anybody have any recommendations on a good place to look for sway bars?

racing beat sways are great quality and have great performance

Progress Tech sway bars are pretty good too. Nice and stiff, 3 points of adjustability in the front, 2 in the rear.

http://raceroots.com/index.php/products/mazda/rx8/suspension.html?suspension_acc=168

Let me know if you end up jumping on one, I am running a special currently on the Agency Power Sway bars and EVO-R endlinks.

Which is the exact same as Progress, since Progress makes the bars for Agency Power.

Look around the for sale section here. Most weeks someone has a set for sale. Save you some money. I recently bought the progress techs and AP links, off a member here. I dig em so far.

Unbolt them from the axle mounts with an air gun. You'll probably have to buy new ones if you try and remove them from the sway bar itself. Then just push the sway bar out of the way. Actually, some people just take them right off.