Has anyone gone with a 22mm or 19mm rear sway bar with their JCW suspension. What type are you using and how do you like it? I have read good things about the H&R 19 mm rear sway bar.

 

H-Sport Comp on the middle setting here with JCW Suspension. Good times.

 

What he said ... H Comp. 25.5mm

 

Make it three. H-Sport Comp w/ JCW Suspension. Stiffest setting for summer/AutoX (rotates like a champ), middle for track and I'll probably set it on the softest in the winter.

 

Helix / RDR 22.5mm solid rear bar, with the stock Cooper sports suspension front bar (smaller than the SS+ front bar in an MCS).

Works great with the rear bar on the softest setting. Middle setting is too much for me.

 

Make it 4 with H-Sport Comp... middle setting year round

 

Make it 5 with H-Sport Comp ... middle setting as well.

Nice!

 

I'll update from my previous post - I'm now running the Helix bar on the middle setting without too much drama.

 

Before switching the rear swaybay think about front camberplates. The change will make your front stick better and you'll save your front tires! If you change your rear bar you're out of stock autox class anyway. I assume your doing this for the track? When I got my 2002 S, the first thing I did was put on a 22mm bar. When I autoXed the rear felt greasy and prone to snap overstear (after adding some camberplates)! Not something I would recommend to someone who drove on the street a lot. I now have a 2005 S with an LSD. First thing I did was put in the camberplates and drill two new holes in the stock rear swaybar aprox 1/2in (all I could manage) in front of the stock ones. While this is not the perfect solution, it works for me. Oh and I have some PS9's. I've learned to trail brake a little to get the car to rotate when I want. Don't worry, you can still make it snap overstear . Hell you can make anything snap overstear!!!! Especially in a MINI!

Note: If you are trying to figure out if you need a bigger bar for driving on the street I have no good advice for you! Sorry to be a killjoy....

 

I put an Alta 22m on it. Works great, but I'm thinking of upgrading to the H-sport competition bar...

 

Number 6 with JCW suspension and H-sport Comp. I use the softest setting. Anything stiffer is too much for public street canyon carving.

 

I'm planning on putting the JCW suspension on and the 19mm H-Sport bar all are sitting in my garage awaiting install.