Anti-Roll Bar Questions

Started by trippytipo, November 13, 2012, 09:01:09 AM

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trippytipo

Has anyone ever fitted GTA anti-roll bars (both front and back) to their 156 2.5 V6?

As the front anti-roll bar will be out when I upgrade to the Q2 diff, I was wondering if this was a worthwhile upgrade. I'm not keen on going after-market (i.e. Eibach) as I feel that this would be a bit of an overkill for the 156 2.5 V6 and would also keep the car as close as possible to its original stock form.

Would like to hear some experiences and opinions - thanks!
2001 Alfa Romeo 156 V6 2.5 Monza

"There is no beauty which hath not some strangeness about its proportions."
- Sir Francis Bacon

L4OMEO

Hey

I fitted the Eibach front and rear ARBs to my 156 2.5 V6 and felt they were a very worthwhile upgrade with a noticeable decrease in body roll. The difference between the Eibach setup and GTA isn't great, you'd struggle to tell the difference.

My question is - why is the front ARB coming out to install the Q2? This isn't at all necessary, unless you have other work planned? If the original does have to come out then this is absolutely the right time to replace it (or at the very least, check and replace (if necessary) the ARB bushes as you don't want to do this job independently - it's nasty!)

Cheers
Rory
2002 156 GTA