Re: Lower subframe stress bar Q

["Michael Carlson" <m-carlson@home.com>]

> I bought the Eurosport rear upper strut tie bar and it was almost 1/2" off
> (and I know my car isn't).
>
> As far as your bar goes (Since it's Eurosport) I wouldn't jump to the "my
> car is bent" conclusion yet.

Randy was correct--it's the Eurosport bar that's off.

The spec sheet that came with the bar says the distance from the centers of
the control arm bolts should be 26 7/8".  That's pretty much what I measured
on my car.  The centers between the mounting holes on the Eurosport bar
measure 26 9/16".  Argh.  It would've been nice to make that discovery
*before* I had taken everything apart.

I was going to just grind the mounting holes in the bar to make it fit, but
the rear mounting points are also off.  By the time I would've ground out
enough material for them to line up, there wouldn't be enough material left
to really hold anything.  <sigh>  That's too much work for something that
just won't be right when I'm done.  Looks like I'll take Eric's advice and
look into the Autotech 4-point bar.

Does anybody want an unused, out-of-spec Eurosport lower stress bar for
cheap?  :)

Thanks to everyone who responded.
Mike Carlson
'84 Scirocco Wolfsburg Edition
'95 GTI VR6
http://members.home.net/mikes.vws


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