Whiteline Swaybar on xB
#43
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Great pics hayalex6!!! Oh and Happy B'Day too!
Me so happy cause my Whiteline bar gets here on Monday. Plus I got the last one the factory had in stock. Lucky me. Ha Ha
Me so happy cause my Whiteline bar gets here on Monday. Plus I got the last one the factory had in stock. Lucky me. Ha Ha
#48
Originally Posted by evosky
haha 17 pounds. that's most likely all the packaging and crap. looks like a quality piece...
maybe i'll get it next summer, spent too much already this summer >_<
maybe i'll get it next summer, spent too much already this summer >_<
The bar is solid, and heavy. I dropped it on my toe, and it hurt like a muthafuka.
#51
yeah cause ive installed a progress sway bar twice so i know it goes under that bar that the whiteline connects to and offhand from visuals it looks like it will so im also wondering what kinda affects that would have.
#56
Both designs accomplish the same purpose, to stiffen the torsion beam, transferring force from one side of the car to the other. Neither one actually attaches to the unibody, at all.
While the Whiteline may offer some slight improvement over the Progress in competition scenarios, that remains unproven, merely asserted by some as true. If Motor Trend mounted one bar and then the other on the same car and pronounced a winner, I'd tend to believe them...
The Whiteline has its own disadvantages, which are quite real- it's obviously more difficult to install, and it has bushings that will ultimately wear out... Not to mention nearly impossible to obtain...
As for using both bars together, it seems to me that at some point the whole idea of semi-independent rear suspension would be negated by too much stiffness in the torsion beam, causing it to act more like a straight axle...
While the Whiteline may offer some slight improvement over the Progress in competition scenarios, that remains unproven, merely asserted by some as true. If Motor Trend mounted one bar and then the other on the same car and pronounced a winner, I'd tend to believe them...
The Whiteline has its own disadvantages, which are quite real- it's obviously more difficult to install, and it has bushings that will ultimately wear out... Not to mention nearly impossible to obtain...
As for using both bars together, it seems to me that at some point the whole idea of semi-independent rear suspension would be negated by too much stiffness in the torsion beam, causing it to act more like a straight axle...
#57
Originally Posted by Jhhnn
As for using both bars together, it seems to me that at some point the whole idea of semi-independent rear suspension would be negated by too much stiffness in the torsion beam, causing it to act more like a straight axle...
Although the factory swaybar doesn't seem to attach to the end of the torsion beam like the Whiteline, Progress/TRD and Hotchkiss, just in the straight part across.
For those thinking you would be "doubling up" with a Whiteline + Progress, you really would be tripling up.
#58
if you're planning to double or triple up on sway bars you might as well consider a roll cage already. a well designed cage will definitely stiffen things up.
now honestly... who's willing to go that far w/ their xB/xA?? (sorry, show cars don't count )
now honestly... who's willing to go that far w/ their xB/xA?? (sorry, show cars don't count )
#59
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Originally Posted by Jhhnn
The Whiteline has its own disadvantages, which are quite real- it's obviously more difficult to install, and it has bushings that will ultimately wear out... Not to mention nearly impossible to obtain...