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Originally Posted by Maxxam
Hi All,
I just bought my wife a 2008 Cool Vanilla PT. Let the mods begin! 
I figured posting with the GT/Turbo crowd might be best for this question: My buddy has an SRT-4 that we replaced the front & rear sways on about a year ago. Does anyone know if the OEM SRT-4 rear sway will work on the rear of the PT?
Second question: I want to drop the back of my wifes car just a small amount (3/4-1") and was thinking of cutting the appropriate amount off of the top of the factory rear springs. I am a tech so no big deal for me to do this. I realize the spring rate wont change much which is fine as I wont be touching the front end at all. Has any done this to an OEM rear spring?
If anyone has OEM GT rear springs or a rear sway bar, please let me know as I would be interested.
Thanks! |
The front SRT4 sway bar will interchange, but the rear is completely different, and due to the so called "built in" bar in the rear axle beam you should not put a bar on the rear unless you upgrade the factory front bar to a stronger bar at the same time with a matched set, as this can cause "over steer', the rear bars were deleted starting with (I believe)the '03 model year, and no PT came with a rear factory anti sway bar since then, that is when they changed the design of the rear axle beam and said that there was a bar "built into" the new design.
I know many, many, PT owners on the Performance forums, and know of no one that has "Cut" the coil springs, I worked as a Auto tech for over 30 years and have seen what cut, or heated springs do to the handling of a car, (not good),and not
reversible, as cheap as 1" to 2" drop springs are it is not worth the problems it could cause, a nice inexpensive fix is the Mopar Stage 1 springs for around $235.00 will lower the car about 3/4" to 1" and not give a harsh ride. you could put the rears in pretty quick and keep going, but with all 4 the car will not only look better, but will handle better.
