stillen sways...need end link opinions!

kenchan

honestly if i was to install my stillen swaybar set (i have a brand new set in my parts bin) i would only install the front and leave the rear bar stock.

right now i only have the front whiteline installed. stock endlinks and all. car feels great. perfect match for stock suspension.

DEpointfive0

Yeah, I was just thinking to myself... I'm on stock suspension, always will be. I have Nismo S-Tune sways and I'm just going to change the front to Hotchkis...
Sooooooooooo, I really don't need endlinks do I?

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kenchan

i read hotchikis are waaay to stiff. like they just welded up a bar, took it around for a spin to confirm no sway, and sell sell sell.

ive not read too much on the s-tune. wat are the stiffness vs stock on those?

and yah, endlinks usually break progressively (unlike them old wrx SNAP! endlinks)... you will hear knocking noise over uneven roads at slow speeds like in parking lots.

the whiteline rear endlinks appeared to just break apart though looking at some of the posts.

critical

my bars are pretty beefy and my end links are still functioning



went full stiff on my rear sway and the car handles even better. i don't know why keeping the stocker or ditching the rear is touted as being good. maybe the car is too squirrelly for some

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Chuck33079

I've got a set of Hotchkis bars and have no complaints. I think the people claiming the car ends up too squirrely with a big rear bar are running a completely different suspension setup. If you've got stiff coilovers, the addition of a big rear bar may make it a bit too tail happy. The springs I'm on aren't that much stiffer than stock, so the big bar balances everything out nicely. You get the body roll reduction of a much stiffer spring, but only feel the tradeoff when you hit a bump off-center. To me, I'd prefer too much bar and not enough spring for something I drive everyday. For a track slut, I'd go with a much stiffer spring/damper combo, and add just enough bar to balance things out.

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