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Old Aug 22, 2007 | 07:35 PM
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Lightbulb cheap rear sway bar

searching the internet i found this:

http://autosportstyle.com/shop/mitsu...y-p-65832.html

Progress Rear Sway Bar $73.60




this is the same one RRM sells btw
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Old Aug 22, 2007 | 07:55 PM
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so this ones like $100 cheaper? sweet
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Old Aug 22, 2007 | 08:32 PM
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pretty much. the only downside is that it doesn't come with perches. But you never know, someone else may make stronger perches.
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Old Aug 22, 2007 | 08:40 PM
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+1 on a good find!

I got mine a while back for 80 when summit racing was having a closeout sale
(thanks doug )

great product when combined with the perches... I would not recommend leaving the stock oz perches on there. at least with mine the bolts were all rusted and pretty much snapped off when I was replacing my stock oz perches with my stronger custom ones oh and I got it powdercoated red



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Old Aug 23, 2007 | 09:24 AM
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Oh, thats a good deal.
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Old Aug 23, 2007 | 09:33 AM
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Since I've only ever been under the car near that area once to install my RDD tie-bar, I'm still in the dark about these "perches" that everyone speaks of. I've seen the RRM perches, know how they help, and stuff...but where exactly do they do on our ride? Where do they get installed? Pics?

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Old Aug 23, 2007 | 10:04 AM
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If you look at the description, it's the Reinforced kit (Progress part # 65-1430)... Or the RRM Perches (When I got mine, it come with Progress instruction.)

The sway bar Progress part # is 62-1430.

http://autosportstyle.com/shop/progr..._id=15&sort=2a
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Old Aug 23, 2007 | 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by SLVROZ_03
But where exactly do they do on our ride? Where do they get installed? Pics?

Thx
Lay under the rear end of your car (don't even need to jack it up).

The perches bolt to the underside of the car. There's one on each side. You'll recognize them because the swaybar is attached to them.

Better yet, look at this. The perch is the thing that the swaybar is bolted to (mostly hidden behind the bracket that holds the bar).

Attached Thumbnails cheap rear sway bar-swaybarpassside2.jpg  

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Old Aug 23, 2007 | 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Blacksheepdj
Lay under the rear end of your car (don't even need to jack it up).

The perches bolt to the underside of the car. There's one on each side. You'll recognize them because the swaybar is attached to them.

Better yet, look at this. The perch is the thing that the swaybar is bolted to (mostly hidden behind the bracket that holds the bar).
Very good description couldn't have done it better myself... oh wait, that's my car
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Old Aug 23, 2007 | 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by wickdaddy
oh wait, that's my car
I used what was handy.
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Old Aug 23, 2007 | 01:28 PM
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good find!
this cheap one doesnt look like it uses side perches?
because the shape of this one doesnt seem to extend to the location where perches usually go.
and it seems like it uses the middle steel plate (where the word "progress" was printed) as the contact point to the car? you can see holes and "perches"-look-alike on the plate
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Old Aug 23, 2007 | 01:29 PM
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Might have to get this and customize my own stronger perches.

Arnold : I do believe that is just a generic picture. not the actual lancer bar.
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Old Aug 23, 2007 | 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by mitsuozboi
Arnold : I do believe that is just a generic picture. not the actual lancer bar.
It's not a Lancer specific bar. A quick look at the endlink connectors is a dead give away.

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Old Aug 23, 2007 | 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by blaze_125
It's not a Lancer specific bar. A quick look at the endlink connectors is a dead give away.
well, from the discription and the fact that when you enlarge the image it says "may not be the image of the actual bar". I was thinking that was just a generic pic of a progress bar but not the actual Lancer bar. I could be wrong.
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Old Aug 23, 2007 | 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by arnold16890
good find!
this cheap one doesnt look like it uses side perches?
because the shape of this one doesnt seem to extend to the location where perches usually go.
and it seems like it uses the middle steel plate (where the word "progress" was printed) as the contact point to the car? you can see holes and "perches"-look-alike on the plate
The "cheap" one is the same as the "expensive" one on other sites... it just costs less money. The image that they used is a stock picture which gets the general idea across that they are selling a sway bar made by Progress.

This is the key part on their webpage:

Mitsubishi 2002-2006 Lancer, incl. OZ - Progress Technology Rear Sway Bar 65.1430 >> Progress Technology Rear Anti-sway bar

I have personally installed this bar and it does not look like the stock image on autosportstyle's webpage. This is what it looks like fully installed with custom perches (with my 2 previous photos and this one, you should be able to get a good idea of the shape of the bar):

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