Front Coil overs

[Shadowbug]

torsions would act as anti-roll bars

[ricola]

If you left the centres of the leaves loose they would not be located laterally and move about. The seals at the end of the tubes are just grease seals and would not give any support.
You could just buy the link rods (a friend bought them on their own, not as a full kit)

Rich

[sub60]

Thanks Ricola, I'll email them and find out the cost to get to Australia. Would you consider the bar strong enough to cope with the race track? Mike

[ricola]

The only applications I personally know are friends running these bars in kit cars where the front end is significantly lighter than a beetle so I don't know how strong they are, probably best to ask Red9.
However, what is your ultimate aim, if it is to stiffen up the front end, why not just use softer springs while keeping the torsion leaves in place?
Rich

[speedy]

on my front end i used the original torsion leaves on the top and on the bottom arms i made some steel covers instead of the pressed tin ones on the torsion arms and ran a 14mm rod screwed on the ends between the two sides with nylock nuts .I felt happier doing it this way because all the weight of the front end of the car is still distributed between top and bottom arms as opposed to just the bottom arms on a red 9 kit . The big plus for me was i already had the coilovers so it cost me the price of a lenght of screwed bar,i custom made my steel covers but some large washers would work just as well
hope this is of some use
cheers jon

[vwbao]

Originally Posted by speedy

on my front end i used the original torsion leaves on the top and on the bottom arms i made some steel covers instead of the pressed tin ones on the torsion arms and ran a 14mm rod screwed on the ends between the two sides with nylock nuts .I felt happier doing it this way because all the weight of the front end of the car is still distributed between top and bottom arms as opposed to just the bottom arms on a red 9 kit . The big plus for me was i already had the coilovers so it cost me the price of a lenght of screwed bar,i custom made my steel covers but some large washers would work just as well
hope this is of some use
cheers jon

can you give us a step by step instruction and some pictures how you did it please mate.