Lower Intercooler Pipe install ends in tears

[No457 Snowy]

Just a heads-up to anyone else who has the S3 style (KW) front anti-sway bar and is thinking of doing the Neuspeed Lower Intercooler pipe mod. These two items don't play well together.

Got mine installed, took it for a test run and went...."hmmm......that's a new noise!"

Pulled back into the garage, had a look, and promptly uninstalled it.

Disapointed, but you get that!, So, anyone who wants this pipe cheap, it has a bit of a flesh wound but there's no hole in it, PM me if anyone interested.









Snowy.

[shami]

Unlucky snowy,

So is it scraping against the sway bar??

[No457 Snowy]

Unlucky snowy,

So is it scraping against the sway bar??

Yep, it's hitting the pivot joint. It's a totally different setup to stock so it's not a problem with the Neuspeed pipe at all.


Snowy.

[DIDZ]

Crap man, sad to hear.

I'm looking to put mine in sometime soon in the next fortnight.. hope I don't have the same issues.

[No457 Snowy]

Didz, if your car has a stock sway-bar you'll be fine, it's just that the type I have (KW) is a quite different setup and Neuspeed can't help that.

It was a PITA having to do the job twice in one afternoon, along with the disapointment that there was a compatibility issue. I had sweat pi$$ing out of me, took several beers to get back to normal.

Snowy.

[No457 Snowy]

Ok, I came up with an idea I'm going to try. I'll try making up a little bracket to move the attachment point of the pipe over about 10-15mm. Hopefully this will give me the clearance I need, as long as it doesn't then start rubbing against the plastic liner behind it. .

Wish me luck

Snowy.

[SoVeReIgN]

Is the bar you have on very different to any other bar (Whiteline / H&R / Neuspeed) ??

I wonder if i'll have a similar problem with my whiteline bar.

[No457 Snowy]

Not sure about the other bars, you'll have to try it mate. I guess Neuspeed make these pipes to fit on a stock vehicle without taking into account different types of bar setups.

The KW is probably different to most of the other Mk4 bars out there, most of the others are similar to stock with bigger hoops to clear the driveshaft, I know the Whiteline runs underneath the driveshaft but not sure on the attachment method.

I guess everyone can be aware and make sure they check this out now, before they drive thier vehicle too far after the install.

Snowy.

[99gti]

Soverign, I have the whiteline sway bar and I get a slight squeak but I'm also suspecting that's because my car is tooo low. I'm fixing this with coilovahs!!!

[99gti]

Actually - I think I now know what the cause is of mine. It's squeaking on the drivers side and my control arm bushing is stuffed. It only squeaks when I accelerate (the bushing isn't holding back the drive shaft enough. Hopefully new bushings will sort this out.

[99gti]

How did everyone else go with their instaltion?

[No457 Snowy]

Back to the drawing board for me, I'm still coming up with plan C. (Feel a bit like Wiley Coyote now).

Snowy.

[99gti]

Snowy - I noticed you links for you sway bar go up instead of down?!? What do they link to?

Another posible solution may be the whiteline link adaptors. They go down back to whgere the original ones link to. My sway bar looks similar to yours in the fact it goes under the drive shaft rather than over. Would that possible help. I'll find the link for you on whitelines website.

[99gti]

On second thoughts, they only make one for the rear and not the front

[No457 Snowy]

Snowy - I noticed you links for you sway bar go up instead of down?!? What do they link to?

They connect onto a mounting point on the coilover shaft. See the KW strut below, it has a mounting tab sticking out. The link rods from the KW sway bar bolt to these points.

http://www.kw-suspension.com/en/30_Products/20_KW_Coilovers/20_Variant_2/index.php

Snowy.