quick question about rear sway bar

[effect2g]

ive got the 19mm progress and the 17.5 4 way adjustable as well, which one should i use and how much should i sell the other for? i dont do autocrossing or anythign like that. ill probably eventually drop the car but as of right now all my money is going for speed.

[Kob]

DibS!!!

[PlastikAvenger]

fuck!!!.. i was gonna call dibs...

sorry i cant be of any help..but i wanna say that the 19mm might be a lil overkill for just street driving.....mayb someone more knowledgeable can help

[Kob]

I personally only have experience with the 17.5mm bar. I have run it at one set from full stiff and it's great for street driving and autocross.

I'd really love to know which bar is stiffer, the 19mm or the 17.5 on the stiffest set.

Supracharged loves his 19mm, and every other person I know loves it as well.

[AC66Bronco]

i believe seann's friend's subframe broke out from the stress of the 19

iirc

[Kob]

i believe seann's friend's subframe broke out from the stress of the 19

iirc

I've only heard of a problem on one persons car with this bar. I don't know how you can do an install wrong on it, but that's the only way I can see something like that happening.

The little endlinks or endlink to knuckle bracket would break long before the subframe. I'd like to see pictures of what happened.

--Adam

[The Shaolin]

http://forums.plastikracing.net/viewtop ... sc&start=0

[Kob]

Something in that thread we should be looking for?

I got the Moog endlinks for the race car, they look to be about 3x as thick as the stock ones, and also have grease fittings for the joints.

--Adam

[speedracer5057]

i have the 19 with a stock suspension on my DD and i love it. I wouldnt want anything smaller.

[The Shaolin]

[The Shaolin]

I posted it twice cause I'm hardcore like that.

[OakDog]

so what do homemade endlinks have to do with choosing between sway-bar sizes?

[speedracer5057]

thats a really crappy pic, i can hardly see anything.

[Kob]

Aren't the endlinks supposed to hang down from the bracket and the bar be below the sway bar brackets?

--Adam

[Plastic Fury]

[quote="adamkob32"]

i believe seann's friend's subframe broke out from the stress of the 19

iirc

I've only heard of a problem on one persons car with this bar. I don't know how you can do an install wrong on it, but that's the only way I can see something like that happening.

The little end]

I spoke to you before about Jon's car.

I need to find that pic, it's great. Broke that rear almost in half lol. Jon did not tell me when he installed the 19mm that he re-used the 17.5mm bushings from the previous bar, and did not modify them. After seeing the damage and then finding that out, I realized that the bushings were probably the cause. Clamping down those bushings on that bar was sooooooo amazingly tight (hell it broke under normal driving, he was just taking a turn under moderate speed when he felt it go). We fixed the bushing issue and Jon has had the bar on the car for over six months now (of course we welded steel plate on the new rear, just in case... the frame of the car would break before that thing now!!!!!) and have had no trouble what so ever.