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The sway bar story Part 1

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Old 10-27-20, 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by F1blueRx7
Both my stock front bar and rear bar were bent when I took them off the car. I suspect they were both a result of running the car lowered on coilovers, additionally the passenger side front sway bar mount had collapsed.

That said, were you running the links connected to the inward or outward hole (this is how RB refers to the holes, which is dumb and confusing). It looks like from the paint marks, you had them connected to the stiffer inward hole.

EDIT and - were you using adjustable end links?
My front bar is good as new, I do have stronger mounts and RB reinforcement bar up front.

Rear stock end links on the stiffer holes as they didn't fit the softer holes with my dampers.
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Originally Posted by neit_jnf
My front bar is good as new, I do have stronger mounts and RB reinforcement bar up front.

Rear stock end links on the stiffer holes as they didn't fit the softer holes with my dampers.
The ST rear bar is certainly an option, but if the RB bar bent, any bar is going to bend in that same situation. I'd be looking at other factors like correct preload.
Old 10-27-20, 01:24 PM
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As far as I understand, there shouldn't be any preload and the bars should spring back to flat. The bars shouldn't take a set bend as they are springs and if they just bend they're not working correctly.

For now I'll be using the stock rear 93 and get a feel for the balance and handling.
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