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Old Aug 28, 2017 | 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by TheBigNewt
Somebody said doing front bar is a major headache. Good luck.
So is being married for 30 years!! I can handle it.
Did my rear bar in under 2 hours with hand tools, saved $200 (LA Rates)!!
 
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Old Aug 28, 2017 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by trentiles
I have eibach springs and a 25mm rear sway bar. The sway bar did next to nothing for body roll. The springs made a huge difference it decreasing body roll.

I wouldn't bother with a front bar. Not worth the work involved to completely drop the front subframe, and then you will need to pay for a front alignment afterwards increasing costs further.
Did you replace the plastic end links on your 25mm rear sway bar when you installed it?
If you didn't, you might have a different opinion.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2017 | 06:07 PM
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I also left the plastic bed links, I can feel it working, albeit too well.
What Trentiles probably was feeling was the front still rolling, even though the back is totally flat.
Yes, it introduces oversteer, but the front still understeers, even though the rear is rotating, the front is not.
Maybe it will compensate with springs.
 
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