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Old Aug 16, 2004 | 10:27 AM
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swaybars and endlinks

I am thinking bout upgrading suspension soon. What front and rear swaybar and endlinks combo do you guys recommend and why? I just installed a borla hush with helix up/down. (Thanks MPJ Performance. All installs will be there.) So any opinions on suspension now would help. Thanks.
Old Aug 16, 2004 | 11:17 AM
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could get HELIX ENDs and maybe a whiteline sway.

i'm getting that combo as well. I'm going to opt for a CUSCO sway and some kind of endlink... not HELIX because i don't wanna put purple on my car.

If you really want the good stuff. PERRIN SWAY and ENDs will be great.

lots of combos out there. I think many of them are very similar. Companies like Cobb, Perrin, CUSCO, they all make adjustable sways.
Old Aug 16, 2004 | 11:18 AM
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COBB 25mm lightweight hollow sway bars. I have both front and rears. They rock! The car corners really flat now, especially in conjunction with my GT-Spec front and rear strut braces. I still am using stock end links. No really issues so I won't be changing them. If I do, I'd go with Perrin both front and rears.


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Old Aug 16, 2004 | 01:27 PM
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lol. PERRIN EVERYTHING. haha
Old Aug 17, 2004 | 12:34 AM
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get the Hotchkiss hollow front and rear set.

They work great (COBB prolly re-labels them), and they're light!
Old Aug 18, 2004 | 06:33 PM
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Go with Perrin, Soren set me up with an adjustable bar and end links for my STi.
Very happy with the performance.
Old Aug 23, 2004 | 07:47 PM
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If your gonna replace the rear sway you should upgrade to beefier endlinks. I made this mistake with my Rx-8 and found them as twisted pieces of **** in no time. The rear sway will typically take alot of the load while cornering. The stock endlinks do not take extra force too well. Agency Power makes some great endlinks.
Old Aug 23, 2004 | 08:33 PM
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^^^ I agree that you should upgrade the endlinks too, but if ur only using it for the street (not racing) then the stock ones will probably work, at least for a while. Just a thought
Old Aug 24, 2004 | 09:02 AM
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ok, now get the best. KARTBOY
get these, and you will be happy
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as for swaybars, you can get perrin, cucsco, whiteline, or helix and endlinks either helix or perrin.

any combination of those and you will be very happy.

i am not the biggest fan of cobb because they seem to overprice their products imo.
Old Aug 24, 2004 | 10:02 AM
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thanks guys. ive decided on perrin rear swaybar and endlinks with eibach springs and kyb agx's. good combo?
Old Aug 26, 2004 | 12:53 AM
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I am running Whiteline rear sway bar, links, rear mounts, front links. The fun value of the car quadrupled the day I installed them. I will probably get the fron sway bar one of these days but I am really enjoying the oversteer right now, I don't know if I want to give that up. Too much fun whipping that tail around, people have asked me how I converted to rear wheel drive before. I highly recommend Whiteline, they are not overpriced (MPJperformance.com) and they have been making suspension junk since before I was in the womb. Have fun.
Old Oct 4, 2005 | 11:23 PM
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i bought the hotchkis track set, basically both swaybars w/ endlinks.
Old Oct 8, 2005 | 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by escaflowne
lol. PERRIN EVERYTHING. haha
+1 for Perrin rear sway and endlinks, made the rear end turn in more tightly and reduced the understeer dramatically
Old Oct 8, 2005 | 11:02 PM
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+1 for Perrin

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