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Old 07 Feb 2004, 02:31 pm
im4gzs im4gzs is offline
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Thanks for the input, everyone. I don't like the rusty front stock sway bar, either!! Looks awful when I get under there to change my oil.

I read the well-written "inside scoop on anti-roll bars" that IRPT suggested and it indicated that if I leave the front sway bar as is and add a rear (and leave everything else the same), then I'll increase oversteer (the tendency to have the rear end be "loose" or to lose traction).

If I were to replace the front only with a bigger diameter bar than stock (and leave the rear sway-bar-less - which I'm not even considering, but I'm making an illustration), it'll increase the tendency to understeer (or "plow" through curves).

So, I can surmise that it's better to replace both sway bars at one time, because the effects of increasing understeer in front and oversteer in the rear will "cancel each other out," so to speak, and result in a overall better handling car than stock.

Guess I'll be asking for a set of front and rear sway bars for Valentine's Day (as opposed to just a new rear sway bar)! Now, I gotta decide what brand...I already have Eibach ProKit springs, so I'll probably go Eibach (part number 2860.320)...(and get the aftermarket rear sway bar installation hardware kit, of course, either from Eibach or Ma Mopar). Wyckoff has the MoPar/Eibach stuff here: http://store.yahoo.com/wyckoff-chrys...tcroemres.html

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