Rear Sway Bar
So I broke the Rear Sway Bar on the passenger side out of no where. My mechanic said I'm okay with taking it off as long as I don't take sharp corners (which I don't). He also said I'm better off going to a junk yard to get one. Although they wont let me take Mustang parts off. :(
What's a good Rear Sway Bar aftermarket one? How much do they cost and how much do the stock ones cost? 1995 Ford Mustang 5.0 GT |
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I just noticed aftermarket ones are expensive. Is it worth it?
What about these? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GT-re...Q5fAccessories http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1995-...Q5fAccessories http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/87-04...Q5fAccessories http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/87-04...Q5fAccessories |
if you don't take a lot of corners hard etc.. just get the cheapest OEM one you can find.
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How did you brake it? Find a stock take-off GT sway bar. V6 stangs don't even have rear sway bars.
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Originally Posted by spike_africa
(Post 390794)
if you don't take a lot of corners hard etc.. just get the cheapest OEM one you can find.
Should I be okay? Get the cheap one.
Originally Posted by 01FR500
(Post 390821)
How did you brake it? Find a stock take-off GT sway bar. V6 stangs don't even have rear sway bars.
My mechanic said most cars don't come with Sway Bars, beisdes the sport packages. |
Every GT mustang 94+ has front and rear sway bars and if you don't want the car to handle worse get atleast the OEM one again. And I hope your not driving around swerving through traffic like a ricer.
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Originally Posted by spike_africa
(Post 390841)
Every GT mustang 94+ has front and rear sway bars and if you don't want the car to handle worse get atleast the OEM one again. And I hope your not driving around swerving through traffic like a ricer.
Edit: I didn't get to finish my post because I was in a hurry to go to work (now using my boss's computer). What I mean is I don't speed and swerv in and out of traffic. When I go to work (not always just work) people are slow, so I just SOMETIMES cut others off to get ahead of the car, but I don't go speed/racing through or anything. Hell no. Oh and I found a Craigslist ad for a Rear Sway bar for $50, I'm going to try and lower the price. :D Anyways They will all fit right, the stock ones? Craigslist for the win. :D |
LoL, I didn't need the whole story of your day, just what happened to the car when it broke. You could have just said you didn't know what caused it to brake, good description of what you were doing though. So the bar broke, like snapped clean, and not the clips or bolt?
When you get a new rear swaybar use the stock clips. I made the mistake a while back of trying to replace the stock clips with G8 bolts washers and nuts. Well, for some reason the nuts kept stripping out, I couldn't figure it out, only 41 ft-lbs on grade 8 hardware. I called Maximum Motorsports and they said that in no way do they recommend not using the stock clips for the swaybar, unless it is their adj. swaybars. |
I drove for years and even autocrossed without a rear sway...... but now that I have one I would never give it up:D
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Originally Posted by 01FR500
(Post 390906)
LoL, I didn't need the whole story of your day, just what happened to the car when it broke. You could have just said you didn't know what caused it to brake, good description of what you were doing though. So the bar broke, like snapped clean, and not the clips or bolt?
When you get a new rear swaybar use the stock clips. I made the mistake a while back of trying to replace the stock clips with G8 bolts washers and nuts. Well, for some reason the nuts kept stripping out, I couldn't figure it out, only 41 ft-lbs on grade 8 hardware. I called Maximum Motorsports and they said that in no way do they recommend not using the stock clips for the swaybar, unless it is their adj. swaybars.
Originally Posted by Lazerred6
(Post 390914)
I drove for years and even autocrossed without a rear sway...... but now that I have one I would never give it up:D
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Originally Posted by BikerSk8rKid
(Post 390968)
Oh okay, so well then I'm okay? You wouldn't give it up, is it that big of a difference?
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Originally Posted by Lazerred6
(Post 390982)
yes it's a big difference but it is not completely neccesary
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Too bad you aren't closer to NY. I'm replacing the lower control arms and my rear sway bar. I'd give you my stock one for free. The weather is still crappy here, so it might be a month or so before I do everything.
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My car is a 99 GT. What are "stock clips"?........thought they just bolted to the lower control arms?
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There are clips that (guess what) clip to the lower control arms that the bolt goes through and tightens down onto. The LCA is just stamped steel, but the clip has a threaded side for the bolt to get snug on.
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Gotcha......that's why my MM LCA's just came with the nuts to install on the factory bolts. Think I'll have a problem using their hardware instead of the clips?
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