They were designed to work with the stock mounts. If we were to get our hands on a set of the wide foot mounts we can make adapters to work. Depending on what is needed the price can be the same. When you order the mounts you either get brackets or adapters for the wide foot mounts.

EB Turbo

 

Tri-point has started a new group buy.

Tri-Point Engineering - Chatsworth, CA - Automotive | Facebook

 

Just a heads up to anyone interested in having this guy ^ "D Walker" (Don Walker) from Colorado make them a custom sway bar... I sent him a deposit of $220 back in June 2012 and he has given me the run around for 18 months now. In April it was supposedly ready and he was going to "test" fit it but has since stopped replying to texts, voicemails, emails, and will not answer my calls. Bottom line, he's a crook. Funny thing is he seemed legit and owns a race shop named Grid 1 Motorsport and looks likes he is or was involved in SCCA and Grand Am pro racing. Luckily it was only a couple hundred bucks and a drop in the bucket in the big picture for my build but it's the principle of it that pisses me off. Unbelievable what people do these days for a couple bucks. I'm sure it'll catch up with him sooner or later.

On a positive note I finally pulled the trigger on the Tri-Point sway bar mentioned in this thread, I noticed they're having a sale again so heads up to anyone who wants one. It's a pricey unit so the sale definitely helps.

 

Really sorry to hear that Like you said, not a huge amount of money($220 is a lot), but it's the principle of the matter. What a shitbag.

 

Any updates? I am also looking for a proper front swaybar.

 

Tripoint.

 

I own an fc3s. I was trying to see how D walker turned out for the OP and what his final choice was.

 

Dave, the OP, did not purchase one from D Walker. I do know that Pandaz posted that D Walkeripped him off. After going back to look at private messages with me and Dave, I noticed I had given him a heads up about D Walker due to a message another RX-8 Grand Am team owner and friend of mine had posted on his facebook that said:

"I can't believe Don Walker of Grid 1 Motorsports in Aurora Colorado wrote me a rubber check for $4,000 that has bounced 3 times and won't return numerous FB messages, emails and texts."

 

FCs don't work terribly well with speedway bars because there isn't a strait shot through the sway bar mounts. the radiator outlet gets in the way...

but if you can get around that, AWR used to sell one, and will probably still make one for you if you ask nicely

 

Don Walker is a crook. I ended up buying the Tri-Point bar kit with 0.188" wall. Very nice quality. I bought the bronze bushings from McMaster and will fab my own bracket/bracing to work with the Widefoot mounts.

 

I currently run widefoot mounts on my stock bar. Can I run the tripoint bar with poly bushings and the widefoot mounts or do I have to change things to make it work with the mounts?

 

I use a Racing Beat brace on my stock front and it's done great! I just had the car up the other day and gave it the once-over. After about a dozen track days in 2 years, my front sway and mounts look just fine. 100 or so well spent until I can find a nice front bar.
RB also makes (made) a nice, beefy, adjustable FSB for the FD.

Here's the brace I have and the bar I'm talking about:

 

Yes, you can choose to buy the Tri-Point bar with regular bushing/bracket and bolt up to Widefoot mounts. The bronze bushing kit they sell is optional and only works with stock height mounts.... Which is why I bought the bronze bushings from McMaster so I will fab my own brace to work with the shorter Widefoot mounts.

 

Haven't been on in a while. Thanks for steering me away from that guy Brent. Tri Point is definitely the way to go. I'm very pleased with mine. Happy New Year!

 

Thank you.