A few AWR sway bar question for people with otherwise stock cars.

[|Thrax|]

Those of you with the AWR 19mm sway bar, The guy I bought it from showed me that it has 2 settings, stiff and a softer setting, depending on the placement of the endlinks. I don't plan to lower my car at all how many of you have tried both settings. May I have your opionons. Also have you noticed noise after the bar is on, and do you take bumps in the road slower now. Thanks.

-Chris

ogsk8ter also said that someone here fitted greasable bushings with zerk fittings onto the awr bar.. anyone have more info.?

 

[mazdadan]

The bar will fit perfectly on the softer settings (holes closest to the ends of the bar). However, if you want to use the stiffer setting, you might need longer end links. On my ES, I fabricated new end links, because the stock end links caused interference with the TTL links which are connected to the rear crossmember. With the new end links and my greasable energy suspension bushings, the noise is slighty noticible over stock. You won't really have to go over bumps any slower, but harder bumps will give more pronounced clunks from the rear suspension.

 

[o.g.sk8er]

ogsk8ter also said that someone here fitted greasable bushings with zerk fittings onto the awr bar.. anyone have more info.?

Hey Chris..Nice meeting you last night..
I just ordered new greaseable bushings from Summit Racing. Part number ens-9-5157g. These are for the MP3 rear sway bar. They might have something available for the 19mm AWR bar, as well.
Give them a try and see what they have.

www.summitracing.com

If you need help installing the bar, give me a call.
Thank's again for the rice..er..um..nice photo's.


Patrick

 

[mazdadan]

I ordered mine from summit racing also. The worked just fine with a little bending on the vice.

 

[|Thrax|]

ahh great, I guess I should get to ordering those bushings too.

Dan: how do you grease yours, with a grease gun or a syringe? (sp?)

 

[mazdadan]

I have a grease gun I picked up at my local autoparts store (Advance Auto Parts). It uses the standard grease tubes and fits the zirk fitting.

 

[o.g.sk8er]

ahh great, I guess I should get to ordering those bushings too.

Make sure you get the one's for the 19mm bar not the 20mm bar.
Part numbers are not the same.



Patrick

 

[mazdadan]

Right...I ordered the 3/4 inch bushings which are basically 19mm.

 

[|Thrax|]

I ordered the 3/4 \ 19mm bushings from summit. They were the red ones right?

 

[mazdadan]

I ordered the 3/4 \ 19mm bushings from summit. They were the red ones right?

Yes, and I think they were less than 15 bucks.

 

[|Thrax|]

Anyone else have an AWR 19mm sway bar. what setting are you running?