john563

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So my car has weld drag ligjts and slinmies.in front..gonna replace wheels in spring...eventually do konis.....now my questions is....I have a spohn drag rear sway bar out back...can I add a front tubular one to balance it out or do I have to buy a matching pair

Midnight02

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Do you have the specs for the bar you have in the rear? As you attempt to determine what you have and how that would match up with what's available in the aftermarket, here's a breakdown from Strano's website on the stock front/rear bars compared to his:

Front bar comparison:
GM 30mm: Approximately 243 lbs/in
GM 32mm: Approximately 351 lbs/in
Strano 35mm hollow: Approximately 487 lbs/in

Rear bar comparison:
GM 19mm: Approximately 128 lbs/in
GM 21mm: Approximately 189 lbs/in
Strano Performance 22mm hollow: Approximately 228 lbs/in

For what it's worth, I ended up going with Strano's matched pair of hollow bars with the adjustable rear and I absolutely love them. Most will tell you to run a square wheel setup on all four, however I have a few sets of wheels I run. One of which is a set of staggered OEM C5 Z06 Speedlines, so it's nice to have the flexibility to make adjustments to the rear.

john563

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1. not sure what the size is...installed it like 8 years ago....might just go with stranos.matching pair....just thought it he easier if I could just get a front one to offset it

john563

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Any other opinions on what front sway bar I can put to off set the Rea drag bar to make it more for carving....or can I leave it and add good shocks

00PewterSS

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Without knowing the size of your rear bar or your spring rates hard to say. You have to take the car to it's limit to know where it needs help. I would just buy a 35mm hollow bar.

john563

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it's stock shocks and springs...so you think a front 35mm hollow will help

john563

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OK so found out on YouTube that the spohm rear anti roll drag bar is 1inch 5/16 in diameter..so Def won't flex but was wondering what size for front to best compliment this should I make turns

hokeplaya05

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IMO you should pull that rear spohn drag bar out and sell it and use that money towards a set of strano bars, and get a set shocks/springs to compliment the new bars, like the koni's you mention in the OP.

john563

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might do that if I can't find a front bar that work

00PewterSS

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I would agree. You can't really compliment that bar.... you would need a front bar larger than is available. A 35mm front alone will help (it won't hurt) and might be pretty good with that rear bar and stock alignment and suspension, but it could still oversteer at the static cornering limit (which it should do now). It depends on how all in you want to go, or you are just looking to head improvements in the right direction.

hokeplaya05

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there aren't any front sway bars available for these cars that will be big enough to compliment that size rear bar, the 35mm strano bar is a fraction of an inch bigger and you will end up with sporadic over steer because of that. you'll be best to cut your losses and sell that spohn bar and start over with new ones that compliment each other correctly

pretty much what pewterSS said above lol

Chris Paveglio

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That rear bar you have is way too big, you'll be all over the place in dangerous ways. Go with a stock 19 to start, then maybe move up to a 22 after you've learned how the handling is and feel it's not loose enough for you.