Using stock 4kq front sway bar as a rear bar

[Mihnea Cotet]

>I was reading some postings in the archives about improving 4000q handling
>by mounting the stock front sway bar from a 4000q in the back to reduce body
>roll...
>
>I've seen Blau's bar and the price along with it.  Saving that $275 was
>motivation enough for me, so soon after I went to the pick n' pull and got a
>stock 4kq front bar and all the hardware for $10.

If you've seen Blau's bar, then you've prolly noted that their bar has 22mm
in diameter...a 4kq's bar has 26, which is too extreme and I won't be
surprised if your car were TOO tail happy!
You want to find a CGT front bar (22mm) and ditch the 26mm one, it's too big!!!

>My question now involves how exactly to mount the bar in the back. From what
>I gather, the front suspension is almost the same as the rear, so it should
>be relatively simple...

What I intend to do on my car ('85 coupe quattro, same chassis and
suspension as the 4kq) is to install a CGT front bar along with front
control arms from a CGT/4kq/cq but reversed. I'm not sure about how the
stock front brackets will fit the rear subframe but I think it'll be
okay...you want to install front control arms as these allow the swaybar's
ends to bolt perfectly to the control arms, which they don't do on stock
rear control arms....

>Another poster also recommended welding the bar to the rear of the
>car...This is a little too "final" for me to do right now, plus I don't know
>for sure that I'll like the way the bar will make the car handle.
>
>Any thoughts?

See above :)

HTH,

Mihnea