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Old Jun 1, 2014 | 11:29 PM
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Give me your sway bar experiences and opinions

OK, I only want y'all to comment and give opinions on the ones you own. I'm trying to get my sway on and I wanna know why I should (or shouldn't) pick the ones you have. Now, I know Eibach and Hotchkiss are legit brands and a lot of people swear by them (and for good reason), but I'd really like to know if there's a set of sways out there that aren't as popular but just as great. Like, are Blox and Whiteline an option worth looking at? Hopefully someone here has those cuz I'd like to know your experience. Also, anyone who's owned multiple sets and felt a difference would be a lot of help.

I'm not trying to be cheap here, but I see a lot of sway bar threads with a lot of technical mumbo jumbo, but I wanna know your real experience. Especially now that I know a lot of you guys a little better and would respect some of your opinions rather than some random fools who may or may not be running eBay parts.

C'mon with it.
 
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Old Jun 1, 2014 | 11:31 PM
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Hotchkis work
 
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Old Jun 1, 2014 | 11:32 PM
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Hotchkis work
Oh really? Haha they work, huh? I'm there.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 01:04 AM
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Motordyne or Hotchkis should be the only options you look at. Motordyne's settings are a bit stiffer than Hotchskis with their solid tube design.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 01:23 AM
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Originally Posted by DrewDrew
Motordyne or Hotchkis should be the only options you look at. Motordyne's settings are a bit stiffer than Hotchskis with their solid tube design.
Should eibach not be an option? I mean they are a great name in the suspension game. Good call on the motordyne tho. Didn't think of them.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 02:50 AM
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I had Hotchkis on my car and really liked them. They have different stiffness settings that are easy to use for fine tuning of stiff and soft. I almost purchased Motordyne but they were more expensive. I would stay away from non adjusting ones because you will be stuck with one setting and if you don't like it, you will have to live with it.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 08:35 AM
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https://g35driver.com/forums/showthr...776&styleid=51

This may help a bit. Old as hell though. Prices are prob lower than now
 
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 08:38 AM
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Gdirtyfive55
Oh really? Haha they work, huh? I'm there.
Any swaybar that is thicker than OEM will result in an improvement which sums up just about everyone's responses. The link Jerseytaylor posted should be all you need.
 

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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 09:35 AM
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Regardless of the sways, adjustable endlinks are a major plus!

Originally Posted by herrschaft
Any swaybar that is thicker than OEM will result in an improvement.
True ^ and most of them adjustable that's also a plus! I've been running Stillens sways for 8 years along with adjustable endlinks, wouldn't change a thing! If I were starting over I might be tempted by Motordynes sways, everything he makes is perfection...Gary
 

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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 11:11 AM
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Get sway bars..
 
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 12:00 PM
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I have Stillen sways. The adjustability allows me to run my suspension a bit softer while maintaining great handling.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 12:07 PM
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If you're being cheap, buy the first set of fr/rear bars that come up for sale. We are all most likely not good enough to tell the diff in between all of them. Hell, we all probably set them up wrong to begin with.

I got a set of Hotchkis bars for $200 shipped. Very, very happy with them
 
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by DEMoLITIoN
I have Stillen sways. The adjustability allows me to run my suspension a bit softer while maintaining great handling.
I have seen online that there are some batches of Stillens that have snapped because they are hollow. I could be wrong but worth looking into before buying them.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2014 | 12:55 PM
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Could be because people like to three wheel in driveways, get out and snap a picture.
 
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