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As you know I have fitted the Neuspeed 19mm Adjustable A4Q/S4 rear anti roll bar to my Avant. I have finally got round to gettin gthe pics sorted out of the setup.
The kit comes with the bar, two big reinforcement brackets, poly bushes and all the fixings.
The reinforcement brackets are a strange looking bit of kit and it's not easy to visualise how they fit.
One thing I will say is that the instructions are not brilliant but once you got the car in the air it's fairly easy to work out what goes where.
It's difficult to describe how the brackets fit but hopefully the following pics should help.
The brackets bolt to holes that are in the subframe already (not sure why Audi put them in but it works) and to the rear ARB mounting holes.
It's clear why this is needed when you look at the standard ARB mounting points. They are literally flat plates that protrude from the bottom of the subframe. After much investigation on the web it seems common that on A4Q/S4s these can crack or even snap off when bigger rear ARB's are used.
The tube on them bolts from the subframe side to a third hole on the ARB mount side to form a rigid triangle.
Once it's in you get a much stronger rear mount for the ARB.
The bar itself fits in exactly the same way as the normal S2 (or RS2) bar. It has two holes at the end where the droplink bolts on so you can have it at soft or hard setting. I'm using the soft setting at the moment but will switch to hard when I've got used to how it handles.
My only concern at the moment is the drop links. I've fitted RS2 ones with the new bar but am getting some CPP rose jointed ones as they are a lot stronger.
As for improvements in handling, the car is much flatter around bends and has a lot less understeer. There is a tendency to oversteer more so I've had to adjust my driving style a little.
It is also more likely to snap away if you let of the power while cornering. I've not experienced this yet but Jason took it for a test drive when he fitted it and had it sideways round a roundabout. He does drive it even harder than I do though
I looked at several different A4Q/S4 rear ARB's before choosing the Neuspeed. You can get sizes between 17mm (Quattro GMBH) and 22mm (Intrax) but the Neuspeed came out as IMHO the better on price by a very long way and the fact they supply brackets to reinforce it.
Price wise it isn't too bad. I got it from Awesome GTi Store (only official Neuspeed importer in the UK) for £215 all in. The bar is £185+VAT but they gave me free shipping as I'm in the trade. Well below the £300 that MartynF is adament that I paid
I can't fault Awesome GTi's service either. I phoned them to order it and they said it would be 4-6 weeks to come from the US. In actual fact it turned up at 2 o'clock the next day!! Previously one of my work mates ordered a badge late on a Friday afternoon and it arrived Saturday morning.
Links:
Neuspeed
Awesome GTi Store
Ben
The kit comes with the bar, two big reinforcement brackets, poly bushes and all the fixings.
The reinforcement brackets are a strange looking bit of kit and it's not easy to visualise how they fit.
One thing I will say is that the instructions are not brilliant but once you got the car in the air it's fairly easy to work out what goes where.
It's difficult to describe how the brackets fit but hopefully the following pics should help.
The brackets bolt to holes that are in the subframe already (not sure why Audi put them in but it works) and to the rear ARB mounting holes.
It's clear why this is needed when you look at the standard ARB mounting points. They are literally flat plates that protrude from the bottom of the subframe. After much investigation on the web it seems common that on A4Q/S4s these can crack or even snap off when bigger rear ARB's are used.
The tube on them bolts from the subframe side to a third hole on the ARB mount side to form a rigid triangle.
Once it's in you get a much stronger rear mount for the ARB.
The bar itself fits in exactly the same way as the normal S2 (or RS2) bar. It has two holes at the end where the droplink bolts on so you can have it at soft or hard setting. I'm using the soft setting at the moment but will switch to hard when I've got used to how it handles.
My only concern at the moment is the drop links. I've fitted RS2 ones with the new bar but am getting some CPP rose jointed ones as they are a lot stronger.
As for improvements in handling, the car is much flatter around bends and has a lot less understeer. There is a tendency to oversteer more so I've had to adjust my driving style a little.
It is also more likely to snap away if you let of the power while cornering. I've not experienced this yet but Jason took it for a test drive when he fitted it and had it sideways round a roundabout. He does drive it even harder than I do though
I looked at several different A4Q/S4 rear ARB's before choosing the Neuspeed. You can get sizes between 17mm (Quattro GMBH) and 22mm (Intrax) but the Neuspeed came out as IMHO the better on price by a very long way and the fact they supply brackets to reinforce it.
Price wise it isn't too bad. I got it from Awesome GTi Store (only official Neuspeed importer in the UK) for £215 all in. The bar is £185+VAT but they gave me free shipping as I'm in the trade. Well below the £300 that MartynF is adament that I paid
I can't fault Awesome GTi's service either. I phoned them to order it and they said it would be 4-6 weeks to come from the US. In actual fact it turned up at 2 o'clock the next day!! Previously one of my work mates ordered a badge late on a Friday afternoon and it arrived Saturday morning.
Links:
Neuspeed
Awesome GTi Store
Ben
I will get round to letting it loose on track properly at some point. Hopefully I'll have the full 3" exhaust and separate wastegate pipe on by then as well so I can make as much racket as you did. I've been wondering whether we should try and organise an S2 track day. Mallory Park is just down the road from me so I'll try and get some info on prices to hire the track.
Last time I let her drive it she hit the red line in first on a stone cold engine. Her excuse was that her KA doesn't need to warm up as it doesn't have a temp. gauge 
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