P5 swaybars question

[sharkonwheels]

What do P5's come with standard? I have a 2003.5 P5, and am wondering if there's sway bars front and rear. If there are, are they good? Or will upgrading improve it, and is the improvement worth the cost, and what's the most-recommended bars? I'm looking at SR Motorsports, because they seem to be a shop providing quite a few pieces for us ProFolks.

Thanks!

(laserp5)

 

[Aricjm15]

yes it comes with front and rear swaybars,
they are pussy
they suck
my brother has the SR 19mm bar
it was easy to install, and it handels AWSOME, much much better over stock, its like the car is on rails

 

[sharkonwheels]

Should both the front & rear be changed? And I assume with a spring kit the car will handle like a shifter kart? ?


(laserp5)

 

[quik]

is the SR the best swaybar for our cars?

 

[Aricjm15]

most sway bars of the same size are going to be exactly the same
so its pretty much price difference
some companies give you adjustible endlinks and such

as of right now, nobody makes a stiffer front sway bar, you can swap it out for and MP3 or MSP bar, BUT you have to drop the front subframe to get to it

 

[melicha8]

The sr swaybar is the AWR sway bar. I plan on getting it. I just wish someone would come out with a front sway bar

 

[MarkSpark]

yes it comes with front and rear swaybars,
they are pussy

LOL

 

[|Thrax|]

yes, get the SR\AWR 19mm rear bar. The car feels 10x better. Flatter cornering and more speed in the turns.

 

[twilightprotege]

i'll ditto on that MAKE A FRONT SWAYBAR comment

later

 

[mazdadan]

All I have to say is have fun changing the front sway bar. The racing beat bar from the MP3 is a direct replacement in the front, but you have to unbolt and drop the engine subframe to access it. Unless you are already in there changing your clutch or something, I wouldn't mess with it. A nice strut tower bar and a beefier rear sway bar will do the trick just fine.

 

[SedanMan]

i'll ditto on that MAKE A FRONT SWAYBAR comment

later

The MP3 and Mazdaspeed front sway bars are a direct replacement for yours. And they are bigger, why wait for aftermarket?

 

[twilightprotege]

personally i'll wait for aftermarket then you can get a set up which is tuned and tested...just putting bigger sway bars on a car isnt the full answer. it's the whole package. each part of the puzzle has it's own job and if each part is correctly matched to each other, the puzzle will be perfect.

that's whay i want to wait for an afrermarket sway bar set up, suited to the JIC or whatever is coming out in the future setup.

later

 

[LittleRedP5]

Following this thread Has anyone out there replaced there P5 sway bars with the Mazda Speed Stabilizer Bar Kit? If so, did you have to do any other modifications? (Lowered springs, retuned struts, etc).

 

[Mp5978]

So has anyone done that before, I'm curious myself

 

[uclap5]

patrick (ogsk8er) has the mp3 suspension setup sans springs.

 

[Matthew]

how much and where is this rear bar