what are the best sway bars???
11-21-2005, 01:39 PM
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They look plenty beefy, the 25 rear may be a bit
overkill for street but help out on the strip, does
not indicate whether they are hollow or solid so
expect solid (weight). Too much rear bar can
make for squirrely handling though.
Slightly more expensive but engineered for a pretty
good balance, is Strano's hollow set. This is about
the same weight overall as stock bars but larger
diameter. Well lighter than a solid bar set. I don't
feel a need to go any harder, like the way the car
drives with them.
Strano sells other stuff besides his hollow set, and
will talk with you about car & applications to get
you pointed where you want to go.
overkill for street but help out on the strip, does
not indicate whether they are hollow or solid so
expect solid (weight). Too much rear bar can
make for squirrely handling though.
Slightly more expensive but engineered for a pretty
good balance, is Strano's hollow set. This is about
the same weight overall as stock bars but larger
diameter. Well lighter than a solid bar set. I don't
feel a need to go any harder, like the way the car
drives with them.
Strano sells other stuff besides his hollow set, and
will talk with you about car & applications to get
you pointed where you want to go.
11-21-2005, 03:08 PM
#5
Jimmy pretty much hit the nail on the head....
This question was also posted elsewhere, and I had to be PC about my answer there. Here I don't have to pull my punches.
There are a lot of choices you could install. Some could be right, some wrong, some passable and so on. I can't know what's the best for you since I don't know the use of the car. If it's hanlding balance first and foremost, my bars should be at the top of the list to be considered. Again, I don't know that, but I'll assume it is.
I will say that a set like you linked to uses too large a rear bar. And ST are not the only ones who do. I'd steer well clear of any 25mm rear bars......
It's my opinion that the front bar on the car should be large, as in larger than 32, and if you ask pretty much anyone who's run both you'll get as close to unanimous thinking as you'll ever get on anything.
The issue is the easily found/cheapest bars either use nicely sized rear, but too small of a front bar. OR they use a nice front, with too big a rear bar. I was fed up with having to mix and match to get what I needed for the balance and handling I wanted. And, for that matter, with the extra weight of solid bars which helps not a lick. So we have our own built to fix both the weight issues and the sizing issues front vs. rear.
We make 35/22mm bars, both of which are hollow. Only Hotchkis makes hollow bars for both ends other than ours (and I sell those as well as ST, Addco and SLP's too), but Hotchkis uses a 25mm rear bar, which is too much.
Are my bars cheapest? No. But hollow tubing costs more to bend (and buy), and if you compare the way the bars were R&D'ed, and what they are... I think you'll find it money worth spending. And if you don't, we carry all those other brands at competitive prices as well so we can best serve the customer.
This question was also posted elsewhere, and I had to be PC about my answer there. Here I don't have to pull my punches.
There are a lot of choices you could install. Some could be right, some wrong, some passable and so on. I can't know what's the best for you since I don't know the use of the car. If it's hanlding balance first and foremost, my bars should be at the top of the list to be considered. Again, I don't know that, but I'll assume it is.
I will say that a set like you linked to uses too large a rear bar. And ST are not the only ones who do. I'd steer well clear of any 25mm rear bars......
It's my opinion that the front bar on the car should be large, as in larger than 32, and if you ask pretty much anyone who's run both you'll get as close to unanimous thinking as you'll ever get on anything.
The issue is the easily found/cheapest bars either use nicely sized rear, but too small of a front bar. OR they use a nice front, with too big a rear bar. I was fed up with having to mix and match to get what I needed for the balance and handling I wanted. And, for that matter, with the extra weight of solid bars which helps not a lick. So we have our own built to fix both the weight issues and the sizing issues front vs. rear.
We make 35/22mm bars, both of which are hollow. Only Hotchkis makes hollow bars for both ends other than ours (and I sell those as well as ST, Addco and SLP's too), but Hotchkis uses a 25mm rear bar, which is too much.
Are my bars cheapest? No. But hollow tubing costs more to bend (and buy), and if you compare the way the bars were R&D'ed, and what they are... I think you'll find it money worth spending. And if you don't, we carry all those other brands at competitive prices as well so we can best serve the customer.
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