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Re: Thinking about adding a rear sway bar...your thoughts
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Re: Thinking about adding a rear sway bar...your thoughts
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Re: Thinking about adding a rear sway bar...your thoughts
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12/31/09 12:19 AM
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Its the way the Firm Feel bar mounts that got my interest initally. Their website also states that it will clear caltracks and I may want to add those in the future.
I just showed pictures. You make the decision. There are pluses and minuses to each (excluding the Addco). Certain cars and what the buyers want to do with the cars will dictate choice.
The over the axle is a clean looking setup for sure.
The over the axle type does have the possibility to interfere with exhaust routing. More so if it's large pipe. I think you could see the possible critical areas from the pictures and get a good idea if there will be a problem. Tough for a manufacturer to predict custom hand built exhaust work. I think that's why most companies are afraid to build them that way. That and the installation is more involved since you have to unbolt the axle to switch shock plates. And it might be tough to thread the sway bar in the exhaust hooked up.
Also if you move the springs inward it's not going to work.
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Re: Thinking about adding a rear sway bar...your thoughts
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01/22/10 01:11 PM
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hmmm, now I don't know if I want to install my XV setup on my Charger... (they use the addco bar) 
I run an addco in two of my cars. It gets the job done. It just doesn't have the features as the others. You have to put some care and thought to mounting the frame brackets.
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Re: Thinking about adding a rear sway bar...your thoughts
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01/22/10 01:20 PM
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The over the axle type does have the possibility to interfere with exhaust routing. More so if it's large pipe.
This is the only issue I had with the firm feel rear bar on my E body. The car got a stroked hemi and I was hoping to go 2.5" pipes over the axles mimimum, but with the cars low stance and the firm feel bar, I ended up with 2.25" pipes, plus some fancy bends.... Other than that, no problems with the install and extremely high quality hardware
Glenn
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Re: Thinking about adding a rear sway bar...your thoughts
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hmmm, now I don't know if I want to install my XV setup on my Charger... (they use the addco bar)
I run an addco in two of my cars. It gets the job done. It just doesn't have the features as the others. You have to put some care and thought to mounting the frame brackets.
+ the package is all designed to work together so I guess i don't want to monkey around with just part of it. I am planning on having my welder weld that bracket to the frame rail, anything wrong with that?
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Re: Thinking about adding a rear sway bar...your thoughts
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01/24/10 10:18 PM
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instead of adding a rear sway bar
it is usually better to decrease the front bar diameter and/or go to softer springs in the front
Go less than stock front springs? Like /6 T-bars or 440 to 318 T-bars?
Then that just reduces front roll rate, transfers more load to the outside tire, and causes the outside tire to drastically lose camber and grip.
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Re: Thinking about adding a rear sway bar...your thoughts
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can I use the addco front bar with a firm feel rear bar without any negative effects? I already have the addco 1 1/8 bar. If it works out, what size best compliments this? thanks!
-kevin
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Re: Thinking about adding a rear sway bar...your thoughts
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can I use the addco front bar with a firm feel rear bar without any negative effects? I already have the addco 1 1/8 bar. If it works out, what size best compliments this? thanks!
-kevin
You'll be fine. Firm Feel bars front bars are 1 1/8 also.
If you are really trying to dial in your front and rear balance you'll need a adjustable rear bar. There are too many variable to get it absolutely perfect. And driver preference and driving style is on of the big variables a manufactuer can't predict.
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