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So, just replaced the rear axle on my standard HDI with a GTI6 one fully refurbed with solid mounts, and now my front end feels a bit loose and leans a bit too much, what can I do/buy to tighten and create less lean at the front?
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lower it, stiffer springs . .
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yeh are you lowered rear or front at all? Stiffer ARB will mean more understeer so I wouldnt upgrade a hdi front arb to a gti6 one just because it entails enhanced performance. I think the ultimate answer for a road car would be to polybush the wishbones and then run bilstein shocks with eibach springs with a 30mm drop front and rear.
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Standard height from HDI sachs springs + dampers, standard height rear axle and may be coming down 20/30mm, bought those sachs springs new so dont fancy spending more on springs/dampers, will spend on anything else though, would berlingo p bushes do the job for making it a bit stiffer?
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im running the partner P bushes yes they are way stiffer than the std and cheaper than polys
Partner Bush's are well worth the effort in changing them
but dont forget to buy two 10mm x 1.25 x 20mm bolt as your old 8mm chassis bolt is too small
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There will be hundreds of different ones, don't buy the cheap crap and there's no reason for them to fail quickly.
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If you want a tighter front end freshen up top mount bushes, drop links, track rods and ends,
I always use standard ARB and wishbone bushes. Are you really going to notice the difference on a HDI road car!