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RE: buying whiteline swaybars (i know, i know..)
2010/10/23 09:35:05
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I had a set of brand new later model ones and bent them with my whiteline:( Thats when i bought these:- They're the best for my application Imo, due to their strength but also the ability to easily change the ends if needed. The dust boots also is a plus. I use standard rears and have never damaged one.  Forget the bolts and the fact they have "rear" written there, it's just what this image was found with online is all.
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RE: buying whiteline swaybars (i know, i know..)
2010/10/23 10:36:53
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So where did you buy these from and how much?
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RE: buying whiteline swaybars (i know, i know..)
2010/10/23 16:21:15
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Bought 5 or so sets from Repco over the years.Measure the lengthgs you require first with your height, choice of suspension/sway bar/sway bar plates etc then contact them with the rough length you need centre to centre.
The ones i suggest is the larger thickness of the two options of these that Whiteline manufacture. I do not remember the pricing sorry.
Another thing to remember is that the high and tight ones are long, not short like is required for lowered/coilover cars.
Madmr2 found this out today when try to use std end links on his whiteline sway bar/tein coilovers and sway bar plates setup.
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RE: buying whiteline swaybars (i know, i know..)
2011/09/13 11:27:50
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sorry to revive an old thread but I have whiteline sets for the front and rear ready to go in my car... and although i havent had a chance to open the box, i also have an email from whiteline saying that endlinks are included....
I suspect the rear wont make too much difference however, i like the ability to adjust, or tune, the suspension a little more. 'm going to start with both on medium setting but suspect the rear may go softer.
My opinion is a little offset as i'll also be installing the KW V3's at the same time so suspect the springs may be a bit different to stock, and i tend to drive roads in tassie with crap road surface and pot holes.... if it was for the track i suspect i'd go hard front and medium rear...
will keep all posted but thought it interesting they say they include the end links now.
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RE: buying whiteline swaybars (i know, i know..)
2011/09/14 18:45:51
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Read through this thread just then, interesting what people's thoughts are. I've been throwing ideas around my head for the last couple of months what I feel would be an optimal setup. I'm surprised there is so much emphasis placed on Swaybars, and not a stiffer spring rate front and rear if body roll is the big issue. I understand the car will tend to 'hop' more over bumps with the stiffer springs - say, in the 6-8kg front, 8-10kg rear rates give or take, but all 4 tyres will do more work in comparison on a car with soft springs that relies on a stiff swaybar to load up the outside tyre.
I understand the pitfalls of running a stiff spring/strut combo if the car is driven on poor road surfaces, but if not, why bother with beefier swaybars. Only reason I can think of is to keep the car flatter around a corner. There is one 300ZX owner on the Aus300ZX forum who races often and has dumped a lot of coin into his suspension setup.. But retains stock swaybars.
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RE: buying whiteline swaybars (i know, i know..)
2011/09/14 20:20:33
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TRD2000
sorry to revive an old thread but I have whiteline sets for the front and rear ready to go in my car... and although i havent had a chance to open the box, i also have an email from whiteline saying that endlinks are included....
I suspect the rear wont make too much difference however, i like the ability to adjust, or tune, the suspension a little more. 'm going to start with both on medium setting but suspect the rear may go softer.
My opinion is a little offset as i'll also be installing the KW V3's at the same time so suspect the springs may be a bit different to stock, and i tend to drive roads in tassie with crap road surface and pot holes.... if it was for the track i suspect i'd go hard front and medium rear...
will keep all posted but thought it interesting they say they include the end links now.
I'd like to know how the V3's go and what they feel like if you don't mind doing a write up on them after they have been installed?
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RE: buying whiteline swaybars (i know, i know..)
2011/09/14 23:15:42
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Something that is massively overlooked when it comes to suspension tuning is the tyres you are running on the car, in particularly load and camber sensitivity. Some tyres can handle largely varying load without much change in grip so long as you keep them within an optimum camber range. So you'd prefer to run stiff sway bars to keep the body roll to a minimum without worrying too much about the wheel rates. And of course some tyres will be the exact opposite. Unfortunately even if you've got the inclination to get involved at this level, the data isn't readily available without significant cost.
Tunability is a great thing to have. You can experiment with different settings and find something that you're comfortable with.
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RE: buying whiteline swaybars (i know, i know..)
2011/09/15 09:40:51
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big_al_92t
Read through this thread just then, interesting what people's thoughts are. I've been throwing ideas around my head for the last couple of months what I feel would be an optimal setup. I'm surprised there is so much emphasis placed on Swaybars, and not a stiffer spring rate front and rear if body roll is the big issue. I understand the car will tend to 'hop' more over bumps with the stiffer springs - say, in the 6-8kg front, 8-10kg rear rates give or take, but all 4 tyres will do more work in comparison on a car with soft springs that relies on a stiff swaybar to load up the outside tyre.
I understand the pitfalls of running a stiff spring/strut combo if the car is driven on poor road surfaces, but if not, why bother with beefier swaybars. Only reason I can think of is to keep the car flatter around a corner. There is one 300ZX owner on the Aus300ZX forum who races often and has dumped a lot of coin into his suspension setup.. But retains stock swaybars.
+ 1 When I "borrowed" some TEIN HR coil overs and drove around for 6 months, there was ZERO body roll everywhere with them as they were stiff as ****. The only thing that kept me from being a boy racer was the tyres...I could fling the thing so hard and fast into traffic slaloms it was scary! All with standard SW20 1989/1990 swaybars just with Poly D bushes! Even with my Eibach Pro kits and Koni shocks, it doesn't body roll at legal speeds, unless you REALLY throw it into a corner (which you're mad doing in an early MR2 anyway). Some cars only have a front sway bar and seem to get along fine.
1990 SW20 GT 3S-GTE Targa 2001 Honda CBR600F4i 
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RE: buying whiteline swaybars (i know, i know..)
2011/09/15 11:10:50
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mmm i'll see how i go with the whitelines... even the softest setting should be a significant improvement on the OEM '90 stuff, and i can always beef it up for track work where im less worried about steering feedback...
im expecting a night and day difference from my whole setup so, unfortunately, i'm not going to be able to identify the difference that JUST the KW's make... except for comfort i guess...
but will certainly add what i can.
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