stock R/T 22mm front sway came stock on '04 sxt???

sneakers O'toole · Post by **sneakers O'toole** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:42 pm

..Because I didn't put it there lol. I thought after a certain year ('02?) they stopped upgrading the front sway bar with the "sport appearance package".
I just measured my front with the cresent wrench and tape measure method 3 times and it read 22mm every time.. and I used the same method to measure the srt front i have sitting here so I know its accurate. I thought stock sxt fronts were 20?

NickKo · Post by **NickKo** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:49 pm

I have seen different sized front sway bars on 2nd gen Neons (excluding the SRT).

You may be right about going to a larger bar after a particular model year....

I was at a junkyard last fall, and found a 2nd gen Neon with a thicker front sway bar than the others. ( I *think* it was an '03 or '04, I don't remember.)
I *almost* took it home, but the junkyard had a PT Cruiser with the even larger front bar, so I took that one, instead.

I am sure someone here knows when they went to a "larger" front sway bar on the 2nd gen Neons, or which cars had it, etc.

- Nick

2001Neon_LX · Post by **2001Neon_LX** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:58 pm

I went out and measured the front bar on my '01 and sure enough its 22mm.

ewetho · Post by **ewetho** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:45 pm

When I originally measured mine I came up with 22. But once I truly cleaned it up for my new poly bushings it was only 20 mm.

You might have to clean it up real well and then measure.

Donkeypuncher · Post by **Donkeypuncher** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 2:59 am

Maybe they were just running short on the 20mm when you car was going through the production line. Or maybe it was a lucky mistake by one of the workers. One of the only times you could say the "human error" factor actually worked in your favor.

Post by **occasional demons** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:37 am

The best way is to clean any rust off, and use an open end wrench to gauge the size.

sneakers O'toole · Post by **sneakers O'toole** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:33 pm

completely cleaned off my stock bar AND a stock bar off an '03 se, measured a few times/spots on each and they were both 22mm.

ewetho · Post by **ewetho** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:57 am

sneakers O'toole wrote:completely cleaned off my stock bar AND a stock bar off an '03 se, measured a few times/spots on each and they were both 22mm.

Lucky mine was a 20mm

NickKo · Post by **NickKo** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:18 am

So, what size front bar came on which cars ??

I know that on the 1st gen Neons, the size on the front bar varied depending upon the car having a rear swaybar, or not.
If the car came with a rear bar, the front bar was 2mm thicker than the non-rear bar cars.

Perhaps it was the same with the 2nd Gen Neons ??
I've seen a lot of 2000-2002 Neon with a rear bar; the 2003-up Neons don't seem to have them.
Maybe they went to a heavier front bar in 2003, to make up the difference ?
Or did the rear-bar cars get the heavier front bar ??

- Nick

sneakers O'toole · Post by **sneakers O'toole** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:55 am

I don't know man, I thought, along with others, that the '03+ non R/T-SRT cars had a 20mm front and no rear bar. so i went and got a 14mm for the rear on my car, thinking the front was 20

and wondered why it didn't do much.

03blackrt · Post by **03blackrt** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:36 am

NickKo wrote:So, what size front bar came on which cars ??

Standard: 20mm front / 15mm rear (rear was only on early 2gns)

RT/ACR: 22mm front / 19mm rear (there was a sport suspension option that gave these to non-rt/acr neons)

SRT: 24mm front / 17mm rear

sneakers O'toole · Post by **sneakers O'toole** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:55 pm

03blackrt wrote:
NickKo wrote:So, what size front bar came on which cars ??
RT/ACR: 22mm front / 19mm rear (there was a sport suspension option that gave these to non-rt/acr neons)

the confusion with me is that i thought DCx stopped doing that on '03+ regular neons.. and also my friends '03 se had a 22mm front as well.. hmm.