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gbgracer 04-21-2013 09:57 PM

Stock Sway Bar Sizes On FRS?
 
What are the stock sway bar sizes?

boredom.is.me 04-21-2013 10:28 PM

And are they solid or hollow?

ft_sjo 04-22-2013 12:22 AM

Rear is 14mm, solid.

I have part numbers here for OE Impreza bars in 16, 18 and 19mm. Buying from Whiteline is cheaper though unless you can find a second-hand Impreza bar!

gbgracer 04-22-2013 07:25 PM

What is the stock front sway bar size?

Racecomp Engineering 04-22-2013 07:31 PM

18mm solid.

- andy

charged86 04-22-2013 09:50 PM

The rear is pathetic.

ft_sjo 04-23-2013 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by charged86 (Post 884182)
The rear is pathetic.

You're not wrong. I've gone up to a 16mm on the rear and it's still pretty poor!

usptwins 04-23-2013 12:27 AM

Nice to know fellas!!

wparsons 04-23-2013 08:01 AM

Too much stiffness from the sway bar(s) isn't a good thing... these cars are relatively light with low CG's, they don't need a stupidly stiff bar messing up the handling. You're better off with higher spring rates (and proper dampening for those rates) and stock (or no) sway bars.

ft_sjo 04-23-2013 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by wparsons (Post 884865)
Too much stiffness from the sway bar(s) isn't a good thing... these cars are relatively light with low CG's, they don't need a stupidly stiff bar messing up the handling. You're better off with higher spring rates (and proper dampening for those rates) and stock (or no) sway bars.

Don't quit your day job.

OrbitalEllipses 04-23-2013 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by ft_sjo (Post 882061)
Rear is 14mm, solid.

I have part numbers here for OE Impreza bars in 16, 18 and 19mm. Buying from Whiteline is cheaper though unless you can find a second-hand Impreza bar!

A second-hand Impreza bar won't be hard to find locally for most people. Wait long enough and people give 'em away.

ft_sjo 04-23-2013 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses (Post 884971)
A second-hand Impreza bar won't be hard to find locally for most people. Wait long enough and people give 'em away.

That's great if that's the case over there, but here they're like hen's teeth!

OrbitalEllipses 04-23-2013 09:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ft_sjo (Post 884991)
That's great if that's the case over there, but here they're like hen's teeth!

Didn't look at the location; sorry. They're rather common and cheap here. I see them for sale on NASIOC all the time.

ft_sjo 04-23-2013 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses (Post 884995)
Didn't look at the location; sorry. They're rather common and cheap here. I see them for sale on NASIOC all the time.

The hatchback Impreza (2008-) was reasonably popular here, but the subsequent variant is so ugly even those half-blind wouldn't buy it. I guess that's part of the reason!


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