Just to add... What some do is add ballast weight [equal to the driver] to the drivers seat to get a more precise setting on the drop links.

When I installed my drop links, I set them to the same length as the factory links as a starting point, [they were different lengths from the vendor].

oof - yes! - forgot that part - i think i'm getting old - good catch

wow only 1 minute to reply! still a quick draw 4 an older dude... <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/biggrin.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

Put stiffeners on the front mounting brackets ...

[quote name='Tom in Austin' post='30512' date='Feb 2 2007, 05:01 PM']Put stiffeners on the front mounting brackets ...[/quote]





Yes, those front brackets appear sort of "flimsy"... does someone make a replacement bracket?



Might as well do it right the first time!

funny pete - yeah - i was sitting there and BOINK



i agree on the stiffeners - tarret or kla

KLA it is... they know me... did some business with them for parts on my 951 Auto-X car... didn't recall that they had the front Anti roll Bar supports... Old Timers Disease setting in... ;>))