Well I finally got the car back together and all bolted up with the correct rear CV axle. Mike H got me all the parts in 3 days only to have to wait 3 weeks for the CV axle but thanks again Mike for the taking care of me so quickly. I took the time while I was under the car to adjust the rear sway-bar to the hardest setting to see if I notice a difference as I previously had it set to the softest position. I will give my driving impressions of the Apikol rear diff support as well as the stiffer sway-bar setting in a day or two. Not sure if the the Apikol cross member inserts will make a noticeable difference but I will let you know.

 

looks good bro

 

Damn, I love shiny stuff under the car. Looks awesome.

 

so purrrty!

 

First driving impressions are the the car has a nice firm feel to it but with no ill effects of increased vibrations which is very important as this is my daily driver. The shifts are more precise as well with no slop, as it almost feels to click into place as I am going through the gears. The adjustment of the rear sway bar was a big improvement as well as it really tightened up the rear end in cornering as I was not expecting such a difference. This was just from driving the car around to make sure everything was ok and not getting in to it to much but I did hit a few freeway banked on ramps and the car responded very well. I will get into a it a little more to give more feedback but my first impressions are that this would be a very good upgrade for those looking for increase handling with a solid feel and not just because you are replacing broken parts ......

It's also nice to look under the car every now and then and see some shiny stuff .........

 

One note (which you're probably aware of but which might point something out to someone else) - I recall reading at one point about a caution to not use the stiffest setting on the rear (might've been the H&R bar though) without triangulating subframe braces because the bars were known to crack the subframe. Do you have those, or was that in fact for a different, stiffer bar than the one you're running?

 

I did indeed read the same article you are referring to when I was doing my research on rear sway bars. I have the updated Neuspeed sway bar that included the subframe brackets so no worries but good looking out because as you mentioned there may be people that did not know that.

Dirty but works great .......

 

Just a few more pics .....

 

Im in love with your car.. =D

 

Shiny!

Looks great Fred. I'm glad you got this problem sorted out.

What does the exterior look like now? Still running the same wheels?