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Wonder why upgrading your sway bars is important? Read below for our basic overview of how sway bars work.
Regardless of horsepower, improving the suspension allows you to use all available horsepower more often. This is because you have more control and stability in your setup, which in turn allows you to use that right pedal more. One of the cheapest parts to modify in the suspension, while seeing the most improvement would be to replace, remove, or add sway bars.
First and foremost a sway bar is a "part of many automobile suspensions that helps reduce the body roll of a vehicle during fast cornering or over road irregularities. It connects opposite (left/right) wheels together through short lever arms linked by a torsion spring. A sway bar increases the suspension's roll stiffness—its resistance to roll in turns, independent of its spring rate in the vertical direction."-wiki In a nut shell a sway bar is another spring in your suspension system. The cool thing about this spring is that by adding a stiffer bar you can help reduce how much body roll a vehicle has while still maintaining ride comfort.
The reason I listed replace, remove, or add sway bars is because every car behaves differently. Most vehicle will benefit from replacing 1 or more sway bars with stiffer ones, while others may be more stable by removing the rear bar, or some gain more grip by adding a rear sway bar. Each vehicle and setup is different from the next and it can take time and research to know what is best for what you are looking to do with the vehicle. The best way to decide what you should do is research what others are doing with the same car, ask other members who have experience with suspension, or send me a message. There are a range of bars and bar styles that fit everyone's needs.
When starting to research sway bars you will want to start with finding out how many bars your vehicle comes with and their thickness for reference. When searching for aftermarket upgrades they are usually listed by thickness (15mm, 19mm, 24mm, etc). Bar thickness translates to how stiff the sway bar is. Typically adding a thicker bar than what comes on the car is the choice to make as it helps reduce body roll more. Something to keep in mind though... OEM bars are usually hallow, while aftermarket are usually solid. These means a 15mm Eibach sway bar would be stiffer than your 15mm OEM bar that came on the car. Some sway bars come as "Adjustable" and this allows you to adjust how much force the bar places on the wheel to reduce or add body roll.
Sway bars usually range from $150 - $300 depending on the car and really are a great place to start when improving a vehicle.
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