Cusco Swaybars
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Cusco Swaybars
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Does anyone have any experience or info on Cusco swaybars for the is250? I know fsport would be the way to go but was wondering about other options.
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Does anyone have any experience or info on Cusco swaybars for the is250? I know fsport would be the way to go but was wondering about other options.
Thanks
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Yes and the f-sport is a solid bar too like cusco. There are other brands too but I believe the only one truly different from the rest is the sikky bar (green color) it is an adjustable rear sway. A
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The front cusco sway bar is 30mm compared to 28.5mm on the f sport & Hotchkis is 32mm...Not sure about fitment but I'll almost try anything heavy duty to make this car handle better.
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this is the reply I received from Hotchkis
Since I have never been able to find a consensus on just how much stiffer the f-sport is than stock, I can't comment on the stiffness of Hotchkis compared to f-sport.
F-sport rear is (I think) 150% siffer than stock.
Sikky doesn't seem to sell a front sway. The rear "softest" setting is about the same as the f-sport. Sikky includes poly bushings and adjustable end links. If you factor that in, the price is pretty competitive with the f-sport.
Can't remember what I found out about the cusco stiffness, checked old email and see nothing.
The other manufacturer I know of is Jun-tw. I didn't investigate them much.
BTW, I did my investigation for IS350, not IS250 like the OP mentioned. So those stiffness percents are relative to IS350 stock.
We are no longer producing our Hotchkis sway bars for the IS350; however the front was 85% stiffer than stock and the rear was 70/140% (adjustable).
F-sport rear is (I think) 150% siffer than stock.
Sikky doesn't seem to sell a front sway. The rear "softest" setting is about the same as the f-sport. Sikky includes poly bushings and adjustable end links. If you factor that in, the price is pretty competitive with the f-sport.
Can't remember what I found out about the cusco stiffness, checked old email and see nothing.
The other manufacturer I know of is Jun-tw. I didn't investigate them much.
BTW, I did my investigation for IS350, not IS250 like the OP mentioned. So those stiffness percents are relative to IS350 stock.
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Provided the metal is the same, thicker=stiffer, but you could go to a different steel and get thinner and still be stronger. I am also assuming the bar is solid and not a tube.
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Judging by the weight of the stock and F-sport bars, they are definitely hollow. Until someone goes through cutting up all of the sways bars for the 2IS to answer the tube-wall thickness questions, we're left up to believe the vendors and their % > stock assumptions. A thicker OD (outer diameter) sway bar won't always = a stiffer sway bar.
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I don't have aftermarket sways, so I've never seen a set for this car, but I am highly doubful that any hollow sways are available. They would be advertised as such, and they would need to be significantly bigger in diameter to provide more stiffness than solid bars.
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Judging by the weight of the stock and F-sport bars, they are definitely hollow. Until someone goes through cutting up all of the sways bars for the 2IS to answer the tube-wall thickness questions, we're left up to believe the vendors and their % > stock assumptions. A thicker OD (outer diameter) sway bar won't always = a stiffer sway bar.
http://is.sewellparts.com/accessorie...2009/5408.html
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my rear bar is solid. i'm using a sikky bar and i'm judging by the weight of it and the ends are solid too. highly doubt cusco bars are hollow also. not sure what type of bar is in the pic above ^