So there's no way... (re: Hotchkis)

[Kain]

... to order the sway bars separately from a vendor? I'm considering just buying the FSB/RSB set and selling the FSB separately at this point.

 

[jbiird317]

you can get the cobb bars separately, not the hotchkis

 

[Kain]

Yes, I know about getting the COBB bars separately, but I am more interested in the Hotchkis rear sway bar and wanted to see if any of these vendors can do anything to split a set.

 

[jbiird317]

i dunno if they will split a set specifically for you unless they had a buyer lined up for just the front. Vendors? What do you guys think?

 

[SwampAss]

Cobb was the only vendor to do it.

 

[hectik1]

I was thinking the same thing. I don't understand why Hotchkis didn't sell them separately.

 

[ZoomZoomH]

just put both on and be done with it

no mofo worth a dime would buy just the fsb for a fwd car

 

[lynx17]

...unless they were attempting a stock-class autocross setup.

Not sure if anyone has tried the big FSB setup on the MS3.

 

[udontknowjack]

http://www.therpmstore.com/index.php?cPath=122&osCsid=e7a02caad71c8f922998814c1b8e7dc0

they sell them separately

 

[Kain]

http://www.therpmstore.com/index.php?cPath=122&osCsid=e7a02caad71c8f922998814c1b8e7dc0

they sell them separately

Uh...

 

[udontknowjack]

thats what u wanted right? rear sway bar only

 

[Kain]

thats what u wanted right? rear sway bar only

Do you see just the Hotchkis rear sway bar for sale? Because I sure don't.

 

[SwampAss]

I see it. It's 359.00 but you get the front one free.

 

[Kain]

I see it. It's 359.00 but you get the front one free.

That's a deal I can't pass up. Like that timeshare in New Orleans I bought in '03.

 

[Young Roids]

Ok tell me this again but I thought that the front bar would stiffen up the front end thereby reducing understeer. What am I missing here?

 

[FrequentFlyer]

No no no. If you stiffen up the front end, you're going to increase understeer. Since this car understeers a bit as it is, you want to stiffen up the rear end so that you can decrease understeer. I think the Hotchkis rear sway may be too stiff when used by itself with the OE front bar, but that's just a hunch. If running the Cobb bar at the less stiff setting is "just right", the Hotchkis bar is stiffer than the Cobb. It's 95% or 140% stiffer than stock with Hotchkis whereas Cobb is advertised at 35%, although it is adjustable, so I'm not quite sure why they just list one number on Cobb's site.

 

[GhostMercury]

im pretty sure the cobb and hotchkis bars are the same. hotchkis actually made the cobb bars for them, and then after released there own. im prety sure they are exactly the same. there is a thread about this somewhere