So, I'm just about to get the ARB's fitted, and have been looking back at comments on here, and also reviews at the time, both written and courtesy of our friends Clarkson and Needell.
I don't really see any feedback from them on the handling needing work, or the body rolling too much, in fact from those two particularly, they are generally very positive indeed.
So my general chatting point is, have the expectations of handling moved on in 10 years, or are the majority of MC owners, looking for something that looks like an MC but drives like something else(take your pick here) and then do whatever they can to achieve that.
The MC was never going to come stock with adjustable suspension, but it could easily have come with thinker ARB's, perhaps even at the time the engine was changed over and various other things refreshed.
They add virtually no cost, so why wouldn't they have done this - it frequently happens with refreshes of various hot hatches.
I've just gone out for a burn and tbh, I'm tempted to cancel the fitting as although it's a bit bouncy, that does have the effect of keeping me under a certain speed which is no bad thing and is I'd say, capable enough for my skill level.
I say all this as a non-tracker, who loves speed, but is never going to go through the expense and work of transforming the car, even though it's clear that's possible.
Hopefully this isn't the dullest thread of the month, but I wanna talk about it so here it is.
Maybe I'll post some boobs up later to compensate ;-)
I don't really see any feedback from them on the handling needing work, or the body rolling too much, in fact from those two particularly, they are generally very positive indeed.
So my general chatting point is, have the expectations of handling moved on in 10 years, or are the majority of MC owners, looking for something that looks like an MC but drives like something else(take your pick here) and then do whatever they can to achieve that.
The MC was never going to come stock with adjustable suspension, but it could easily have come with thinker ARB's, perhaps even at the time the engine was changed over and various other things refreshed.
They add virtually no cost, so why wouldn't they have done this - it frequently happens with refreshes of various hot hatches.
I've just gone out for a burn and tbh, I'm tempted to cancel the fitting as although it's a bit bouncy, that does have the effect of keeping me under a certain speed which is no bad thing and is I'd say, capable enough for my skill level.
I say all this as a non-tracker, who loves speed, but is never going to go through the expense and work of transforming the car, even though it's clear that's possible.
Hopefully this isn't the dullest thread of the month, but I wanna talk about it so here it is.
Maybe I'll post some boobs up later to compensate ;-)
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