Hi all,
Considering upgrading rear sway bar on my 2015 F56 daily driver to 22mm solid. Any thoughts/experiences regarding NM vs. M7 Speed? Not sure I’d need three adjustment points… Other recommendations?
Thanks!

 

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Cheers,

Charlie

 

Thanks. What does that mean?

 

A sway bar is just a bar. Get the one in the size you want that fits your budget.

 

RSB = Rear Sway Bar Brand NM Engineering, size 25mm hollow. There's a discussion about this on the suspension thread: 25mm hollow vs 23mm solid, should work the same. As stated above, grab one that fits your budget and post about it. Good Luck.
FYI: I have Eibach F/R.

 

Consider
VIP
23mm solid bar
$249 Free shipping

Was my first till Was very impressed until I went bigger front and rear.

https://www.vipcustomparts.com/F56%20parts%20page.htm

 

It means that when I was faced with the same question, I went with the 25mm hollow NM bar.

I have no regrets.

Cheers,

Charlie

 

Decided to go with NM 22 mm, and upgraded end links. Any thoughts on upgrading clamps?

 

Where have these guys been Hoping they can fab up a resonator bypass for the JCW pro exhaust
The rear bar looks good at only $249, I think the NM 25 is closer to $500 (probably lighter tho).

 

I got this one in:

WMW 25MM Rear Sway

I wanted a front and rear set, but they are no longer produced.

 

Bought mine here:
https://www.tunershop.com/shop/h-r-s...-mini-f56.html

 

Are you sure the H&R kit is still sold? If you look at H&R website they don't list sway bars for the mini anymore; neither does Eibach. I, personally, thought the H&R bars were too thick and I think I remember reading they had fitment issues (maybe those got corrected) which is why I didn't get those. I did call eibach and tried to see if they had any on a shelf some place and went so far as to ask them who their last multi order was from so I could call them to see if they were in stock. A lot of resellers just haven't updated their websites.

 

Just called H&R and they disco'd it. No more F&R sway bar kits in the market for our cars.

 

You called H&R in the US, which is a distributor, NOT the company.
Ive spoken with him, and not pleased with his responses.
I call BS from him.
H&R US never imported sway bars for the Mini.
They also only carry springs for the F56, but say it works on the F55.

H&R has rear bushing issues, too tight. I ended up getting the NM Engineering bushings for mine.

Email Tuner Shop, they get them in Germany.
https://www.tunershop.com/shop/contacts/
Alexander is the US rep.

 

We found going to a 22mm solid wasn't enough of an improvement to be worth it as the stock bar is a 22mm solid on the F56. That is why we made our 25mm and didn't bother producing a 22mm option as the labor and time involved is the same for both, but the improvement and feel is far better with the 25mm. It is what we have used on all our builds in our shop.
https://www.waymotorworks.com/wmw-25...5-f56-f57.html

 

It does appear they are on H&R's German website still. Oh well, I'm not gonna replace them a third time or pay the labor for the front at this point. Thanks for the info!

 

I thought the stock rear sway bar on the F56 was either 16 or 17 mm…

 

Way is partially correct, the stock bar on my F56S is 22mm, but hollow. I just went out to my garage, and verified.
A 22mm solid is a marked improvement for the casual driver.
A 25mm solid is significant, and would not recommend to someone that just wants an improvement. Ot takes some skill to control
during aggressive driving.
It induces too much oversteer, needing a front bar to even out the handling.

 

do you know what the stock rear bar size is on the Justa F56?

 

The rear bar at 23mm was a good gateway drug. By itself it did wonders.


Definitely give them a call, I bet they would be interested. They are custom fabricators.