S6 - Apikol rear sway bar, anyone got it?

[urS6Tom]

I'm thinking of getting the Apikol rear sway bar kit for my 1995 S6 Avant.

http://www.apikol.com/index.php/urs4-s6-rear-sway-bar-kit.html

I need to specify if it's got an OEM sway bar already fitted. I can't see one, but I'm not absolutely sure Can anyone post a pic of what I should be looking for? Is it a question of checking the build sticker? I don't think I have the 1BE suspension as an option.

Cheers,
Tom

[UrS4boy]

I'm thinking of getting the Apikol rear sway bar kit for my 1995 S6 Avant. I need to specify if it's got an OEM sway bar already fitted. I can't see one, but I'm not absolutely sure Can anyone post a pic of what I should be looking for? Is it a question of checking the build sticker? I don't think I have the 1BE suspension as an option. Cheers, Tom

No 1BE = standard 1BA suspension and no rear anti-sway bar.

Rear UrS Suspension info: http://forums.quattroworld.com/s4s6/msgs/38532.phtml

(From this live label UrS Chassis Map: http://members.shaw.ca/speedtek/UrS%...sis%20Map.html

[URSIMPO]

You probably do have one - I do.
Also, have you looked at 2bennet front top plates - they allow your camber to be brought back to factory spec with lower suspension

http://www.2bennett.com/body_camber.plates.html

Another mod is the V8 torsen diff - the whole lot bolts straight in. Would make your track warrior a lot better!

[merlin's S4]

You probably do have one - I do.
Also, have you looked at 2bennet front top plates - they allow your camber to be brought back to factory spec with lower suspension

http://www.2bennett.com/body_camber.plates.html

Or you could use the standard top mounts and modify them with a drill which will also bring the camber back to spec.

[Hammer786]

Quite fancy one of these beefed up anti roll bars. Checked the standard bar and it looks surprisingly thin.

Any idea what the diameter of the standard bar is?

[urS6Tom]

Just checked the build sticker and I do have 1BE.

Now the question is, is it worth paying $500+ for an uprated version?

Am planning to get new front top mounts as well but not convinced by 2B yet..

[JP]

I've got a stock rear sway bar on mine and its ok. The apikol one is arouns 6mm thicker iirc. A lot stiffer so a lot less wallowing on cornering.

As for the 2b top mounts I run those too and they give great adjustment. Although my car is sat so low that even they are on their limit.

[urS6Tom]

I've got a stock rear sway bar on mine and its ok. The apikol one is arouns 6mm thicker iirc. A lot stiffer so a lot less wallowing on cornering.

As for the 2b top mounts I run those too and they give great adjustment. Although my car is sat so low that even they are on their limit.

The only reason I haven't ordered the 2B top mounts is because I'm still considering going to coilovers. I live in Cornwall now so need to be able to adjust between stock and track height to make the car usable for what I want from it.

[philj]

Wonder if the doubling the up the rear roll bar trick works on a C4? Would be a cheap option.

[urs4guy]

I'm thinking of getting the Apikol rear sway bar kit for my 1995 S6 Avant.

http://www.apikol.com/index.php/urs4-s6-rear-sway-bar-kit.html

I need to specify if it's got an OEM sway bar already fitted. I can't see one, but I'm not absolutely sure Can anyone post a pic of what I should be looking for? Is it a question of checking the build sticker? I don't think I have the 1BE suspension as an option.

Cheers,
Tom

I think I'm fairly well qualified to answer this question as I am the first person to mount this bar on a urS-car almost 12 years ago or so. The Apikol design is from my HRSB 26mm bar. This is the single most important and significant mod anyone can do to a urS-car for the sake of handling and turn-in. If you already have the factory 17mm bar you're getting about 33lbs of anti-roll with that bar. The HRSB is good for 125, 140 or 155lbs of anti-roll depending on which of the 3 bar settings you use. If you have the factory bar installed the only part that doesn't carry over are the mounting plates which are the trapezoidal plates that have the 2 larger and 2 smaller in the upper right. I think they have a price differential for factory users.

These have been mounted on factory avants and 92 saloons with equal success. The difference is nothing short of astounding. I run full coil-overs and the 28mm front bar with slot car like cornering. If you do this mod you will not regret it.



Hap, wit dakine HRSB not from Evahboost, Maguire

[urS6Tom]

I think I'm fairly well qualified to answer this question as I am the first person to mount this bar on a urS-car almost 12 years ago or so. The Apikol design is from my HRSB 26mm bar. This is the single most important and significant mod anyone can do to a urS-car for the sake of handling and turn-in. If you already have the factory 17mm bar you're getting about 33lbs of anti-roll with that bar. The HRSB is good for 125, 140 or 155lbs of anti-roll depending on which of the 3 bar settings you use. If you have the factory bar installed the only part that doesn't carry over are the mounting plates which are the trapezoidal plates that have the 2 larger and 2 smaller in the upper right. I think they have a price differential for factory users.

These have been mounted on factory avants and 92 saloons with equal success. The difference is nothing short of astounding. I run full coil-overs and the 28mm front bar with slot car like cornering. If you do this mod you will not regret it.



Hap, wit dakine HRSB not from Evahboost, Maguire

Brilliant - thanks for that.. I'm getting one!

Which coilovers are you using? Are they adjustable?

Car looks great underneath btw

[urs4guy]

Brilliant - thanks for that.. I'm getting one!

Which coilovers are you using? Are they adjustable?

Car looks great underneath btw

Thanks Tom. I sent you a PM but for everyone else that coil-over system is NLA due to the untimely death of Dave Stone. There were only a handful made but IMHO it was the best ever available for our cars.

Hap, wit dakine suspended suspension not from Evahboost, Maguire

[Kliminati456]

I think I remember reading that the Apikol bar can be fitted to a 200 with a little modification...

can anyone confirm or deny that?

[philj]

The coilover kit sound interesting. Any more info on those? Spring ratings and lengths, details on dampers, where they off the shelf, custom valved etc.