Dose a mk1 1996 punto have an anti roll bar? As im 95% shure I haven't come across 1 on mine even when I had the gear box out and boath struts off,

I had to look!

Porter manual shows front and rear ARBs on Mk1 Punto. Whether on all variants, GOK. But if there's a rear one, I can't see them not fitting a front one (oversteer city?).

I carnt even remember seeing 1on the back going to have to look underneath tomorrow, I have a strut brace if that counts

On the front it should be a curvy peice of spring steel bar running from one wishbone to the other, bolted onto the subframe.

low spec ones didnt have one

Rear one will run in parallel to the rear torsion bar.
front as fingers says should join to each side wishbone, i think you would be able to drop a gearbox without touching it as for the struts I'm not sure (the ARB would make life more difficult anyway)

dave said:

low spec ones didnt have one

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are you 100% sure? the only cars i've known not to have them (built since the 80s) have all been large 4x4s which need huge amounts of axle articulation for off road use.

I had an 86 coil sprung LandRover without anti roll bars and just going round a roundabout was a pretty scary feat

The smaller -- well, sub 1108, Cinqs din't have ARBs, nor do some Nobles, but that pretty much wraps it up for road going 2 wheel drive stuff of recent vintage I think.

But I really don't know about the Punto.

I have a '97 55sx and that doesn't have anti roll bars front or rear, as was mentioned above I think the earlier low spec ones don't have them. I also thought about adding them as it does have a tendency to feel very soft in corners. Need to get it running again first though.

Same as mine but 1996, the thort about an anti roll bar was because of a friend saying about it then it had me thinking.