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Suspension Dinan sway bar observations.

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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 02:16 PM
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Dinan sway bar observations.

Just a little tid bit of info here. I happened to have both an Alta and a Dinan 19mm sway bar at the same time.

The dinan bar look exactly like the stock sway bar, with the extra small bend, as opposed to the welded on rind that the alta bar has. The thickness was as expected the same. The most interesting part was the holes at the end. The alta bar has 3, while the Dinan has only 2. after lining the bars up, the dinan's holes are almost perfectly in between the 3 on the alta (A1, D1, A2, D2, A3) . Meaning that Dinan's 1st setting is between alta's 2nd, and 3rd.


in my opinion there's nothing better or worse about either one, just different. I chose to keep the dinan, but that's only because I got the bar as part of the kit, and I assume they put those holes there for a reason.

I wish I had side by side pics, but I don't, sorry!
 
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Old Jun 3, 2008 | 09:58 PM
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interesting. I'm sure Dinan's team would have designed the rear bar in conjunction with the rest of the suspension package (camber brackets, koni yellows, and custom springs) to be treated as a whole. no pun intended. Many people do comment on how well the entire suspension is sorted for the street.

Ask the folks at Dinan for the low down.
 
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Old Jun 4, 2008 | 03:13 PM
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Dinan= H&R... Promini= H&R H&R= the best you can get IMOP
 
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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 07:09 AM
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Most likely a re-badged H&R.
 
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