IE's new 22mm front bar??

[rwh11385]

They now sell a kit, with a 22/19mm bars, and optional adjustability on the front.

https://secure1.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/product_detail.asp?CS=ireland&RowID=595&All=

I'm thinking it's a knockoff of ST bars, and smaller for people not wanting the HUGE 25/22 bars.


Hmmmmmmm

[rs4pro3]

Why spend that money for a sway bar 1mm larger then a cabrio bar? When you can buy M3 links and have more like a 24-25mm front bar.

[rwh11385]

because i have m3 links and the tabs, but would have to completely remove the strut assemblies.

this swap would be easier and down the road i could add the m3 links to make it even greater.


of course i could just get a 25mm, if it isn't so much of an overkill, and then swap it later for a 22m adjustable one with m3 links

[rs4pro3]

I see. What bar sizes do you have now? with my eta the 21mm front with m3 links and 14.5mm m3 rear is perfect.

[rwh11385]

stock 20mm in front, 0mm in back. but i want to have the car balance with the rear bar reconnected since that's not really the solution i want truly anymore. (I think I am losing traction in back too much, and maybe no bar and too soft of rates for it are to blame)

i could just drop the rear spring rates, but that'd be $120 anyway. and i could probably use the stiffness. [and swapping the front springs would cost $120 too, and not be as easy (versus rear springs or front bar).] My front rates in the end seem to be a little soft, and a bigger front bar could help correct this in the meantime before I ultimately change rates completely.


plus, an adjustable front bar would be nice to fine tune the balance, with factors such as camber coming into play, etc. you can't adjust a cabby bar without adjustable endlinks. and that'd be $75 anyway for a cabby bar.

[rwh11385]

now I get to debate and think if a 22mm bar would balance it (and work well with the m3 endlinks later), or need to step up to a 25mm bar?

[Dan Pinder]

The new bar is a solid bar, VS the larger bar which is hollow. People do not seem to understand that the larger hollow bar is not as stiff as a solid bar of the same size.

That 22mm bar could easily be stiffer than the larger hollow one. The only advantage to hollow bars is that they are lighter.