So what setting are most of the Hotchkis guys using, and how's the drive?

 

how are the progressive rear sway bars? or which company do you recommend, i am only looking for a rear sway since i cant use the front bar, i have a X.how are the EVO ones? but the bars arent listed anymore on their site.dont want to get stillens since the front bar will be useless to me and they onlky sell both together.and do the GREX lower bars fit the sedan?

 

The stock rubber bushings will take many many years to wear out/crack & crumble... Poly will last longer - neither will wear out before you sell the car (and a long time after that). Poly is stiffer and should offer less mushy cornering (more than likely not all that noticeable though).

 

Has anyone listed the stock dimensions? coupe, sedan, performance package, AWD, production years, diffrences?

 

I just bought a set of eibach sways and it lists the bar diameters as follows:

EIBACH SWAY BAR SET (34MM ADJ., 22MM ADJ.)

Possibly a difference between the sedan and coupe or just a typo ? Plez fix! tnx!

-drew-

 

Check this thread for a sale on the Progress sways. Can be purchased individually too. https://g35driver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65661

 

Thanks for the heads up. I corrected the summary post.

 

I was just told by a fellow with the Nismo Sway bar, that he and his buddy (with Hotchkis), had to replace their end links as the stiffer bars stressed the stock end links and they started to get noisy. So is it advisable to replace the end links, or will the OEM end links do fine?

I'm thinking about the Stillen Sways, but the Progress pricing looks awfully tempting. Any opinions? Looks like the Progress bars don't have bushing stops (like the Hotchkis) according to the picture: So do they need the collars as well?

 

You can probably find appropriately sized collars for the Progress bars, just like some people use on the Hotchkis. As for the endlinks, I'm surprised that most of the sway bar kits for the Z/G DON'T include them. Some of them must though, but I'm not sure which ones...

 

Gordgee, it could be possible that the endlinks were not attached to the sway bar correctly, either by improper torquing of the bolt or it was crooked going in. The service manual has a little picture that points out not to have it crooked. Just a thought...

 

Thanks for the replies.

I guess the Progress bars do have welded on collars (not pictured). So, I'm assuming that most here have had no problems, even in the longer term, just using the OEM end links? What is the proper torque range for the bolts? TIA

 

REAR: 41 ft-lb for the nuts that attach the sway bar to the endlinks.
FRONT: 65 ft-lb

There is thread somewhere on the forum that has links to the electronic service manual, which is useful.

 

Thanks. So the consensus is that it's okay in the long term to just use the OEM endlinks?

I think I'm going with the Stillens.

 

Go with Stillens - a lot of people swear by them, and I've seen them in person - QUALITY product.

 

id like to know the stock numbers as well. it would be easier to tell what bars add understear or which add overstear.