I'm trying to do something for the cornering on my 06 Monte ss. I'm trying to find sway bars, strut tower braces, trailing arms, control arms. Anything and everything. So what's a good site. I saw some on zzp performance but I'm not sure I they will work on an 06 did they change the suspension at all from 05?

 

go to the recent thread don romes stb bars. theres a group buy and you can still get in on it.

 

Thanks, any idea on the sway bars

 

i know for sure that the monte carlos come with them stock on the back wheels, idk about the front

 

Yea stock front and rear. You can get larger ones, but I would get the stb's first.

 

I don't believe that there are larger sways available. We already have the equivalent of the GMPP sways (solid 34/18mm).

 

Addco makes a 22mm rear. No idea on the part number. Looks like this is it.

Addco 7/8" Sway Bar Part #639

Can change the end links and bushings to poly. That would stiffen it up without much cost.

 

http://addco.net/

 

1.25 inch front would be 31.75 mm. Smaller than stock there.

 

Eventually I will get some poly bushings for the front stabilizer bar. I don't think I would want to stiffen up the back anymore than it is...these cars have a tendancy to swing the rear if you aren't too careful.

BTW I have Energy Suspension poly endlink bushings I picked up at Advance Auto for real cheap. Was a definately a nice little upgrade.

 

I wouldn't waste my time with a front STB, unless you want it for cosmetic reasons. It's well known that the stiffest part of the W-body is at the firewall/strut tower area. No one has shown real-world proof that it does anything to help with handling. The rear STB on the other hand, has been shown to improve handling by making it a bit more neutral under hard cornering due to the light ***-end on all W-bodies.

That being said, I run the BMR front STB on my 97' GTP but more for looks than any measurable handling improvement.

 

I agree 100%. The firewall has always tied the struts together just fine. Although back in the day, a convertable cutlass supreme for example needed an fstb....plus some reinforcement at the radiator and frame rail reinforcement.