ttpowerd

Anyone have it, like it, dislike it, etc.? How has it helped control body roll and enhance cornering? I am looking into it with their front sway bar with the reinforcment strut. What are you guys opinions on these items?

thanks

lenny

I have it and I like it, but I would not recommend it. I have heard of it having problems with it breaking because of problems with the heat treating process.

IMO, the RB reinforcement bar is worthless. I had my sway bar mount break on me, and the reinforcement bar broke also! I got CWC widefoot swaybar mounts instead. Whatever swaybar you get, make sure to get a good set of swaybar mounts. The stock swaybar mounts are known to break under the stress of a bigger swaybar.

ttpowerd

ok, next question...what do you all recommend for a sway bar?

DamonB

I just added the Tripoint adjustable to mine, but my car does over 20 autox's a year. My personal opinion is that unless you race the car, don't bother with upgrading the bar.

The Tripoint bar has fully adjustable blades and is available in various tube thicknesses. Read this as fully-race-ready-but-if-you-don't-know-what-you're-doing-stay-away. It also has longer droplinks (end links) to allow all the adjustments on the blades and therefore ground clearance is decreased at the blade ends. I have Tripoint braces (very different from Racing Beat) as well to go with the solid bronze bushing kit.

To my pleasant surprise I find no problems with this on the street except for the ground clearance issues. The bronze bushings squeaked a little at first but they are quiet now that the car has seen a few events. The blades have 5 different mounting points for the endlinks; furthest from the bar is soft and progressively stiffer as you move in. At least four different tube sizes are available so that leaves a lot of combinations.

I ran all last year on the stock front bar and after adding the Tripoint I was surprised how much it threw my setup for a loop. Spent an entire day testing at square one with tire pressure, shocks and bar adjustments. Now that it's dialed in I love it; before that it was a real hand full.

If this sounds overkill to you I would call up M2 Performance and discuss your application with them and then install what they make for you. I know that they have different tube sizes available as well, and their knowledge would hopefully get you on the right track.

I was lucky enough to buy my entire sway bar setup from someone who sold her FD to trade up to a Z06, so I payed very little for what this thing is worth. To get the bar, braces and bronze bushings new costs over $600 from Tripoint. I think Mazdacomp's "speedway" bar is the same as the Tripoint but am not completely sure. The pics look the same though.