1g fwd rear sway bar effective?

sechen77 · 08-11-2004, 03:41 PM

anyone out there w/ 1g fwd using ST's rear sway bar? is it effective? how's the ride? i got eibach prokit and kyb struts all around on my 90 GST, wanted to see if it's worth while to pick a rear sway bar...the ride's kinda crappy right now, wondering if the sway bar would help stablize a bit...???

IceDragon · 08-11-2004, 09:31 PM

yeah man, its a proven fact that our cars, the 1g's have a problem with the rear sway bar... its way too small to do anything. I learnt that after I spun out and couldn't figure out why when I tried my car on a track with it completely stock... I watched the footage of me doing it and my rear went out in a turn, people told me about the rear sway bar and I see alot of sights offering bigger sway bars and the such, so yeah... get a bigger and better one.

cuttheduck · 08-11-2004, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by IceDragon

yeah man, its a proven fact that our cars, the 1g's have a problem with the rear sway bar... its way too small to do anything. I learnt that after I spun out and couldn't figure out why when I tried my car on a track with it completely stock... I watched the footage of me doing it and my rear went out in a turn, people told me about the rear sway bar and I see alot of sights offering bigger sway bars and the such, so yeah... get a bigger and better one.

So your rear end lost traction first and you spun out?
A bigger REAR sway bar would NOT reduce this or solve this "problem"
Its actually the other way around.

sechen77 · 08-12-2004, 10:11 PM

1g fwd don't have a stock rear sway bar...that's why i am asking...wondering if anyone else w/ 1g fwd had experience w/ aftermarket RSB...

currently i am running eibach prokit w/ kyb GR2 and the ride sucks...think the struts suck or something, it isn't very stable on the freeway, i was hoping the RSB might help...

IceDragon · 08-12-2004, 10:18 PM

what year you talkin here, because my 93 had one on it when I bought it, I did buy it used, so maybe the guy before me put it on or something too.

sechen77 · 08-13-2004, 06:16 PM

interesting...didn't know 1g fwd came with one, anyhow, do you have a pic of that? does it look oem?

IceDragon · 08-13-2004, 06:32 PM

It looks pretty OEM... and I mean I asked my brother to see if he could order one from his dealership, and the dealership stocks an OEM replacement, so... I guess it is...

pinknuggit · 08-13-2004, 07:08 PM

My 90 tsi and my 92 GS came with rear stabilizer bars. I don't know much about suspension, but whenever i got my 90 tsi, the rear bar that had an endlink at the chassis and the other endlink on the axle, was bent. I took the same bar off of my 92 gs parts car and it fit right in on my tsi.

Ralli///Art GS · 08-14-2004, 08:08 AM

Are you talking about a sway bar or a panhard bar? The panhard bar is what links the straight rear axle to the chassis. The 1G FWD did not come with a sway bar to my knowlwdge. If you spun out, putting a rear sway bar in or getting a stiffer rear sway bar will not fix it. It will give you MORE oversteer. A stock 1g pushes like a dump truck in the corners, so I think your driving is to blame, not your rear sway bar(if you have one). IceDragon you need to do more research before you leave posts.

Ralli///Art GS · 08-14-2004, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by pinknuggit

My 90 tsi and my 92 GS came with rear stabilizer bars. I don't know much about suspension, but whenever i got my 90 tsi, the rear bar that had an endlink at the chassis and the other endlink on the axle, was bent. I took the same bar off of my 92 gs parts car and it fit right in on my tsi.

The panhard bar has a bend in it from the factory.

pinknuggit · 08-14-2004, 12:03 PM

no, the guy who had my tsi before me bottomed it out on some rocky terrain, and the whole underside was banged up. The panhard bar that i replaced it with was straight as an arrow. With the bent one on, the rear axle sat about 2-3 inches to the passenger side.

Ralli///Art GS · 08-14-2004, 12:08 PM

Ah that's a different story then. DSM 4 wheelin

destrux · 01-28-2005, 07:06 PM

Your crappy handling is cause you have GR-2 shocks with the stiffer pro-kit springs. The GR-2 shocks are designed to be like stock replacements, which aren't stiff enough to dampen any kind of lowering springs. Forget the swaybar, get a set of KYB AGX shocks and struts and your car will handle ALOT better. A swaybar will only reduce body roll and help quicken steering response, it wont fix a car that wallows and bounces cause of underdampened suspension. Also.. the 1g fwd didn't come with a normal swaybar, it used the entire rear axle (and the anti-sway tube welded inside of it) as a swaybar. If anyone found a swaybar on a car they bought then it must have been added by a previous owner... because there isn't any part available from the dealer for the FWD cars. The 2g is a different story.

boostedinaz · 01-31-2005, 01:38 PM

I have a 90 Laser and it didnt come with a sway bar. I hated the way it handled so I bought a ST swaybar for the rear and it was night and day difference. The car would sway and it was annoying as hell. I put that on, took maybe 5 minutes, and bam car felt alot more respsonsive and flat.