Front and rear sway bars w/ Thermal exhaust

[fooked]

I really want to get front and rear sway bars to finish up my suspension setup. I have a Thermal R&D exhaust and I thought I read somewhere that people have had problems with the rear sway bar with that exhaust system. I thought I had heard that they needed to make a custom mount for the one side of the sway bar.

I emailed the people that make the RM sway bars, and they have no idea. Anyone here ever use that setup or have any info on it?

Thanks,

Steve

[GSXLR8]

Jeff would be the one to answer this because I think he has them himself btu i believe that they take stock location but are a little thicker...shouldnt interefere. what WOULD interfere are the lower bars that machV sells as add ons to your existing setup, like a strut bar for your lower suspension.

just some thoughts.

Steve

[EvolvedDSM]

Actually, talk to Mike Black about this. Or, you could just use our website (http://www.columbusdsm.com/resources/knowledge_base/kb_00006_sway_bars.htm) :p

[ucsigep]

yes, all of the above is good advice. I have the RM's on, no problems with my Thermal, other than being difficult to get on. Prepare to use a jack to get them to fit, it's a nice, snug fit. But wow what a difference.

[IAmSlow]

Steve,

Try Road Race Engineering rear sway bar. This thing is almost an inch in diameter with steel plates as arms. I put this on my wife's '96 Talon AWD and the car can be rotated nicely at the autox at a mere lifting of gas pedal. The front is stock with polyurethane bushings. Highly recommended.

[fooked]

Hey guys. Thanks for the info. I just wanted to find out what I was getting myself into because of having the Thermal exhaust. I've been eyeing those RM bars for awhile and this was the only thing holding me back. I'll take a look at those Road Race bars as well, but after the crappy fit of the turbo install kit that they sold me, I'm a little leary of those guys.

Thanks again!

[ucsigep]

I can honestly say that's the first bad thing I've ever heard about RRE. I have their rear strut tower bar, it's freakin' solid and fits perfect. The pipe for the GReddy front mount I bought from them needed to be trimmed a little to fit, but I've never had one problem with their products or their customer service. They are always willing to help/answer questions/etc.

I would say give RRE another chance, they are probably #2 in the country for DSM parts, behind Buschur (opinion, I have no proof of this).

[IAmSlow]

Leary about RRE ??!? WTF ??

[fooked]

I'm not trying to bash them or anything. I ordered a turbo install kit from them and the pipe that runs from the top down to the lower intercooler pipe had to have been wrong. I searched everywhere on the issue. Couldn't find squat. The weight that is on the front of the shift linkage would slam into the pipe everytime I put the car into gear. Hell, maybe I did something wrong, but it didn't seem like there was much chance of error. I had to spend 2 hours with the die grinder to grind off about 1/2 - 3/4" from the weight just so I had clearance. Plus the the oil feed line they sent me was so badly designed that coupling got stuck and I had to remove the other end of the line at the turbo just to get the line to spin off to fix a leak.

Maybe it was a fluke, but it was the first time I had ever bought anything from them, and I wasn't real impressed.

Hell, I just hijacked my own thread! :cuss

[ucsigep]

Sounds like it was a fluke... I have the oil feed line, mine is fine. The pipe, are you talking about the J-pipe? That I don't know about, I didn't need one. Chances are, too, if you were to e-mail Mike out there, they would take care of you. They always answered my questions and all my e-mails even before I ever bought anything from them, unlike Buschur. Buschur has the attitude that they won't answer an e-mail unless you've bought stuff from him. Even then, they don't. Case and point, my afpr. I ordered it from Buschur over a month ago, and they won't respond to e-mails regarding the order.

[BlackEclipse]

I've never had any problems with stuff from RRE. You should have called them or emailed them if you had a problem.

The RMDSM sway bars were no problem to install on my car. No hamering or anything to make them fit....they fit like a glove. The real problem was getting the old bars off....I had to use like a 5 foot breaker bar to loosen the bolt on the lower rear shock mount.

The instructions for the install were a little off on the point in having to jack the car real high to get the front bar on/off. The front bar kind of comes out behind/below the front left tire...maybe a couple of inches below the car and almost in that gap between the tire and the rear side of the fender well.

[fooked]

Are you running the Thermal exhaust too Mike?

[Iwishiwascool]

The whole buschur family hates computers. You have to call them....between the hours of 9am and 11am is best. After that he doesnt like to be bothered

[ucsigep]

yeah, that works out well, since I'm at work at that time and unable to call...