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Hey all, I'm thinking about buying the ADDCO rear sway bar and also picking up some brackets from AWEB...I was wondering if you guys thought the Addco bar was worth it and if they've improved it enough by now. My car currently has the 14mm rear bar from a 92 Z34 in it, and it handles decent but still understeers a lot. I drive this car a lot in the winter and will be using the stock P215 60R16 tires in the winter (P245/45R17's in the summer). I'll be keeping the stock leaf in the back and also the stock height front springs for now. My leaf is a little saggy but its no big deal (car sits level)

 

Just wondering what everyone's thoughts were.

 

 

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That price looks like the going rate, but if you want one don't

figure on getting it to soon.I ordered one on june 12 and haven't

seen it yet.Addco just keeps pushing the ship date back every week.

I finally cancelled the order today, I'll worry about the swaybar

next year.

 

 

Brian Lester

Holland, Mi.

92 Z-34

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actually, it depends on the Z34. for example the '95 Brickyard Monte has a factory 22mm rear bar which is the same size as the Addco bar.

 

True, but the 95 Monte rear sway bars were hollow. Hollow bars flex more than solid ones.

 

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That price looks like the going rate, but if you want one don't

figure on getting it to soon.I ordered one on june 12 and haven't

seen it yet.Addco just keeps pushing the ship date back every week.

I finally cancelled the order today, I'll worry about the swaybar

next year.

 

 

Brian Lester

Holland, Mi.

92 Z-34

 

From truckperformance??

I have the order form to order straight from addco if anyone would like it... it's about $178 shipped from them.

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No, it was from performance center(one of addco's listed

distributors).I think most of these places just drop ship

from addco,I would be surprised if anybody actually stocks

many of these parts, especially first gen sway bars .

 

Brian Lester

Holland, Mi.

92 Z-34

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actually, it depends on the Z34. for example the '95 Brickyard Monte has a factory 22mm rear bar which is the same size as the Addco bar.

 

True, but the 95 Monte rear sway bars were hollow. Hollow bars flex more than solid ones.

 

 

while that may be true, the wall thickness matters more than if its hollow or not since the bar is mostly under torsion, and the center of the bar is very lazy and doesn't add much strength

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I want to get one soon.

 

Since when does Aweb make brackets?

 

but alas my friend....I made some diff inner hangers for my revised addco bar...

 

It allows me to move the bar up and down to get the right height....instead of it being fixed....

 

I do have alot left over actually....

 

PICS

 

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v639/AWeb/Revised%20ADDCO%20Bar/

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Paul, i didn't see that PN for the rear outers on your cardomain...is that just the bushing or the clamp too?

 

man, Addco hardware blows. the Addco outer clamps won't even fit my strut bolts. they drilled the bolt holes way off. i could use the Brickyard outers i have but they are so tall that it posistions the bar too far forward and the bar hits the 2 big nuts in the center for the lateral arms. i am going to either have to get new outers that fit or use GM outers and make my own inners.

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I'm not too happy even with the revised Addco bar. It still clunkity clunks on big bumps. :( I think it needs to be a little wider still to clear the inner fenders. I'm not sure if that's where it's hitting, but that's my guess.

 

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