19mm rear sway bar--fact or fiction?

[JoshP5]

Some sources, such as the Protege FAQ and some posts on this forum, indicate that MP3s, or possibly some MP3s, came with a 19mm rear sway bar. Not the same as the 20mm MSP bar. Can any of you MP3 guys confirm this? Thanks for the help.

 

[macklum]

This is true , The MP3's came with a 19mm rear bar ,the MSP came with the 20mm bar

 

[o.g.sk8er]

The MP3 and MSP are the same bar. 20mm Racing Beat sway bar. I had the MP3 bar installed for awhile.

 

[JoshP5]

Holy crap, two posts within 5 minutes, different answers!

 

[o.g.sk8er]

There has never been a 19mm rear sway bar for the MP3 or MSP. Only AWR has the 19mm bar.

 

[njaremka]

according to this, its 20mm (says it was taken right from mazdausa) -
http://old.soliton.net/protege/index.shtml?specs

even according to Racing Beat, the rear bar is 20mm -
http://www.racingbeat.com/Protege/projectmp3/projectmp3.htm

 

[FunkyBuddha]

ACtually if you runa search on google

Mazda MP3 19mm

Mazdaspeed Protege 20mm

They both provide diff. results. The msp has 20mm and mp3 has 19mm.

 

[JoshP5]

Ok, I also PMed Jason at onlinemazdaparts.com. He called MazdaUSA and they said there was no 19mm bar. This, combined with the info on the Racing Beat website, I think conclusively shows that the 19mm RB bar is indeed just a rumor.

Thanks for everyone's input.