JCW NM 22mm rear sway bar
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Doesn't seem to be that hard core, but I have only had it about 10 days. The 25 is hollow, while the 22 is solid. I went 25 for the grease fittings on the brackets mostly. Figure I will have the car for years, and a squeaky bar would annoy me.
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Dial it in the middle and see how it feels at first. The end links you can adjust if you get the metal ones. The plastic ones with age can go bad , but it will be much longer down the road. With plastic ones i have seen the end caps pop off from the mold on other vehicles, not just MINI.
https://www.ecstuning.com/Mini-2014-Cooper-F56-S-3_Door-B48A20A/Suspension/Sway_Bar/
https://www.ecstuning.com/Mini-2014-Cooper-F56-S-3_Door-B48A20A/Suspension/Sway_Bar/
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Are you driving a JCW?
I'm vexed choosing between 22 or 25mm. I'm worried that the latter might be too twitchy and over reactive because I use my JCW primarily as a daily.
I'm vexed choosing between 22 or 25mm. I'm worried that the latter might be too twitchy and over reactive because I use my JCW primarily as a daily.
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Just a Cooper S. Still very happy with it on medium. It's like a go-kart, so much fun to drive both on back roads and highways. I did the springs and sway at the same time, so I can't say which one helped more. But the combo is great
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I just installed the 25mm rear sway bar onto my JCW. I find it odd that the medium setting is "lopsided" in the sense that one side is the front hole and the other is the rear hole.
I chose the medium setting as everyone here seems to recommend it but when I started driving the car, I felt the car have a strong tendency to veer to the right and the steering wheel doesn't feel right at dead center.
My car is a RHD. Does that make a difference to the LHD cars?
Help!
I chose the medium setting as everyone here seems to recommend it but when I started driving the car, I felt the car have a strong tendency to veer to the right and the steering wheel doesn't feel right at dead center.
My car is a RHD. Does that make a difference to the LHD cars?
Help!
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should be the same and not lopsided ?
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Sorry forgot about that with the NM on Gen 3. On the second page, the set up.
http://www.nm-eng.com/media/attachme..._NM.258846.pdf
http://www.nm-eng.com/media/attachme..._NM.258846.pdf
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I just installed the 25mm rear sway bar onto my JCW. I find it odd that the medium setting is "lopsided" in the sense that one side is the front hole and the other is the rear hole.
I chose the medium setting as everyone here seems to recommend it but when I started driving the car, I felt the car have a strong tendency to veer to the right and the steering wheel doesn't feel right at dead center.
My car is a RHD. Does that make a difference to the LHD cars?
Help!
I chose the medium setting as everyone here seems to recommend it but when I started driving the car, I felt the car have a strong tendency to veer to the right and the steering wheel doesn't feel right at dead center.
My car is a RHD. Does that make a difference to the LHD cars?
Help!
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I just installed the 25mm rear sway bar onto my JCW. I find it odd that the medium setting is "lopsided"no in the sense that one side is the front hole and the other is the rear hole.
I chose the medium setting as everyone here seems to recommend it but when I started driving the car, I felt the car have a strong tendency to veer to the right and the steering wheel doesn't feel right at dead center.
My car is a RHD. Does that make a difference to the LHD cars?
Help!
I chose the medium setting as everyone here seems to recommend it but when I started driving the car, I felt the car have a strong tendency to veer to the right and the steering wheel doesn't feel right at dead center.
My car is a RHD. Does that make a difference to the LHD cars?
Help!
Mine is on medium and dead on alignment and car balance. I did also replace the end links as recommended by Jerry at NM. Did you add a power module too? I get right pull torque steer from that but not the sway bar.
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In theory (in my head anyway) the car will go faster around a corner with the stock bar...you will be fighting understeer the whole time however.
So...for the average guy like myself the neutral handling makes the car way more predictable and easier with the heavier than stock bar. I'm happy!
Last edited by GregoryK; 11-04-2016 at 07:43 AM.
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My engineering brain tells me that is what is supposed to happen. The cheap way to reduce understeer is to make the back wheels less grippy. A heavy rear sway does this by restricting the travel and response speed of the suspension causing the rear of the car to "drift" more easily. This is why the higher settings cause overseer.
In theory (in my head anyway) the car will go faster around a corner with the stock bar...you will be fighting understeer the whole time however.
So...for the average guy like myself the neutral handling makes the car way more predictable and easier with the heavier than stock bar. I'm happy!
In theory (in my head anyway) the car will go faster around a corner with the stock bar...you will be fighting understeer the whole time however.
So...for the average guy like myself the neutral handling makes the car way more predictable and easier with the heavier than stock bar. I'm happy!
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In theory the other cheap way to make the steering more neutral would be to balance up the equivalent weight of the vehicle. If you put the weight of the engine in the boot you would likely get good results....although your car would be way, way slower around the corners and up the hills!