Todd951968

Great, thanks!

Luis de Prat

To adjust the rear bar, I'm guessing the inner holes closer to the bar itself increase the stiffness, correct?

John Etnier

Could Stew and others amplify on this a bit? What is the character of the change and why is it so astounding? I'm giving serious thought to this, although it's hard to justify big upgrade bucks on a 127,000+ mi. car in my current circumstances.

John Etnier

PS:

I contacted Sunset Imports with Luis' list of parts above, and Jeff mentioned "You were missing the C clips and the 4 most outer bushings for the drop links.". The clips are very low in cost and I am hard-pressed not to replace them as part of the process.

RajDatta

Only M030's come with clips if I remember correctly. It's there as a safety mechanism in case there is a possibility of the end to pop out of the drop link, would be a very rare instance on a street car.
Raj

John Etnier

Gotcha. Thought Jeff was using a shorthand for mounting hardware.

Luis de Prat

Can someone please answer my last question regarding adjusting the rear bar? TIA

RajDatta

1) Yes, the drop links are the same, just the bushing is different. It has a bigger diameter.

2) None. Very straight forward. Give it a try, you will see it's a piece of cake.

Raj

StewHatch

My car got the new sway bars at 165,000 miles, and the difference in the way the car sits thru a corner has to be the most significant difference IMO. I recently added four new adj Koni's and motor mounts & it's like a new car. She is much flatter around corners and it feels like I can push the car harder / faster around a corner. I noticed a big difference at autocross as well - I feel it's easier to drive at the limit. The sway bars themselves were pretty cheap - I purchased them + the bushings at Sunset. I don't want to quote price here since it was over a year ago when I purchased them, but the sway bars with bushings was less than $250 total F & R IIRC. I hope this helps.

Luis de Prat

I meant my last question. I installed both bars and have been enjoying them for a fe months now. Just curious about adjusting the rear bar. Thanks again.

RajDatta

Yes, the closer to the center, the stiffer the setting.
Raj

Luis de Prat

Thanks, what setting is yours on? I chose the middle one, but replaced the rear shocks with adjustable new Koni yellows in the factory setting. The ride is excellent, but I'd like to play with the settings a bit, since they're fairly easy to change.

Would a stiffer setting on the rear stabilizer bar with the Konis in their default setting make the car prone to oversteer? Or should I leave the bar in the middle setting and turn the Konis up a notch in stiffness?

StewHatch

I have my rear M030 sway bars installed using the middle mounting hole and the rear Koni's are adjusted to medium. This setting is more than ample for the street and at AX the rear end doesn't want to swing out anymore, esp. when my tire pressures are set at 40 psi (hot) and the front Koni's are turned up to full firm. The difference in the way the car handles & feels compared to last year is night and day.