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Old 09-07-04, 08:29 PM
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front sway bar

i got a large sway bar off of a free 7 i got today and it is red who makes large red sway bars it looks like 1inch think or more ill find out more when i take it off.
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Probably Racing beat, i think they are red. Their springs are.
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they are u got it for free!!!!!!
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red is most likely racing beat. iirc the rb sway bar is 1 1/8" You'll be very happy with it, I know I am. Be sure to get the bushings for it as they are different than stock.
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Isn't the Suspension Techniques swaybar also red?
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if you 're selling i need one.
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Suspenion Techniques one is dark silver.
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nope i looked last night it has KONI stamped into the top middle of it its an inch thick! are stock front it 3/4 ???? right. any ways yeah guys now ill have urthane sway bar bushings with poly end link on the sway bar ss b lines rb springs kyb struts c drilled and slotted rotors and the final fenally is my free set of 14 by 7 inch 2 inch lip mesh wheels i dont know who makes them maybe il find out when i put my new sumitomo 200 htrs on em. ill get pics soon.
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I thought Eibach's are dark silver and ST are blue??
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Hmmm, well I've got a ST swaybar sitting in my garage right now and it's red. The bar is used so it could have been repainted, but it doesn't look like it.
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I have ST sway bars and they are dark silver in color.
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Koni's are red, as well as RB. Both are about similar quality and fit.

If you're going to install that thing yourself, be advised that you'll benefit from an air-grinder to 'wallow-out' your front tension rod mounts to allow the bar to fit through - the flattened ends will be just a tad too wide to get through there. Oh, and you'll need to remove at least one of the tension rod mounting blocks, which are held in by 4x17mm bolts. Kind of a pain, but the end result is well worth the effort.

That heavy front bar would likely also benefit from a good rear bar, but there are some here who think Mazda go this all wrong (putting one on the rear stock, anyway...). YMMV,
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I'm with Long Duck, a grinder will be a good friend in the install. I took both tension rod brackets out to do mine, in hindsight you can just take one out, but I think it will be less fustrating to take both out. I agree with using an adjustable rear bar as well, it will help now and as you change the cars atrubuts you can adjust it handling with the rear bar. This is great for V8 swaps, as you can "dail out" the inhernt understeer.

There is a thred somewhere that a few peolpe (including myself) detail there installs with different sway bars.
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dunno about the Koni bar, but the RB bar transforms your car. The difference in handling is night & day
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sweet advice i didnt know about the install procedures i kinda just dive into things and buy **** as i need it i have a dremel tool will that work????? ill find out this saturday r even friday. im trying to convince the wife to let me buy some new tires for the new wheels i dont know who makes them but they are just what i wanted. i just bought tires for the stockers they are 195 13 toyos not even 6 months old i paid way to much fro them from les shwab i wont mention the price too emberassed i want the yoko avids or sumitomo 200 htrs. laters.
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