ARB material?

[phazed]

I have a great metalworker near me who will make me a pair of stiffer ARBs.

Question is, what type of steel is best?

Standard is 19mm dia iirc although TVR did produce some 25mm.

Alternatively, has anyone a 25 mm ARB sitting around their garage?

[phazed]

Okay, so where do I get the correct steel?

What do I ask for?

[Bluebottle]

Talk to Nick at willow, he just made up some 25mm arbs and custom adjustable drop links front and rear for my car.

[Alexdaredevils]

Some sort of spring steel

[phazed]

Bluebottle said:

Talk to Nick at willow, he just made up some 25mm arbs and custom adjustable drop links front and rear for my car.

cheers for that.

Yes Alex, it's a spring steel of sorts.

[Alexdaredevils]

Group buy?

Front and rear

[Astacus]

I need one too for my series one, I have all the measurements from another car, so maybe I should get him to make me one too. Do you have contact details?

[QBee]

01636 700161

[QBee]

Happy to deal with Nick for you, I know him quite well and live 3 miles from Willow. I can also collect them for anyone I know/see regularly (or who I don't, but who lives between Newark on Trent and the Cambridge/Essex area. I am up and down the A1/A14/M11regularly, as my work is in the Cambridge, Newmarket and Chelmsford areas, plus West Norfolk.)

[NickM450]

Alexdaredevils said:

Group buy?

Front and rear

Did someone say group buy?

Handling is next on the 'to do' list.

[QBee]

Just re-read this.
We could go to Peter's friend (I feel a movie coming on) or to Nick. Would your friend be willing to make a batch, Peter, or should we approach Nick?

[phillpot]

phazed said:

Okay, so where do I get the correct steel?

What do I ask for?

From a steel stockholders

Ask for EN45 , although "standard" mild steel bar would probably be fine unless you envisage some huge suspension deflections?

[Astacus]

QBee said:

01636 700161

Cheers

[jwoffshore]

I've got a set of TVR Sports ARB 25mm front, 22mm rear going spare, including the rear mounting plates & brackets, if anybody is interested.

That's for a Griff or Chim of course. I'll probably be at the Griff Growl on Saturday if anybody wishes to meet there.

[Alexdaredevils]

jwoffshore said:

I've got a set of TVR Sports ARB 25mm front, 22mm rear going spare, including the rear mounting plates & brackets, if anybody is interested.

That's for a Griff or Chim of course. I'll probably be at the Griff Growl on Saturday if anybody wishes to meet there.

I will have them if Peter doesn't want them

[phazed]

jwoffshore said:

I've got a set of TVR Sports ARB 25mm front, 22mm rear going spare, including the rear mounting plates & brackets, if anybody is interested.

That's for a Griff or Chim of course. I'll probably be at the Griff Growl on Saturday if anybody wishes to meet there.

yes please.

I'll be at the growl on Saturday.

Will pm you.

Thanks Alex for being so gentlemanly

[phazed]

jwoffshore said:

I've got a set of TVR Sports ARB 25mm front, 22mm rear going spare, including the rear mounting plates & brackets, if anybody is interested.

That's for a Griff or Chim of course. I'll probably be at the Griff Growl on Saturday if anybody wishes to meet there.

Jonathan, YHM.

[jwoffshore]

Peter, I have replied to your mail!

[phazed]

I seem to be sorted now, thanks Jonathan.

Out of interest, I found this tit bit yesterday from a specialist.

Apparently they make theirs from cold formed, high strength aircraft grade steel.

Obviously, TVR did the same

[phillpot]

Bluebottle said:

EN45 would be about as much good as a chocolate fire guard

Well, you're the design engineer but that's not what I'd read, can you expand?