Stock Sway Bar Sizes On FRS? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

gbgracer · 04-21-2013, 10:57 PM

What are the stock sway bar sizes?

boredom.is.me · 04-21-2013, 11:28 PM

And are they solid or hollow?

ft_sjo · 04-22-2013, 01:22 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, 08:25 PM

What is the stock front sway bar size?

Racecomp Engineering · 04-22-2013, 08:31 PM

18mm solid.

- andy

charged86 · 04-22-2013, 10:50 PM

The rear is pathetic.

ft_sjo · 04-23-2013, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by charged86

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, 01:27 AM

Nice to know fellas!!

wparsons · 04-23-2013, 09:01 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, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by wparsons

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, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by ft_sjo

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, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

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, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by ft_sjo

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, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

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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