Whiteline Rear ARB - Fitting to a 1.9 Scout ;)

[Decron]

UPDATE

The rattle I pointed out was getting worse and despite me checking the bar over an over I could really find no play in it

I decide to take the whole thing apart and check for wear and play properly. I was also intending on making a solid steel link replacing the poly link setup for something rigid and non rattly!

This is what it looked like 6 months and 15k ago



This is what it looks like now...



Frankly I am shocked at how quck the bar has degraded. Ther jabba bar didn't look half this bad after 50k....

Anyhow back to the rattle. I got someone to rock the car while I took a good look at it and found the play on the box section where it connects to the shock bottom via the exisiting bolt. Now take a look at this;



You will notice that the arrowed hole is bigger than the one above it. This is to allow a little play in the assembly to let you get an angle putting the long shock bolt back in and this is what cause the play, not only did it have play itself but it meant that despite my best efforts to do the bolt up as required it ment it wasn't tight enough to pinch the sides of the shock bush and there was a little play in this too. Luckly there was no adverse wear to the shock, bolt or box sections so I replaced it with and extra washer and packed all the bolts/bushes with some nice bright red synthetic grease I have just aquired. I then pinched it up good. It lined up better and seemed to be all good. The washer I added should come with the kit, without it the bolt can't spread the force over the hole effectively. If anyone is going to fit a Whiteline bar then they need to bear this in mind. I would look at the Eibach one as it's only
£20-30 more and doesn't have these stupid linkages. Hopefully the fitting directions are better too...

However all this said the result is great, quiet as a mouse and handles much, much better than standard with a nice neutral balance and direct steering. Whatever bar you do go for, you won't regret fitting it

[skisbp]

Originally Posted by Decron

Frankly I am shocked at how quick the bar has degraded. The Jabba bar didn't look half this bad after 50k....
I would look at the Eibach one as it's only
£20-30 more and doesn't have these stupid linkages. Hopefully the fitting directions are better too...
Whatever bar you do go for, you won't regret fitting it

Seems you get what you pay for...

[Decron]

Originally Posted by skisbp

Seems you get what you pay for...

Well, funny you should say that...

I got a PM earlier this week from Whiteline (Or reps of Whiteline in this country) who had seen my posts and were concerned. They basically said they had some issues with powder coating and in short they wanted to give me a new bar FOC.

I sent them my details and it turned up thursday. They don't even want the old one back!

That is quite simply some of the best customer service I have ever received, in fact I don't think I have ever received proactive service like it before. I won't hesitate to consider Whiteline products in the futre if they have backup like that.

I am well impressed.

[mdk1]

That's nice to hear, is it made any better? and does it fitt better?

[Decron]

Originally Posted by mdk1

That's nice to hear, is it made any better? and does it fitt better?

No idea, it's not out of the box yet!

I now have the original fitting sweet as a nut now so I am going to wait till I have the thw time spare.

[skisbp]

Very impressive indeed!!!