I was just wondering because my rear sway bar just broke and after searching around I didn't see any mention of front bars breaking ever. So I am thinking if they eventually do, maybe I should get both now or just focus on the rear. thanks
Do front sway bars ever break in street driving?
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I broke a front swaybar on a '94 Cobra some years ago. I'm not sure if it's a common thing or not. I replaced it with one off of a '95 GT at the time. I currently have the Eibach front & rear anti-roll bars on my current Cobra and I love them. Very much reduced the flex overall. Now I just need to compliment them with a set of subframe connectors.
thanks. do es the Eibach rear one require any special modding/parts?
the rears always break. Never seen a front one break.
I've never seen a front break and that was the first time even hearing about 1 breaking.
Same here. I've replaced more rears than I want to count. Never heard of front breaking
Nope - everything you need comes with it. This is the set I'm running: Eibach Mustang Anti-Roll Sway Bar Kit ( excluding the Cobra) 3518.320 (94-04 GT, V6, Mach 1; 94-98 Cobra) - Free Shipping 3518.320
I contacted maximum Motorsports a couple years ago asking their opinion on whether I should upgrade to the eibach sway bars or not. I was looking at the same ones posted in the link above. I had a certain amount of money to spend and was either going to do sway bars or subframe connectors. Here's the email reply they sent back.
"If the car corners well for you, leave the swaybars alone.
If the car is a bit tail happy, remove the rear bar. Most of our shop cars
do not have a rear sway bar of any type.
Our road race cars have our softer than stock front bar with little or no
rear sway bar. (We make up the lack of sway bars in the damper/springs we
use on those cars.)
Most "street only" drivers like the way the larger swaybars FEEL, but don't
push their cars hard enough to realize the car doesn't actually corner
better with them."
"If the car corners well for you, leave the swaybars alone.
If the car is a bit tail happy, remove the rear bar. Most of our shop cars
do not have a rear sway bar of any type.
Our road race cars have our softer than stock front bar with little or no
rear sway bar. (We make up the lack of sway bars in the damper/springs we
use on those cars.)
Most "street only" drivers like the way the larger swaybars FEEL, but don't
push their cars hard enough to realize the car doesn't actually corner
better with them."
Yes I do like the way they feel I certainly don't corner hard on the street
Interesting. Guess I'll be sticking with the stock ones. My rear one is going to snap anytime though as my weight jacker LCAs have grinded that bar down a 1/4" deep.
I love cornering hard on the street haha, some times I risk it and down shift to 3rd and take a turn at 40-45mph. It is a great feeling! I thought I had read that some where before.
I love cornering hard on the street haha, some times I risk it and down shift to 3rd and take a turn at 40-45mph. It is a great feeling! I thought I had read that some where before.
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