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Old Jun 17, 2008 | 03:36 PM
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suggestions for sway bars and end links combo?

i am ready to replace the sway bars on her and would like some recomendations on sway bars and adjustable end links. am looking at agency power or h&r rear 27mm bar.what is the difference between between a 25mm and a 27mm rear bars?is their any noticeable difference?will mismatching brands of bars have any negative effects? what setting on a rear adjustable out of the three are most of you guys running?i run scca solo 2 and need to kill the understeer badly but it is my daily driver also.lowered 1.5 at least. thanks for the help guys.
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Old Jun 17, 2008 | 03:40 PM
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25mm adjustable sway set to the stiffest.... and let me tell you, i am an addicted spirited canyon driver in socal, and i recently just did the works trunk cage and the carbing 6-point underbrace(i also have muellerized stage 1), and holy **** my car has zero understeer and will oversteer before it will understeer... i have an MR btw and after the results of all this i will not spend money on coils... but definatley get a sway bar and alignment!
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Old Jun 17, 2008 | 03:41 PM
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get the perrin combo
its on sale, call them and ask for john
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 07:39 PM
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I upgraded to the perrin 25mm bar set to the stiffest setting on stock MR suspension and this improved my Evo understeer but I really did not like the bends fitment. One side of the bar rubs against my right rear axle and its grinding it down a little. I am thinking about selling it and trying a different brand like agency power.
Anyone have this problem with a perrin 25mm bar?

Anyways, let me know how you make out with whatever bar you end up getting.

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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 07:45 PM
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check out Whiteline...

pretty cheap and well worth it...
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 07:49 PM
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From: somewhere testing various tires, brakes, and suspensions.
Swift also makes a great sway bar set.

My review:
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=342041

And a nice video from last weekend in here:
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh....php?p=5781160
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 07:50 PM
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i am actually prety curious about sway bars. when i bought my car it was already on lowering springs and aftermarket sway bars. they are blue and im not sure if they are labeled with what company. who makes blue sway bars?? also the stock end links are on there
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 09:04 PM
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check out Whiteline...

pretty cheap and well worth it...
+1. Hard to beat Whiteline.

A 27mm bar is too big IMO....especially without a front bar.


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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 09:04 PM
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i am actually prety curious about sway bars. when i bought my car it was already on lowering springs and aftermarket sway bars. they are blue and im not sure if they are labeled with what company. who makes blue sway bars?? also the stock end links are on there
Cusco. They're pretty good. Kind of expensive when new.


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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 09:49 PM
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o ok. thanks
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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by jdmdc2r01
I upgraded to the perrin 25mm bar set to the stiffest setting on stock MR suspension and this improved my Evo understeer but I really did not like the bends fitment. One side of the bar rubs against my right rear axle and its grinding it down a little. I am thinking about selling it and trying a different brand like agency power.
Anyone have this problem with a perrin 25mm bar?

Anyways, let me know how you make out with whatever bar you end up getting.
I have the same problem with my Perrin Bar! The right side of the bar is rubbing against the right rear axle. I called Perrin and they told me to loosen the whole assembly and push it back to the rear of the car. It has helped a little, but on the stiffest setting there is still a little rub when I corner hard to the right. I wonder if there are any other solutions out there to fix this problem.
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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 09:57 AM
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From my research on sway bars (which isnt much), if you are on a budget go with Whiteline. If you got some money, Swift.
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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 10:05 AM
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I have the Perrin 25mm and end links, with zero issues. You have to adjust the end links.
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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 10:38 PM
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bump for nite time. thanks for the input guys.dont know much about whiteline yet. is a 27mm to big in the rear if upgrading the ft also?to big for a street car?
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Old Jun 20, 2008 | 10:41 PM
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don't spend crazy money on front and rear endlinks - check here instead

http://www.cs.unm.edu/~donour/cars/evo_endlinks/

Those so-called high dollar aftermarket endlinks are no better than the above (and it's easy to get replacement heim joints for the above too because they do wear out).
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