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Old 11-08-2008, 01:44 AM
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they say you need to match swaybars for front to back in the sticky at the top of the suspension page. i was wondering if anybody knows a good sway combo to even out the front to back for the best cornering and handling?
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i have a ws6 bar up front which is a 32mm and a bmr 24mm in the rear.
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Originally Posted by jsteele90
i have a ws6 bar up front which is a 32mm and a bmr 24mm in the rear.
and your car is not oversteering ?
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Originally Posted by sixpack_2_go
they say you need to match swaybars for front to back in the sticky at the top of the suspension page. i was wondering if anybody knows a good sway combo to even out the front to back for the best cornering and handling?
Strano's hollow 35/22mm bars are a proven combination, I think the multiple wins he has with his own suspension speaks for itself.
But with that said if you are looking to improve handling and are still on stock shocks, those are the first things that need to go, they are by far the weakest link in this suspension for handling.
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A stock SS/WS6 32mm front bar makes the car feel pretty neutral with your stock 19mm rear bar and can be picked up for almost nothing. Before you do much more than that there are other areas that shoud be addressed first, namely shocks and if you want springs. You also want to address the crappy stock LCA bushings, I prefer to just keep the stock LCA's and get Moog solid bushings for them. After you get those basic areas under control then I'd look to replace the sway bars with a 35mm front 21mm rear (or hollow 22mm rear). That is a more than proven combo. The strano package is suppose to be a very well made option and will save you weight over packages that use solid bars. That is the sway bar kit that is on my list.
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Hotchkis front 36.5 mm bar with a 22 mm rear bar. Been running that for years. Takes corners flat and fast.




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