WARNING! Thick rear sway bars on the Euro

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Originally Posted by Chris_F

edit: just read he has tanabe coilovers looks like the 22mm sway bar and firm polyurethane mounts are a no no

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Sad, the Progress 22mm RSB comes with poly bushes and that looked to be more promising than the Comptech because you could use aftermarket exhausts with it.

bummer, i don't think a 22mm bar is a risk I'm willing to take. It's possible to order one through whiteline for around the same price as the 18mm if you specify the dimension. Maybe a 20mm would be a good compromise?

I've had my bar for about a year now and haven't had to regrease the bushings yet - will it just start making noise when it needs some grease?

you'll get a bit of a squeek i think.

Is there anyway you can re-inforce the mounting points for the swaybar?? Maybe with an extra plate sort of like the HD plate that whiteline offer with the 22mm civic/crx bars??

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Originally Posted by Chris_F

bummer, i don't think a 22mm bar is a risk I'm willing to take. It's possible to order one through whiteline for around the same price as the 18mm if you specify the dimension. Maybe a 20mm would be a good compromise?

I've had my bar for about a year now and haven't had to regrease the bushings yet - will it just start making noise when it needs some grease?

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You'll get a loud twang sound when going over bumps or cornering hard.

well that makes it easy :D

Mines got that noise i guess greasing is in order.
kind of noisy atm!

Geees that's bad, I hope my Whiteline RSB doesn't do that to my car!...

Therefore, sometimes, thicker isn't always better! (No not referring to your manhood..)

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Originally Posted by aaronng

Whiteline's 18mm is ok. I have that. No problems other than having to grease the bushings every 6 months.

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Yeah i noticed this on the AZine site earlier.22mm RSB is obviously too thick.I've got 18mm as well had for 8mths.no problems.

:eek: fauk thats hectic

Meh a stock euro corners virtually as good as a wrx anyway (in terms of G-Force), no need to upgrade anyway imo ;) unless tracked

i get some thunking noise from the whiteline swaybar when WOT in 1st + 2nd, & sometimes over small bumps in the road or during cornering. does that mean mine needs greasing?

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Originally Posted by badthing

i get some thunking noise from the whiteline swaybar when WOT in 1st + 2nd, & sometimes over small bumps in the road or during cornering. does that mean mine needs greasing?

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Probably.a good test is over speed humps.If it creaks over them it needs greasing

I'm using Comptech RSB for over 4 months now and haven't experience any noise from it. How do you know if the bushing need to be replaced?