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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 09:26 AM
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I wanted to get your all s thoughts on sway bars, I will be doing autocross and track days with the car and I have QA1 shocks.

What sizes?
Solid or hollow?
What type of links?
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 12:19 PM
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I just picked up the bilstien autocross shocksand the biggest solid sway bar VB&P had, to go with my z51 springs. I will be autocrossing too. i am stuck in 2E because of the body kit that came on the car, but if you want to stay in 1E or 1street, than you can only have stock parts to the suspension, at least based on the NCCC Rule Book. But check with the Organization you will be running with most of the time. I, however, am not competitive in 2E because I run on street tires at this point in time. I thought about taking the body kit off, but dont want to deal with the hole made into the panels at this point. So I just have fun in 2E and when I get money to a set of racing wheels and tires, I'll be spot on cause I'll be learning and trying to be competitive on street tires.
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 02:26 PM
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I'm very pleased with the 1.25 and 1" tubular (less weight) sway bars from VBP. They had a really nice sale. I used heim links instead of rubber or poly in the end links. Sit in the car and have a helped set the bars to neutral with them. Also install zerks in the mounting bushings to keep them rotating freely.
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 02:29 PM
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I'll go with the hiem joints next year I think. I hadnt heard anything about installing zerks into the mounting bushings though.
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Aardwolf
I'm very pleased with the 1.25 and 1" tubular (less weight) sway bars from VBP. They had a really nice sale. I used heim links instead of rubber or poly in the end links. Sit in the car and have a helped set the bars to neutral with them. Also install zerks in the mounting bushings to keep them rotating freely.
Where did you get the heim links?
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If you don't want to make them a bunch of places carry them. Guldstrand, Banski, Exotic Muscle, etc.
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Guldstrand is $200 a set. That's why I didnt buy this year. Already spent my alotted monies on other suspension stuff.
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