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: Addco Front Sway bar is thicker now


Knuckles
11-11-2009, 03:27 PM
Hey guys just wondering if anyone has ordered Addco sway bars lately? Just ordered mine yesterday and the guy told me that the front is now 1.375" instead of 1.25". I wonder why they changed the size of it?

cmn1
11-11-2009, 03:54 PM
Hey guys just wondering if anyone has ordered Addco sway bars lately? Just ordered mine yesterday and the guy told me that the front is now 1.375" instead of 1.25". I wonder why they changed the size of it?

You going on a road course? Only way to find out if there is a difference. Flooring it in a straight line won't prove anything.

Knuckles
11-11-2009, 03:55 PM
You going on a road course? Only way to find out if there is a difference. Flooring it in a straight line won't prove anything.

LOL! Maybe one of these days Chad. I said what the heck since I will be in there already might as well put everything in. You know.

cmn1
11-11-2009, 03:59 PM
LOL! Maybe one of these days Chad. I said what the heck since I will be in there already might as well put everything in. You know.

I'm just teasing you. All these suspension changes and nobody even tries to see if the stock is any good. Personally I think its a waste. Maybe it would stiffen up the back end and I could stop scraping paint off from the rear windows corners

Knuckles
11-11-2009, 04:04 PM
I'm just teasing you. All these suspension changes and nobody even tries to see if the stock is any good. Personally I think its a waste. Maybe it would stiffen up the back end and I could stop scraping paint off from the rear windows corners


Yeah I know Chad. Its all good bro! Yeah one of these days I will have to take it to the track to put all these suspension parts to good use. So when are your Coilovers coming in?

cmn1
11-11-2009, 04:06 PM
Yeah I know Chad. Its all good bro! Yeah one of these days I will have to take it to the track to put all these suspension parts to good use. So when are your Coilovers coming in?

Hoping by Christmas but you know how that goes. Maybe a Merry Christmas to me.

DCSpecial
11-11-2009, 04:07 PM
I'm just teasing you. All these suspension changes and nobody even tries to see if the stock is any good. Personally I think its a waste. Maybe it would stiffen up the back end and I could stop scraping paint off from the rear windows corners


I think the stock ones are fine....with the Eibach springs, Bwoody Links and stock sway bars I can take corners hard enough to slide through them and don't have what I'd consider excessive body roll.

cmn1
11-11-2009, 04:09 PM
I think the stock ones are fine....with the Eibach springs, Bwoody Links and stock sway bars I can take corners hard enough to slide through them and don't have what I'd consider excessive body roll.

I agree with you. You should see how it does on a track. I wish I was rich and could do track days every weekend. People must hate when they get passed by a Jeep on a road course in their sports cars.

Knuckles
11-11-2009, 04:09 PM
I think the stock ones are fine....with the Eibach springs, Bwoody Links and stock sway bars I can take corners hard enough to slide through them and don't have what I'd consider excessive body roll.


Yeah I was debating on not doing them but decided to go head and do them because I don't like to redo things twice:D so since I will be in there might as well put them in. Anyways I didn't think 270 shipped was a bad deal:D

DCSpecial
11-11-2009, 04:12 PM
I debated doing it all at once as well.....still no urge to order them though, LOL. If they do make a noticeable improvement your Jeep should feel like it's on rails with everything though. Since mine damn near feels like that now.


I think when I took Jose for a ride in my Jeep I should have done some Chad-like maneuvering for him to feel the handling :D

Knuckles
11-11-2009, 04:17 PM
I debated doing it all at once as well.....still no urge to order them though, LOL. If they do make a noticeable improvement your Jeep should feel like it's on rails with everything though. Since mine damn near feels like that now.


I think when I took Jose for a ride in my Jeep I should have done some Chad-like maneuvering for him to feel the handling :D

LOL! Yeah maybe next time Dan! Hopefully it will feel like you said Dan" On rails" after the install:D

DCSpecial
11-11-2009, 04:55 PM
Compared to stock you'd think it felt like it was on rails with or without them....I think :D

grocery getter
11-11-2009, 10:52 PM
I agree with you. You should see how it does on a track. I wish I was rich and could do track days every weekend. People must hate when they get passed by a Jeep on a road course in their sports cars.

+1000

This is on the Xmas list for ME from ME! :D I agree no way to see what benefits unless you push it at the track.

jessiethe3rd
01-06-2010, 03:58 PM
I don't know... if you are a city driver and you like to corner a lot (coming from a 350Z I love to corner) you may be able to see :D

cmn1
01-06-2010, 04:02 PM
I don't know... if you are a city driver and you like to corner a lot (coming from a 350Z I love to corner) you may be able to see :D

Until you throw yours around a road course these are a waste of money.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxr2Dp98VeU

robpp
01-06-2010, 04:05 PM
front sways:

the stock srt8 one is 1.325 maybe 1.35 using a duial caliper.

my addco bought last year is 1.375

jessiethe3rd
01-06-2010, 04:19 PM
Until you throw yours around a road course these are a waste of money.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxr2Dp98VeU

Cool video - I use to do AutoX with my Z... just curious have them or have you ridden in one with'em?

cmn1
01-06-2010, 04:24 PM
Cool video - I use to do AutoX with my Z... just curious have them or have you ridden in one with'em?

No I don't have them, they are not much thicker than stock and the Jeep stays pretty planted with stock setup. I have the sway bar links which I do think work because the do stiffen up the rear end. Our sways are huge compared to what I've seen on the pick ups I've owned.

DCSpecial
01-06-2010, 07:21 PM
Huge improvement with just Eibachs and Bwoody Links over stocks. I don't have the sway bars or see the need for them, I can corner hard enough to slide through it and have no excessive body roll.