Rear sway bar is a must have!

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Apr 13, 2009 | 04:47 PM

Driver_Lost

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Rear sway bar is a must have!

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Apr 13, 2009 | 10:52 PM

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Good deal for less than $100 and a must have if you change out the rear shocks for softer ones.

Apr 13, 2009 | 11:09 PM

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Rob, you didn't believe me in INDY when I told you how much better the box handled with the rear Whiteline bar?

Apr 14, 2009 | 01:13 AM

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How thick is the TRD rear sway bar?

Apr 14, 2009 | 01:51 AM

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Rob, you didn't believe me in INDY when I told you how much better the box handled with the rear Whiteline bar?

I was just doing the la la la can't here you because I was too broke to pay full price for one back then.

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How thick is the TRD rear sway bar?

22mm thick made from 026 Cold Drawn Steel. What ever that means.

Apr 14, 2009 | 01:55 AM

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That's such a good deal..if only I knew before I bought my Hotchkis sway bars

Apr 14, 2009 | 04:13 AM

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Yup, makes a difference!

I have the Progress...same as TRD but silver not red. EZ install and helps out a lot!

Do the polyurethane front sway bar end link bushings next. Cheap and EZ.

Robert

Apr 14, 2009 | 04:22 AM

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It wouldn't be over kill to have a 25 mm rear sway would it?

Does it make a major difference?

Apr 14, 2009 | 05:46 AM

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Some people double up bars in the back for auto cross use. So a 25mm one wouldn't be overkill.

Apr 14, 2009 | 05:48 AM

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compared to the Echo or other NCP chassis cars, the stock xB already has a sway bar inside the twist beam

Apr 14, 2009 | 05:53 AM

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Some people double up bars in the back for auto cross use. So a 25mm one wouldn't be overkill.

Haha..well speaking of that..I was actually thinking about trading my 22 for a 25 then doubling up the bars and a brace...it'd be a pretty nice stiff setup for idk track? autocrossing?

Apr 14, 2009 | 02:58 PM

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Some people double up bars in the back for auto cross use. So a 25mm one wouldn't be overkill.

Haha..well speaking of that..I was actually thinking about trading my 22 for a 25 then doubling up the bars and a brace...it'd be a pretty nice stiff setup for idk track? autocrossing?

I thought I was crazy. Before this deal came up, i was going to make my own out of a 36mm torsion bar out of a early VW. lol I may still do it when I get a salvage B to play around with some day.

Apr 14, 2009 | 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by bB2NER

Some people double up bars in the back for auto cross use. So a 25mm one wouldn't be overkill.

Haha..well speaking of that..I was actually thinking about trading my 22 for a 25 then doubling up the bars and a brace...it'd be a pretty nice stiff setup for idk track? autocrossing?

I thought I was crazy. Before this deal came up, i was going to make my own out of a 36mm torsion bar out of a early VW. lol I may still do it when I get a salvage B to play around with some day.

Crazy? Nah..that's just thinking outside of the box haha.
I've had my share of crazy little things I wanted to do.. I still might.