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Kegbuster
07-06-2004, 09:13 AM
I want to put a front and rear sway bar on my TJ AWD.
Im looking at Whiteline bars, anyone tell what other brands are available and should I go for an adjustable rear bar.
Confussed as hell!! :confused:
WhiteDevil
07-06-2004, 09:41 AM
All depends on what you want to do with your AWD.
do you want to reduce the amount of body roll ? do you want more oversteer ?
Whiteline makes them for Magna's, so it'll be where you should start, I haven't heard of others that make braces or sway bars especially for the Magna.
good luck.
Kegbuster
07-06-2004, 09:45 AM
I want to reduce body roll. Without compromising the ride.
WhiteDevil
07-06-2004, 09:49 AM
if you want to reduce roll, keep in mind that the sway bars and strut brace are only to fine tune, they can not offer what a new set of springs and shockers can offer. But when you want comfort as well, then it gets tricky, as it is always a compromise between the one or the other.
teK--
07-06-2004, 10:09 AM
Swaybars should be the primary method of controlling body roll, as going for harder springs/dampers purely to control body roll could give you less traction when there isn't as much "give" in the suspension and so the wheel skips along the ground instead of rolling along it. Look at rally and touring cars; they run the softest possible suspension for that track but run huge swaybars which is why they so often get up on 2 wheels.
Running an adjustable bar lets you tune the handling to your preference/ability. A bar for example that has a 20/22/24mm adjustment can increase/decrease stiffness by ~50% per adjustment.
Although one thing is clear though, if your springs/dampers are shot swaybars aren't going to improve it much. As for other brands, Whiteline (used to be Selbys) are the only company I know making gear for Magnas.
Redav
07-06-2004, 11:56 AM
I'd try just fitting a rear swaybar first. If it does the trick then you haven't wasted 200 bucks on the front.
WSDsmurf
07-06-2004, 06:36 PM
im so lucky... my awd already has rear sway bar.
yay for me :)
Whitedemon... i think i will be pulling apart my doors on thursday. (rego plates on that day too... )
WSDsway
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