Ready to buy: Whiteline or Hotchkis Sway Bars?

Zeto · 06-30-2010, 01:03 PM

Looks like I'm going Hotckis, thanks guys!

res0zsfa · 07-02-2010, 03:02 AM

hotchkis i see....so does everyone put the sway bars to the stiffest setting? or the middle hole?

Trips · 07-02-2010, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by res0zsfa

hotchkis i see....so does everyone put the sway bars to the stiffest setting? or the middle hole?

For everyday driving the middle setting is just fine.

NewYorkJon34 · 07-02-2010, 02:57 PM

Alot of people seem to like the middle settings for DD

NewYorkJon34 · 07-02-2010, 02:58 PM

Anyone know if there are any deals going on for the hotchkis sway bars?

Trips · 07-02-2010, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by NewYorkJon34

Anyone know if there are any deals going on for the hotchkis sway bars?

Lou, at Amplified Motorsport always has deals?

spearfish25 · 07-03-2010, 07:06 AM

I put the Hotchkis on a couple weeks ago....love'em. I did an autoX last weekend and the car handles beautifully (stock suspension other than the sways). The car rotates nicely, has easily controllable oversteer with the rear on the middle setting, and corners much flatter now. I'd buy them again, no question. As for the hollow/solid question...who cares. I can tell you the Hotchkis bars weigh at least twice what the stock bars weigh, and they look twice as substantial. Unless they are CF, I want my sways to be beefy.

Mozen · 07-03-2010, 03:51 PM

Despite saying i liked the Tanabe bars earlier in this thread i decided to go with whiteline lol. Ill not be able to install them until September when i get R&R but ill be putting them and a set of BC ERs with Swift Springs 12k/10k on at the same time. Should make a huge difference! When September rolls around ill have a journal go up and ill post pics of all my installs and then a review of the parts ive bought.

Da.Menace · 07-08-2010, 11:28 AM

IMO stay away from hollow bars.

Although they are lightweight compared to solid bars, I've seen a few cars with snapped/broken sway bars, and all of them are hollow/tubular.

But YMMV.

NewYorkJon34 · 07-08-2010, 11:33 AM

^Did that happen at the track or on the street?

Da.Menace · 07-08-2010, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by NewYorkJon34

^Did that happen at the track or on the street?

IIRC 2 that I've seen had them snapped on the track after some Auto-X.

The rest of them had them snapped on street. I remember one of them saying that they heard "clinking" noise after turning a corner, then when the car was jacked up, we saw the sway bar snapped in half.

Zeto · 07-08-2010, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Da.Menace

IIRC 2 that I've seen had them snapped on the track after some Auto-X.

The rest of them had them snapped on street. I remember one of them saying that they heard "clinking" noise after turning a corner, then when the car was jacked up, we saw the sway bar snapped in half.

What brand?

wishihadnav · 07-08-2010, 12:14 PM

there's only a few brands that make hollow bars...tanabe, hotchkis, cobb..I stay away from hollow bars..they are light but can bend/snap under load...go with the Whitelines.

NewYorkJon34 · 07-08-2010, 12:40 PM

I don't plan on going to the track, so it's basically only for the street. With so many people that have the hotchkis kit you would think one would have broke by now. Are the Whiteline soild bars that much more reliable then the hotchkis hollow bars?

Zeto · 07-08-2010, 02:09 PM

I have yet to hear about about Hotckis bars snapping on 370Z's.

06-30-2010, 01:03 PM	#16 (permalink)
Zeto Track Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: North NJ Age: 40 Posts: 766 Drives: 09 Pearl White 370Z Rep Power: 267	Looks like I'm going Hotckis, thanks guys! physics likes this.

07-03-2010, 07:06 AM	#22 (permalink)
spearfish25 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Naples, FL Posts: 4,117 Drives: to work Rep Power: 1856	I put the Hotchkis on a couple weeks ago....love'em. I did an autoX last weekend and the car handles beautifully (stock suspension other than the sways). The car rotates nicely, has easily controllable oversteer with the rear on the middle setting, and corners much flatter now. I'd buy them again, no question. As for the hollow/solid question...who cares. I can tell you the Hotchkis bars weigh at least twice what the stock bars weigh, and they look twice as substantial. Unless they are CF, I want my sways to be beefy. physics likes this. __________________ 2013 Cadillac V-Wagon, RIP Z

07-03-2010, 03:51 PM	#23 (permalink)
Mozen Track Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Newport News, VA Posts: 820 Drives: Nissan 370z PW M6 Rep Power: 17	Despite saying i liked the Tanabe bars earlier in this thread i decided to go with whiteline lol. Ill not be able to install them until September when i get R&R but ill be putting them and a set of BC ERs with Swift Springs 12k/10k on at the same time. Should make a huge difference! When September rolls around ill have a journal go up and ill post pics of all my installs and then a review of the parts ive bought. __________________ PW 370z \| AEM \| MISHIMOTO \| ARK PERFORMANCE \| WHITELINE \| NISMO \| STILLEN \| FORGESTAR \| BC RACING \| AMS \| NON STOP TUNING \| CARBONETICS LSD \| 4 Point DOM 1.75" SCCA Spec Roll Bar + Harness Bar CHECK OUT MY BUILD THREAD HERE

07-08-2010, 11:28 AM	#24 (permalink)
Da.Menace Track Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 698 Drives: people crazy Rep Power: 16	IMO stay away from hollow bars. Although they are lightweight compared to solid bars, I've seen a few cars with snapped/broken sway bars, and all of them are hollow/tubular. But YMMV. __________________ Brembo :: H&R :: KW :: SPC :: Stillen Last edited by Da.Menace; 07-08-2010 at 11:36 AM.

07-08-2010, 12:40 PM	#29 (permalink)
NewYorkJon34 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Naples, Florida Posts: 3,041 Drives: 09 Fairlady Z Rep Power: 1064	I don't plan on going to the track, so it's basically only for the street. With so many people that have the hotchkis kit you would think one would have broke by now. Are the Whiteline soild bars that much more reliable then the hotchkis hollow bars? Last edited by NewYorkJon34; 07-08-2010 at 12:43 PM.

07-02-2010, 03:02 AM	#17 (permalink)
res0zsfa Base Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Mukilteo/Seattle Posts: 248 Drives: 09 370z PW MT Rep Power: 15	hotchkis i see....so does everyone put the sway bars to the stiffest setting? or the middle hole?

07-02-2010, 02:57 PM	#19 (permalink)
NewYorkJon34 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Naples, Florida Posts: 3,041 Drives: 09 Fairlady Z Rep Power: 1064	Alot of people seem to like the middle settings for DD

07-02-2010, 02:58 PM	#20 (permalink)
NewYorkJon34 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Naples, Florida Posts: 3,041 Drives: 09 Fairlady Z Rep Power: 1064	Anyone know if there are any deals going on for the hotchkis sway bars?

07-08-2010, 11:33 AM	#25 (permalink)
NewYorkJon34 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Naples, Florida Posts: 3,041 Drives: 09 Fairlady Z Rep Power: 1064	^Did that happen at the track or on the street?

07-08-2010, 12:14 PM	#28 (permalink)
wishihadnav A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 90090 Posts: 1,851 Drives: Force Fed Nismo Rep Power: 183	there's only a few brands that make hollow bars...tanabe, hotchkis, cobb..I stay away from hollow bars..they are light but can bend/snap under load...go with the Whitelines.

07-08-2010, 02:09 PM	#30 (permalink)
Zeto Track Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: North NJ Age: 40 Posts: 766 Drives: 09 Pearl White 370Z Rep Power: 267	I have yet to hear about about Hotckis bars snapping on 370Z's.

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