Double sway bars?

anders-j · Post by **anders-j** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:02 pm

I am thinking about puting on double oem rear swaybars.

Anyone who tried this mod??

2x 17mm swaybars shuld be about as stiff as one 20,5mm sway bar..

NickKo · Post by **NickKo** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:26 pm

How would you mount them ??

- Nick

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:43 pm

NickKo wrote:How would you mount them ??

That's what I'm wondering....

anders-j · Post by **anders-j** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:49 pm

Can´t find any pics now but from what i´we heard it shuld work just puting them together realy hard with hose clamps..

Here is some more info:

http://autospeed.com/cms/title_Sway-Bar ... ticle.html

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:20 pm

anders-j wrote:Can´t find any pics now but from what i´we heard it shuld work just puting them together realy hard with hose clamps..

Hose clamps? You might as well just duct tape them on to the car. I don't think that would be sturdy AT ALL.

EDIT: I just read the article. They used sway-bar bracket/bushings and bolted them together. Even with that setup though, I still see A LOT of problems with tension and movement. You're not just putting stess on the sway-bars anymore but also putting your weak points on those clamps. If those clamps move or break (it just takes one) you're looking at a lot more problems than how wide your sway-bar is.

bone-yard-racing · Post by **bone-yard-racing** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:37 pm

Wire clamps, they can be found at hardware stores and climbing stores. Yes Ive seen this mod done very popular in stock class autocross

Donkeypuncher · Post by **Donkeypuncher** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:38 pm

If they don't make aftermarket sway bars for your car I could see this being a decent option.

anders-j · Post by **anders-j** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:00 pm

Yes i think i´m going to try it, sinse shipping an aftermarket or srt sway bar to sweden makes it alot more expensive.

It´s prety comon on old volvos and ford cars over here.

Post by **occasional demons** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 12:01 am

At least for the rear sway:

Why not use a good grade of threaded rod, clamp the original in place with nuts.
Thread another nut on each rod
Put a flat plate over the nuts
Install second sway bar. Cut off threaded rod to desired length.

Do the same concept for the end links.

In other words, stack them.

I think this way the geometry for the bars stays the way it was designed to move, as they remain in the same plane.

Not sure if there would be clearance issues on the front. Might be plowing pavement.

bone-yard-racing · Post by **bone-yard-racing** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:27 am

^ That is the idea

Post by **racer12306** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:43 am

At first I

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Then I was like, no shit.