Mawrick 0 Posted August 1, 2011 (edited) After the rebuild I'v noticed much more "shivering" in the car, and just recently found out that the bar that goes on the back of the subframe hits the downpipe.......I belive this to be the cause of the shivering I can feel around the car. SO, is there any way O could fix this? - eventually replace this bar with another type ??. Pics: the purple arrow shows where it hits..... I presume it's caused by lowering the car.........even though it realy doesn't sit that low.... Edited August 1, 2011 by Mawrick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted August 1, 2011 By bar, do you mean the anti-roll bar? Can't see the pic as it's hosted on a storage site, but I'm guessing the ARB is fitted upside down.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mawrick 0 Posted August 1, 2011 yea, it's the anti rollbar. AFAIK it's the correct way - but feel free to have a look (I think this was one of the things I looked into when re-assembling it). Uploaded the pic: (if you can view it)...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted August 1, 2011 Well the arrowed bit does look like it's pointing down rather than up, but it's hard to say for sure looking at that angle. How bizzare. Standard downpipe and engine mounts? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mawrick 0 Posted August 1, 2011 Yea standard mounts and downpipe...... (The mounts are from German autoparts - but are supposed to be OEM AFAIK)...... There is a hartmann cat-back system on the car though.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mawrick 0 Posted August 1, 2011 This is how it's mounted: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mawrick 0 Posted August 2, 2011 Could it be "upside down" ?? (is there any difference if one flips it around??) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mawrick 0 Posted August 3, 2011 To put it another way - have anyone else experienced this when lowering the car?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted August 3, 2011 Yeah it is possible it's upside down because that makes no difference to how it looks at the drop-link end. The *only* time I've seen an ARB hit a downpipe on the VR was because the ARB was upside down. When fitted to the car and jacked up, the arb where it passes under the exhaust should be well below the steering rack. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mawrick 0 Posted August 3, 2011 Alright - I'l have a look into that, as that's pretty much the only thing that makes sens it seem :) thnx again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mawrick 0 Posted September 1, 2011 I can (not so proudly) confirm that it's absolutely possible to put this bar in upside down....lol....... Much less "shivering" around the car now :) (even though it still does run "harder" than the VR6 in my old Passat (the C is coilpack and the passat is a dizzy) - have always been impressed with how smoooooooth the Passat engine runs.....:( Also my 06 Passat VR6 runs smooooooth compared to the C engine........ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
