Smoke Em

i am looking to do some relatively cheap suspension mods to my bolt on 95 z28. the car already has UMI strut tower brace as well as UMI rear sway bar.
right now im just looking to do some mods to help it ride and handle better, i was thinking next i should do a panhard bar?

please let me know what you think i should do next.
thanks

bigj2717

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For ride and handling the panhard bar wont help but you willl need an adj if you lower the car. Shocks and springs will help the most. If its more of a track car and you're looking to hook up go with a torque arm and lower control arms and maybe subframe connectors

xXxSilveradoxXx

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Look at front sway bars.

99FormulaM6r

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What size is the rear sway? If it's a drag bar, it's going to adversely affect handling, especially if you're NOT drag racing, lol.

Otherwise, yeah, shocks/sways are going to make a lot bigger difference than a PHB, STB, and having an unbalanced set of sways.

Smoke Em

its not a drag bar, im pretty sure its a 22mm.
what is the factory size of the front sway bar?

99FormulaM6r

iTrader: (2)

30mm on a Z28. The balance still isn't that good there (30/22). For a 22 a 35 is recommended I believe.

But yeah, a front bar and shocks will make a big difference.

So, you're just looking for cornering/street manners? What do you do with the car?

JD_AMG

Your car should have a 30mm front bar (the SS/WS6 cars got the 32mm bar). Your setup right now is very very rear biased, go with a 35mm front to match from either UMI or Strano (stranos are hollow and will save you a good bit of weight).
edit: and for further improved handling and especially ride get some good shocks, not cheap over the counter replacements.

SexyTransAm

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Sfc!!!

Smoke Em

should i change it back to the stock rear sway bar? what size is the stock rear?

the car is mostly a street car with a few trips to the strip

99FormulaM6r

iTrader: (2)

If you already have a good rear bar, might as well get a good front bar! Front bar's wont necessarily help with drag racing, but if you're not at the track primarily, it's worth it IMO.Koni 4/4's would probably be a good pick if you can afford them, that way you can adjust the shocks between street/strip.

Good sways/shocks will go a long ways!

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Hello
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