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Those who race their mk2's find that the front swaybar stiffness is unacceptable. Corner dive and body roll give unpredictable steering response, unwanted positive front camber, and thats not even mentioning the hell it deals out to the weight balance of the vehicle.
We have limited options...
1.) Addco upgraded swaybars, available front and rear. Both are a good deal stiffer than stock, and will give the best price/performance ratio for a street driven car. The downside of this package is that us g-stock autocrossers either have to move to a much much faster class, or not install the rear bar. Plus the addco front swaybar supposedly is somewhat lacking once you get some sticky tires underneath the mk2.
2.) Custom bars, available in any stiffness you could possibly desire. One of the members (DonL I believe) had a custom front swaybar made by a company in Florida. There was quite a bit of info in some thread, but it has since been lost. I tried searching, but to no avail. (So if you could, whoever has any more ideas or input on custom bars, or other options, please add here.)
(Reason I started this thread is because I want to purchase a front bar in the next month as a FAST cooperS needs to go down before this season is over. Struts will be in at the end of this week, keeping my eyes open for a set of stocker rims, and tires (Kuhmos to be exact) within the next 5 weeks or so.)
--BillyM
Viva La AutoX!
We have limited options...
1.) Addco upgraded swaybars, available front and rear. Both are a good deal stiffer than stock, and will give the best price/performance ratio for a street driven car. The downside of this package is that us g-stock autocrossers either have to move to a much much faster class, or not install the rear bar. Plus the addco front swaybar supposedly is somewhat lacking once you get some sticky tires underneath the mk2.
2.) Custom bars, available in any stiffness you could possibly desire. One of the members (DonL I believe) had a custom front swaybar made by a company in Florida. There was quite a bit of info in some thread, but it has since been lost. I tried searching, but to no avail. (So if you could, whoever has any more ideas or input on custom bars, or other options, please add here.)
(Reason I started this thread is because I want to purchase a front bar in the next month as a FAST cooperS needs to go down before this season is over. Struts will be in at the end of this week, keeping my eyes open for a set of stocker rims, and tires (Kuhmos to be exact) within the next 5 weeks or so.)
--BillyM
Viva La AutoX!