Who's bought a non whiteline sway bar for the LC?
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Resurrecting this thread. Just ordered a rear sway bar from UltraRacing and but the distributor just found out that they've also stopped manufacturing bars for the LC. F*^&%*^&%&%^*&%*^&CK!!!!!!!
Any suggestions? The PASports bar on kdmstuff.com is too expensive.
Any suggestions? The PASports bar on kdmstuff.com is too expensive.
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UPDATE! (better late than never) So after months of waiting, it turns out that UltraRacing is still making the sway bar for the LC. I got it back in April and installed it before going to a 3 day race school (which was awesome). The bar came with rubber bushings so I went to a local shop and picked up 19mm Energy Suspension poly bushings instead.
So the big question: was this bar worth the wait and the money (6 months and $300 after tax & shipping + $20 for the poly bushings)? It did tighten up the body roll and added some off-throttle over-steer (fun!). But overall, I'd say no. It was a lot of money.
My recommendation is to just buy a polyurethane sway bar bushing kit. It's what I had started with and it still made a noticeable difference and was much cheaper.
So the big question: was this bar worth the wait and the money (6 months and $300 after tax & shipping + $20 for the poly bushings)? It did tighten up the body roll and added some off-throttle over-steer (fun!). But overall, I'd say no. It was a lot of money.
My recommendation is to just buy a polyurethane sway bar bushing kit. It's what I had started with and it still made a noticeable difference and was much cheaper.
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What the bar is great for is long, high-speed corners like on/off ramps. It's noticeably faster and I get this nice tightening of the back end before the car wants to slide.
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I'm super happy with my adjustable Whiteline bar. Never used anything else, but I would say that for the money even at $300+ the rear sway bar was the best bang for the buck of anything I've done to my Accent.



