Ready to buy: Whiteline or Hotchkis Sway Bars?

NewYorkJon34 · 04-16-2011, 08:44 AM

Most of the time its for the rear, but you could upgrade the front as well for better piece of mine. I believe A.M. Performance has a set of endlinks coming soon.

bezzita · 04-23-2011, 09:40 PM

I got whiteline swaybars...., it improved my track time ...., BUT these bars does not have "lateral lock"...! The rear bar can move horizontally under heavy load.

My car spunt out 180o twice during tracks days in the 2nd and 3rd session.... and at that time I dont know why my car handle very very bad after the 1st session.....! Lucky my mechanic friend came along and found out the rear sway bars moved horizontally (does not sit in the middle anymore).

We tried putting steel clamps on... but it still can move.

We found out that Whiteline selling the "lateral lock" now. Whiteline KLL1_ _ Both Sway bar - alloy lateral lock ..., I will try installing them before the next track day..., let see if this can solve the problem....! I tried to get them but none of the vendors and even whiteline does not have them in stock

The good things about Hotckiss and probably other brands.., they got these lateral lock welded to the bar already.....! However, some people told me that if they got these welded to the bar..., they r gonna be the weakest point...., the bar will snap at the welded point..., is this true ?!?!?!

racoman1 · 10-11-2012, 06:48 PM

since drive shafts on the cars are usually hollow, I don`t think hollow should be too much of an issue.

djtodd · 10-11-2012, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by racoman1

since drive shafts on the cars are usually hollow, I don`t think hollow should be too much of an issue.

The load on a driveshaft and the load on sway bars are totally different.

OP: You can't get too much front bar on our cars. Personally I prefer the whiteline.

04-23-2011, 09:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
bezzita Base Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Melbourne, AU Posts: 152 Drives: 09 370Z 6MT RED Rep Power: 18	I got whiteline swaybars...., it improved my track time ...., BUT these bars does not have "lateral lock"...! The rear bar can move horizontally under heavy load. My car spunt out 180o twice during tracks days in the 2nd and 3rd session.... and at that time I dont know why my car handle very very bad after the 1st session.....! Lucky my mechanic friend came along and found out the rear sway bars moved horizontally (does not sit in the middle anymore). We tried putting steel clamps on... but it still can move. We found out that Whiteline selling the "lateral lock" now. Whiteline KLL1_ _ Both Sway bar - alloy lateral lock ..., I will try installing them before the next track day..., let see if this can solve the problem....! I tried to get them but none of the vendors and even whiteline does not have them in stock The good things about Hotckiss and probably other brands.., they got these lateral lock welded to the bar already.....! However, some people told me that if they got these welded to the bar..., they r gonna be the weakest point...., the bar will snap at the welded point..., is this true ?!?!?! __________________ Street = \| Venaci Spirit 20"x9.5"F +10 - 20"x11"R +5 \| Track = \| Nismo OEM 19"x9.5"F +40 - 19"x10.5"R +23 \| Bridgestone RE-11 265/35/19F - 305/30/19R \|

10-11-2012, 06:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
racoman1 Base Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Toronto Posts: 9 Drives: Nissan 370Z Rep Power: 15	hollow vs solid since drive shafts on the cars are usually hollow, I don`t think hollow should be too much of an issue. physics likes this.

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04-16-2011, 08:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
NewYorkJon34 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Naples, Florida Posts: 3,041 Drives: 09 Fairlady Z Rep Power: 1067	Most of the time its for the rear, but you could upgrade the front as well for better piece of mine. I believe A.M. Performance has a set of endlinks coming soon.