sway bar help!!!

[gheron]

long story short, sway bar hits axle attempted to shorten my endlinks with no success at this point im just mad at the car so im letting it sit for a while, am i on the right path with shortening the endlinks or should i make them longer? there are mixed opinions on this so at this point im not sure.

[slhazy]

Re: sway bar help!!!

cut out sway bar

[tirerub]

Re: sway bar help!!!

Hotchkis under the axel handling improved a ton

[CGDoig]

Re: sway bar help!!!

Cut it out.

[MechEngg]

Re: sway bar help!!!

I definitely wouldn't make them shorter...longer may help a very tiny amount but if you make them too long they will actually start rubbing again, ask me how i know that. They will start rubbing on the front section of the sway instead of the upper loop. You can make them maybe an inch longer but after that it starts to actually hurt it.

I would vote for hotchkis or h-sport as they are also referred to as, or whiteline, for an under the axle sway bar. I sold my whiteline front sway bar a while ago when i made my decision to go air.

[btimbit]

Re: sway bar help!!!

hotchkis or just cut it out

[gheron]

Re: sway bar help!!!

any one local carry hotchkis sways? if not does anyone have a sawzall i can borrow for a day so i can cut it out till the bar gets shipped?

[Slamtastic]

Re: sway bar help!!!

Angle grinder is mych easier to cut it with. You'll be there all day with a sawzall and go through many blades. Takes about 10 min with a grinder.

[gheron]

Re: sway bar help!!!

okay.. any one have a angle grinder i can borrow?

[btimbit]

Re: sway bar help!!!

I got one laying around you can borrow, might need a new wheel though

[TheDiggler]

Re: sway bar help!!!

If you are not going to go air ride low H&R also makes sway bars that have a larger "hoop" for lack of a better term.. that goes over the axle. That's what I am currently using and I have had absolutely no issues whatsoever. With no sway bar my car was awful to drive - I would not recommend doing that at all the cars handling is just terrible without it.

[jaysleeves]

Re: sway bar help!!!

If you are not going to go air ride low H&R also makes sway bars that have a larger "hoop" for lack of a better term.. that goes over the axle. That's what I am currently using and I have had absolutely no issues whatsoever. With no sway bar my car was awful to drive - I would not recommend doing that at all the cars handling is just terrible without it.

Depends on your coilovers. Mines cut out and I don't notice at all.

[btimbit]

Re: sway bar help!!!

Also had absolutely no difference with it cut

[tirerub]

Re: sway bar help!!!

No matter what you do up front, add a big rear bar. I love having a fwd mkiv that oversteers a touch when pushed.

[MechEngg]

Re: sway bar help!!!

It doesn't depend on your coilovers, you WILL have more body roll without a front sway bar, that is just facts of life. Now whether or not you pay close enough attention to notice it or not is a different story.