Maloo thicker arb
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vxr2010 said:
Hello all any one had any experience of putting a thicker ARB on a vxr8 , I was thinking of just doing the rear any thoughts please , it a 59 plate Maloo , thanks in advance
Chris
We had a thicker rear ARB on our VXR8. I didn't think I had problems with body roll before, so I can't say that I noticed the difference. It certainly didn't hurt the ride quality.Chris
Are you sure the Maloo setup is the same as the car?
Monaro5.7 said:
Check the whiteline catalouge online gives you the car option for there parts and if they do it click on dealers. There head importer is in Scotland just bought a bush from them 
I've just checked with Pedders Oz, and both the R8 Clubby and the Maloo take the same uprated ARB. 
I thought Whiteline and Pedders were the same company?
Both companies show the rear ARB under the same code - BHR82Annoyingly, Pedders UK don't list the Commodore, and Monkfish only have a listing for front and rear fitted, so it's difficult to compare prices with Whiteline UK (£167.51 incl).
ARAF said:
Monaro5.7 said:
Check the whiteline catalouge online gives you the car option for there parts and if they do it click on dealers. There head importer is in Scotland just bought a bush from them
I've just checked with Pedders Oz, and both the R8 Clubby and the Maloo take the same uprated ARB. I thought Whiteline and Pedders were the same company?
Both companies show the rear ARB under the same code - BHR82Annoyingly, Pedders UK don't list the Commodore, and Monkfish only have a listing for front and rear fitted, so it's difficult to compare prices with Whiteline UK (£167.51 incl).
Monaro5.7 said:
Ok here goes. Whitline headoffice in the Uk is in Dunfermline fife 20 mins from me but they wont deal with me direct or the company i work for but one of my customers is a dealer and supplied me the rear diff mount for my car cheaper than the pedders. If you want more info PM as i dont want put in the sin bin again
I don't understand why they wouldn't deal with you, unless you wanted a trade discount. 
They do mail order, and as the price is marked in GBP, you'd expect that to be the same price from UK dealers, wouldn't you?
ARAF said:
Monaro5.7 said:
Ok here goes. Whitline headoffice in the Uk is in Dunfermline fife 20 mins from me but they wont deal with me direct or the company i work for but one of my customers is a dealer and supplied me the rear diff mount for my car cheaper than the pedders. If you want more info PM as i dont want put in the sin bin again
I don't understand why they wouldn't deal with you, unless you wanted a trade discount. They do mail order, and as the price is marked in GBP, you'd expect that to be the same price from UK dealers, wouldn't you?
but iam not selling on there behalf just in the same trade.S800VXR said:
Bear in mind the rears easy, fronts a whole different animal!! Needless to say I am awaiting a nice warm weekend before I drop major parts of the front subframe to get mine in.
Mine is booked in to have front bar rear bar, front camber bushes z-bar bush track control arm bush rear drop link bushes aswell as the diff mount bush as the diff is away getting seal`s changed and the propshaft bush changed and prop checked over. Forgot braded brake lines fitted aswell
Simon firstly thanks for your help in pointing me in the right direction as to where to get the ARB , I put the rear ARB on yesterday it took 30 min maximum to do and I have set it to middle section of the bar , I was surprised the thickness difference compared to the old bar it looks at least 2 times thicker than the one it replaces , the result the back end definitely feels more solid it feels it grips into corners better, it's not a massive improvement but it does enhance the suspension set up , it is easy to fit and worth doing , i set it to the middle as I heard to much ARB torsion can effect wet weather handling
vxr2010 said:
Simon firstly thanks for your help in pointing me in the right direction as to where to get the ARB , I put the rear ARB on yesterday it took 30 min maximum to do and I have set it to middle section of the bar , I was surprised the thickness difference compared to the old bar it looks at least 2 times thicker than the one it replaces , the result the back end definitely feels more solid it feels it grips into corners better, it's not a massive improvement but it does enhance the suspension set up , it is easy to fit and worth doing , i set it to the middle as I heard to much ARB torsion can effect wet weather handling
No problem. Sounds good cant wait to get mine fitted now Gassing Station | HSV & Monaro | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff