What is your experience with these and which one would you buy?

Cobb is a hallow type and makes both front & rear for Evo X.
Works is solid type but only makes the rear for Evo X (designed to work with oem front)

I will be getting Works -0.5" springs to go along with the setup. You input is appreciated.

 

bump, I'm curious too...

 

search. Many threads on this with good info.

 

I went with WORKS and have the following on my MR:

WORKS Ride Springs - 13mm (.9") Drop
WORKS Front Hollow Swaybar - 29mm in diameter
WORKS Rear Solid Sway Bar - 25mm in diameter

I love WORKS products. Also, they used the factory rake when designing their ride springs (which I like). Their front and rear sways are designed to work together with their springs. I've had them on my car for some time now and it corners flat and handles awesome

 

I have the Cobb Front and Rear sways however, at the moment I only have the rear installed on the stiffest setting with KW Variant 3 coilovers. Great build quality and it definitely makes a difference under hard cornering. A great upgrade to compliment an excellent coilover system.

 

Did you go with the Robispec KW's? Are the KW's harsher than stock setup?

 

Thanks for info. I have already installed SWIFT springs on my MR, pending for HKS Kansai sway bars to come in.

How hard was the installation of the front sway? i heard its quite a PITA and you need to drop the subframe? I suppose you would need to do an alignment because of this?

 

You are correct. The rear sway is easy, but you need to drop the subframe for the front and it's more time consuming and difficult. I'm not sure about the alignment, but I needed one anyway due to my new springs........so I did one.

 

You *might* need a alignment, especially if dropping the subframe, everything might shift a mm this way or that way and throw the alignment off.

 

^^Cobb sent me a how to for both the front and rear. And yes the front takes a lot of work and the use of a tranny jack or something similar to lower the subframe. Cobb said that an alignment is needed after lowering the sub frame

 

Cobb bars are 32mm front and 28mm rear, both hollow. Just to add to the discussion of Works vs Cobb, we can add vs Hotchkis at 32mm front and 32mm rear, both hollow. I believe all three are two position front and three position rear adjustability.

 

I got bummed after reading about the subframe deal,and needing an alignment. My STi front was slightly harder than the rear,but over all not bad job.
I was hoping to get the Cobb set again.

 

It is not a difficult job but a time consuming job to replace the front bar. Sub frame only needs to be lowered in place enough to get the bar in and out, which is only a few inches. Plan on four billable shop hours.

 

I had to pass on the Robispec version of the KW's. I decided to get the off the shelf setup. You ask about the quality of the ride compared to the stock setup? Currently, I am utilizing the off the shelf configuration preset by KW and I would say that it does ride quite comfortable and it's not even on the softest setting. I plan to have it professionally setup and have it realigned in the near future. For now, it works quite well. To answer your question, yes it is harsher than the stock setup but not enough to mention. As I mentioned before, with proper adjustment I'm sure it can ride just as smooth as stock if not better. I have seen quite a few threads pop up regarding which coilover to get and the KW Variant 3s are often tossed in the mix. If you're on the fence, get it. You will not regret it. KW suspension is a well designed proven coilover system without a doubt.

 

I just put cobb sway bars, front and end, on my MR and boy did they make a difference! I don't mind the up and down movement of my MR because it is my DD, but the side to side motion was driving me crazy and at time left me less than confident. Now not only the sway is much stiffer, but even up and down motion is a bit stiffer as well. perfect.
I really recommend them for the MRs since they ride softer than the GSRs