View Full Version : sway bar options for mazda 3
mazdarycer
02-14-2008, 04:40 AM
I have a mazda 3 2.0 and am looking for sway bars. what is recommended? or is eibach or hotchkis just the choices I have for now? If so which is better from your experiences.
derekMZ3
02-14-2008, 08:20 PM
i was looking into the mazdaspeed ones
(i got a mazdaspeed mag from my local dealer when i went to buy the ipod integration)
mazdarycer
02-14-2008, 09:05 PM
do you have to get them from a dealer or do you know where I can get them>
derekMZ3
02-14-2008, 09:44 PM
http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/speedDisplayAccessoryCategoryList.action?endModelY ear=2006&carLineCode=MZ3&startModelYear=2004
StreteSpd
02-25-2008, 08:46 PM
I have a mazda 3 2.0 and am looking for sway bars. what is recommended? or is eibach or hotchkis just the choices I have for now? If so which is better from your experiences.
Mazdaspeed
Eibach
Hotchkis (come Front and Rear as a set only)
Progress
H&R
Racing Beat
I may be forgetting one or two, but that should get you started.
If you install a bigger bar in the front, consider getting Endlinks, to keep the bar away from the steering bits. Some people report clunking when they increase the size of the front bar but don't add endlinks. RacingBeat sells endlinks for the front bar, but I am not aware of anyone else. Hotchkis will have some available soon (i understand from another post) but not yet, to my understanding.
Before you decide to do both front and rear bars though, read this and decide what kind of dynamic you're hoping to achieve, and keep in mind the suspension mods that you have planned beyond this before you pull the trigger.
Making it Stick (http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/tech/0506_sccp_making_it_stick_part_1/index.html)
What do Swaybars do? (http://www.mazda6tech.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=50%A0%20.)
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