Agreed, one of the best, cheap handling upgrades you can do. A small warning, my dad got the lindsey racing ones and they caused his swaybar to hit the a/c compressor. My Tarret brackets did not have the same issue. Still the best $42 i've spent.
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Did you buy the Rennbay or KLA ones? I too did the brackets, and went with the KLAs, I noticed the difference, and love them. Cheap, noticeable mod, you cant go wrong.
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Be aware that these can and do shear in half sometimes in extreme conditions.
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Been there done that. Watkins Glen, going up the esses. Instant terminal oversteer. I hate when that happens. I'm pretty sure there was no such bracket in the Cup days, so I'm guessing they just swapped them out as a wear item. Wish the PCA had been as vocal about them as they were about the control arms. I spent $1600 on Fabcar arms, so I think I woulda bought the bracket if they'd been available in the last century.
Regards, doug 86 951 (http://www.pcaucr.org/visuals/photos...egory&catid=61) 01 E320 (W210) 4matic Wagon (http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w210...body-do-2.html) 00 540i-6 (http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...hp?albumid=976) 94 855 turbo Wagon (sold in 09) 85 535i-5 (sold in 07) 76 300D (sold in 92) 83 944 (sold in 86) I apparently only buy cars designated by numbers |
+1!!
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Originally Posted by dykaar
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Been there done that. Watkins Glen, going up the esses. Instant terminal oversteer. I hate when that happens. I'm pretty sure there was no such bracket in the Cup days, so I'm guessing they just swapped them out as a wear item. Wish the PCA had been as vocal about them as they were about the control arms. I spent $1600 on Fabcar arms, so I think I woulda bought the bracket if they'd been available in the last century.
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Jim,
I have seen a picture of those before, but I didn't know who made them, Thanks. Regards, doug 86 951 (http://www.pcaucr.org/visuals/photos...egory&catid=61) 01 E320 (W210) 4matic Wagon (http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w210...body-do-2.html) 00 540i-6 (http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...hp?albumid=976) 94 855 turbo Wagon (sold in 09) 85 535i-5 (sold in 07) 76 300D (sold in 92) 83 944 (sold in 86) I apparently only buy cars designated by numbers |
Originally Posted by dykaar
(Post 9497270)
Been there done that. Watkins Glen, going up the esses. Instant terminal oversteer. I hate when that happens. I'm pretty sure there was no such bracket in the Cup days, so I'm guessing they just swapped them out as a wear item. Wish the PCA had been as vocal about them as they were about the control arms. I spent $1600 on Fabcar arms, so I think I woulda bought the bracket if they'd been available in the last century.
Regards, doug 86 951 (http://www.pcaucr.org/visuals/photos...egory&catid=61) 01 E320 (W210) 4matic Wagon (http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w210...body-do-2.html) 00 540i-6 (http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...hp?albumid=976) 94 855 turbo Wagon (sold in 09) 85 535i-5 (sold in 07) 76 300D (sold in 92) 83 944 (sold in 86) I apparently only buy cars designated by numbers |
I've personally never used these on any car. My belief is that using too large a sway bar with too soft of a spring ends up making the sway bar move around more, necessitating brackets like these. Ive never had a sway bar pop out of a mount or bend like many say who buy the supports. Not saying they don't work, just never needed them.
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Look at the picture:
http://www.pcaucr.org/visuals/photos...detail&id=1177 The bracket split through the bolt holes. You can see from the level of rust that the crack took time to propagate across the bracket. Just a little flex over ~20 years and SNAP! you're in the armco. Feh. Regards, doug 86 951 (http://www.pcaucr.org/visuals/photos...egory&catid=61) 01 E320 (W210) 4matic Wagon (http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w210...body-do-2.html) 00 540i-6 (http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...hp?albumid=976) 94 855 turbo Wagon (sold in 09) 85 535i-5 (sold in 07) 76 300D (sold in 92) 83 944 (sold in 86) I apparently only buy cars designated by numbers |
Originally Posted by xsboost90
(Post 9497651)
I've personally never used these on any car. My belief is that using too large a sway bar with too soft of a spring ends up making the sway bar move around more, necessitating brackets like these. Ive never had a sway bar pop out of a mount or bend like many say who buy the supports. Not saying they don't work, just never needed them.
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I had a few sets made at work. using mine with a 26.8mm bar. They're great, very happy.
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makes sense, i guess most cars have the sway bar mounted solid up top instead of hanging, maybe i'll pick up a set and see how they do.
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Originally Posted by dykaar
(Post 9497270)
I'm pretty sure there was no such bracket in the Cup days, so I'm guessing they just swapped them out as a wear item.
Also - forgot to mention it earlier. Probably the more common failure than breaking the factory hangers, is distortion and fatigue cracking of the frame rails at the mounting points. There are some threads here that show pictures of various damaged frame rails. The factory was aware of that problem, and did reinforce the frame rails at the swaybar hanger mounting points on the Turbo Cup/Motorsport cars. |
was that modification also made on the 951S street cars? I know they did the strut tower pieces...
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