32mm sway bar installed!!

[Firebirdedgar]

woow what an improvement. 32mm s.b. and polyurathane bushings and endlinks. worth my 65$ spent. althoug i feel slightly more body roll when i makel eft turns... is that usual or di i under tighten/overtighten something?
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i know... the endlinks are upside down

[5_spd_pewter_v6]

Re: 32mm sway bar installed!!

i have the same sway bar and i don't have a difference in body roll from L to R. don't know why that would happen, maybe check the torques on everything? maybe worn out springs or shocks?

[Daviselk]

Re: 32mm sway bar installed!!

how much of a diffrence did this make for you?
i dont want to buy springs or anything like that untill i get rims... but i wasnt sure if buying a new sway bar would be worth it

[notsonic]

Re: 32mm sway bar installed!!

i added a 32mm bar and saw body roll almost go away. (since thats kinda their purpose.)

unless you mean your car rolls less than before but it rolls more when making a left vs making a right.

did you tighten the endlinks while the front suspension was under load? its possible that could be your problem.

[matt3989]

Re: 32mm sway bar installed!!

what size rear bar are you guys using with the 32?

[notsonic]

Re: 32mm sway bar installed!!

im still using the stock 3.4 rear bar (which i believe is 17mm. the 3.8 is 15mm iirc.)

its not terrible but i am having rear traction issues, especially in the rain.

i just cant find a good deal on a 19mm or 21mm bar.

[kelso gringo]

Re: 32mm sway bar installed!!

Seems like a good investment. Where did you get the sway bar for $65?

[V6Bob]

Re: 32mm sway bar installed!!

im still using the stock 3.4 rear bar (which i believe is 17mm. the 3.8 is 15mm iirc.)

its not terrible but i am having rear traction issues, especially in the rain.

i just cant find a good deal on a 19mm or 21mm bar.

If you're having rear traction problems now, installing a bigger rear bar will make them much worse. A bigger rear bar reduces rear traction. The jumps of 2mm are relatively large on the rear.

[tbird31]

Re: 32mm sway bar installed!!

i have the 32/21mm setup from a WS.6 on my car...that along with the springs and shocks...wow...i freaking LOVE it!

definately the sway bars are a great mod if you want little to no body roll!

[notsonic]

Re: 32mm sway bar installed!!

i dont really know what the effect of the rear sway is on the suspension to be honest.

but i wasnt sure if it would help or hurt my problem. but i wasnt really expecting it to solve it. im getting the bmr lca relocation brackets which should do the trick. (since the problem appeared after lowering.)

[V6Bob]

Re: 32mm sway bar installed!!

i have the 32/21mm setup from a WS.6 on my car...that along with the springs and shocks...wow...i freaking LOVE it!

definately the sway bars are a great mod if you want little to no body roll!

The WS6 setup is actually 32/19. Those are someones idea of custom bars. On WS6 springs, they might be OK but GM's 32/19 would be better.

The rear bar doesn't reduce roll significantly. It's a suspension tuning device. It increases front traction and reduces rear.

[tbird31]

Re: 32mm sway bar installed!!

The WS6 setup is actually 32/19. Those are someones idea of custom bars. On WS6 springs, they might be OK but GM's 32/19 would be better.

The rear bar doesn't reduce roll significantly. It's a suspension tuning device. It increases front traction and reduces rear.

yah my bad, i ment 32/19...

and i've got aftermarket springs/shocks/struts...so it corners like nuts.

[Firebirdedgar]

Re: 32mm sway bar installed!!

Seems like a good investment. Where did you get the sway bar for $65?

i got the bar off of this
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-G...spagenameZWD1V
and the bushings (energy supension) from autozone for 15$
the 2 7/8 endlinks (energy suspension) from autozone for 10$

[5_spd_pewter_v6]

Re: 32mm sway bar installed!!

I have the 32mm BMR (f) and 21mm (r) BMR sway bars. When I was figuring out what I wanted a long time ago v6Bob said the same kind of things, and I listened to some of them. I got ws6 rims too. I did that trying to make it more stable because v6Bob said that the 21mm was too thick for our cars. I love the way my car handles with the way I have it. If I go around a corner and try to make the back end step out it does smoothly and predictibly. I feel that my car handles very well and would recommend the setup. But without the wider tires I can't say either way. I would listen to v6Bob, the suspension threads I've read with him in them show he knows what he's talking about.

[youngsc]

Re: 32mm sway bar installed!!

:bowdown: all hail V6Bob :bowdown: