WTB: sway bar (bars?)

[goofygrin]

Anyone have a good aftermarket front bar sitting around collecting dust?

I'm not sold on the need for a rear bar yet though, but I'm not opposed to a complete set.

Thanks,

Sean

[Titus]

Anyone have a good aftermarket front bar sitting around collecting dust?

I'm not sold on the need for a rear bar yet though, but I'm not opposed to a complete set.

Thanks,

Sean

If you get a rear bar too, go with an adjustable one like the FM bar. It seems that car power, driving style, springs, and autocross vs track have a big affect on rear bar preferences. I run the FM front bar and have a lot of power... In my limited experience and experimentation, I seem to prefer less rear bar autocrossing (OEM bar is good, FM full soft seems better, FM mid setting too much) and a little more rear bar for track (OEM too little, FM full stiff too much... have not decided if I like FM soft or middle best).

[altiain]

I would just upgrade the front bar right now. Most serious track/autox Miatas I know are running stock or no rear bar at all.

[jrj512]

I have only used my rear RB bar at PMS, but I do not currently use it at all. I have a good setup that allows me to use my stock bar.

I do not use a bar at all at TMS, and sometimes not at MW.

Save your money and skip the rear bar, at least for AX.

[Rob®]

If anyone wants a brand new, never installed RB rear bar for cheap, I have one.

[OZMDD]

If anyone wants a brand new, never installed RB rear bar for cheap, I have one.

Thread Jack!

[Rob®]

Nah, he said he wasn't sure if he wanted a rear bar or not. For dirt cheap, he is more than welcome to buy mine to give it a whirl.

[goofygrin]

Not without a somewhat matching front one

[imsuchanoob]

im going with flyin miata both for $200 or might include it with my struts/springs or coilover kits to save some bucks.(plus they're all designed to work together). from what i know the front is the biggest difference on these cars, in which with our evo's all i changed was the rear and got impeccable handling. racing beat has some inexpensive front swaybars you can pick up, plus they sell matching rear ones.

[jeff_man]

could have just bot the one i had in my trunk went we meet up over the weekend.

[goofygrin]

That's a rear bar, right Jeff? I think the front is more important right now :) Or was it a front?

[MiataMike]

Racing Beat front tubular bar. with FM rear solid bar

The only difference between the Racing Beat and the FM rear sway is the FM bar has 3 adjustments and the Racing Beat only has 2. Other than that they are the same size and weight.

[Rob®]

Now to thread jack: how tail happy is that setup, MiataMike? I would have the RB hollow front and matching RB rear on my NA if I wasn't so lazy...I've heard it gets a bit too much with the rear bar, and I know that I would be too lazy to remove and replace with the stock bar, so I was thinking to just sell it and call it a day.

My car will more than likely never see an auto-x again. Hopefully sooner than later I will get it track-worthy again.

[MiataMike]

I like the setup that way. It adds a bit of oversteer. But I wouldn't say its a lot of oversteer. I'm not fond of understeer at all. When I turn the wheel I want the car to rotate not go strait. But if I did auto-X I would probably need to change some part of the setup depending on what I wanted my end result to be.

[Rob®]

Thanks. I'm not an understeer fan either, but my car already steps out a bit easily enough, so I was starting to wonder if people were correct on it being "too much oversteer" with the rear bar. I guess I'll put that back on the project list and see for myself.

[goofygrin]

Got some. Lock er up.