MK2 Golf - I’ve currently got the wheels off the car and both steering arm tie rods off the car. Then today noticed that the anti roll bar was extremely close if not touching the body of the underside of the car. NOTE: the car has a thick layer of under seal, maybe 2-4mm, so this also may play a part. The antiroll bar moves freely (I’ve taken the endlinks off) but is there something wrong with the positioning here? As far as I can tell there are just a few bolts that hold the whole subframe on, in terms of being able to “adjust it”. Challenging to take a decent photograph, hopefully these will demonstrate. Thanks all. Any photos of your cars antiroll bars would also be interesting. As far as I’m aware the subframe is a stock MK2 that’s been sprayed in an awful yellow. I’m also not sure why the antiroll bar is blue either…
P.S. these are wide track wishbones, does that mean a different ARB is required for fitting given the extra length? This is what came on the car and I’ve only noticed because the previous owner put the bones on the wrong sides and I’m swapping them now!
Could be the bushes are worn or they were replaced with ones that were too big ,sorry but don't remember the size of the swaybar .
Just manual steering rack here which is nice as I prefer that on this car for sure. It’s definitely not close to the rack!
to my eye that does look upside down, but I've only messed with 4 stud stuff personally so you'll want to get confirmed by someone who has
Okay I think that it’s in the correct position, if it was upside down then I imagine that the curve at the end would be the opposite direction therefore pushing the bar upwards and getting very close to the steering tie rods?…
the angle of the drop links makes me think its upside down as well, the tie rods go into the top of the bearing carriers so plenty of room for those
Thanks for chiming in! I haven’t tightened the strut nuts at the top of the suspension struts just yet and the arms are fully lowered. I’m not sure on clearance but we will see. I’ve decided to order a brand new subframe anyway, so she’s gonna get some new bits and an excuse to swap it if needed. It’s a shame you need to drop it to swap the swap bar regardless!
