Author Topic: Best Swaybars and where to buy.. (Read 10071 times)

///Motorsport · « **on:** August 18, 2006, 09:13:43 PM »

Okay so i'm in the market for some swaybars, and all i ahve heard abotu are teh ST ones. Are there any on the less expensive side? i am pretty sure i want both f/r. any help is appreciated.

Febi Guibo · « **Reply #1 on:** August 18, 2006, 09:52:09 PM »

I have the ST front... honestly, it seemed like a pretty decent deal... it's stiff, that's fer sure... I can now feel the front *and* back of the bumps and potholes.

D. Clay · « **Reply #2 on:** August 19, 2006, 10:54:37 AM »

These require adding a weld-on bracket on the strut tube similar to the M3:
http://fap99.com/epcvsoapimc.epc?cookieID=1UC12P64O1VL0PD5Q0&drillid=8&subcatid=801033@@Front+Stabilizer&clientid=fap99
The change in geometry makes for a stiffer bar.
For the link to work you first have to select a 1990 M3 as the car.

MustPayDaddy · « **Reply #3 on:** August 27, 2006, 05:02:06 PM »

http://www.electrodyne.cc/

they sell racing dynamics adjustable sway bar kits and other e30 parts

bmwman91 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 27, 2006, 07:54:12 PM »

The ST ones are the fattest out there for the E30 (last time I checked, which was years ago when I bought mone). Now, beefier does not necessarily mean BEST, but I like having the car feel like it is on rails. You WILL NEED to weld in some reinforcements in the rear to keep a beefier one from tearing out of the chassis. I can do that for a nominal fee....

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silverblades181 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 28, 2006, 06:24:51 PM »

I've heard the IE ones are pretty good.

///Motorsport · « **Reply #6 on:** August 29, 2006, 10:11:41 PM »

i okay new question.... i hear some people say having a non upgraded rear bar is better.... what do you guys say to running just a front? how would that feel? i want good performance but i also want fun performance, not scary or too different feeling? i dont really know what i want...

silverblades181 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 29, 2006, 11:01:27 PM »

a rear bar is good on the dry but will cause oversteer on the wet from what I understand.

MustPayDaddy · « **Reply #8 on:** September 07, 2006, 11:19:55 PM »

you can try a rear sway bar out of an m3.. heard they work great

automatic · « **Reply #9 on:** September 09, 2006, 09:38:40 PM »

Quote from: MustPayDaddy

you can try a rear sway bar out of an m3.. heard they work great

What is the size difference between a 318 and an M3 rear sway bar?

nickmpower · « **Reply #10 on:** September 09, 2006, 09:41:06 PM »

12.5 vs 14mm

christophbmw · « **Reply #11 on:** September 10, 2006, 12:01:30 AM »

Quote from: ///Motorsport

i okay new question.... i hear some people say having a non upgraded rear bar is better.... what do you guys say to running just a front? how would that feel? i want good performance but i also want fun performance, not scary or too different feeling? i dont really know what i want...

Do you have an LSD rear end? I would highly recomend to not upgrade your rear sway bars without an LSD rear end, otherwise when you push it through corners your inside rear wheel will spin. Does anyone here have upgraded sway bars with an open diff? just curious, I actually had my rear factory sway bars disconected for a while because you can get WAY more traction in the corners, and it makes a HUGE difference.....one of the reasons why the earlier 320i did not have a rear sway bar.......just my 2 cents.

///Motorsport · « **Reply #12 on:** September 10, 2006, 12:25:46 AM »

yeah very good point. i don't think i would like the feel of sway bars with an open diff. it would feel like something from a bad suspension tune in Gt4. i have a limited slip sitting in my buddy's car that got rear-ended, its mine for parts now. by the time i get sway bars, the LSD will have been on for be on.

christophbmw · « **Reply #13 on:** September 10, 2006, 12:39:18 AM »

Thats no fair! you just got your e30 m42 and you already have a LSD for it, im jealous:(

Vladi · « **Reply #14 on:** September 10, 2006, 08:51:39 AM »

I've had the 4.10 LSD since i had my 1.6 engine.