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      04-07-2016, 08:51 PM   #23
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How do you like your sway bar? I have a 328xi on KW's and I am plotting on some bars. So you recommend just replacing the front one right.
Yes I misspoke in my post and was trying to say it will tend to understeer with just an upgraded front bar.

But again, depending on your driving style, expectations and suspension/tire set up you might find just a front bar, a many have, a great stand alone upgrade.

During my suspension experiments I found the stock front sport bar with the hotchkis rear 16mm bar a great combo. I since have put my hotchkis front(32 mm hollow bar) back in with a 20mm H&R rear bar. I find this set up ideal for my car.

With an Xi, you won't have any of the traction issues putting power down, so I would definitely upgrade both ends, IMHO.
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How do you like your sway bar? I have a 328xi on KW's and I am plotting on some bars. So you recommend just replacing the front one right.
Yes I misspoke in my post and was trying to say it will tend to understeer with just an upgraded front bar.

But again, depending on your driving style, expectations and suspension/tire set up you might find just a front bar, a many have, a great stand alone upgrade.

During my suspension experiments I found the stock front sport bar with the hotchkis rear 16mm bar a great combo. I since have put my hotchkis front(32 mm hollow bar) back in with a 20mm H&R rear bar. I find this set up ideal for my car.

With an Xi, you won't have any of the traction issues putting power down, so I would definitely upgrade both ends, IMHO.
Ok cool thanks for your input. I just received a front sway bar from UUC. I plan to get it installed tomorrow... I'll let you know how it feels afterwards.
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Ok cool thanks for your input. I just received a front sway bar from UUC. I plan to get it installed tomorrow... I'll let you know how it feels afterwards.
Yeah let us know how you like it. Are the UUC bars supposed to be stiffer even than the M3 bars like the H&R?
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Yeah let us know how you like it. Are the UUC bars supposed to be stiffer even than the M3 bars like the H&R?
I guess I will call UUC tomorrow to see what they say and report back...for me personally the UUC front and rear bar combo is more attractive than the H&R bars for the simple fact that the rear bar has adjustability (my rear links are not adjustable and my car is lowered somewhat). Also I saw I found a sale on their site, is this better than normal?

http://store.uucmotorwerks.com/swayb...nly--p546.aspx

By the way I'm running KW clubsports so looking for the best sway bar combo to match them; my car is just street driven though (no track yet).

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According to UUC, their bars in their kit for the 335i are stiffer than M3 bars, he didn't really say by how much. Also he explained that the adjustability in the rear is just for stiffness only, not related to the sway bar end link length which I was confused about. Will probably get a set but dreading the rear bar installation....
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okay so i have a 2011 328ix to be honest i dont know much about a lot of things of it but recently ive been hearing a metal hitting metta (clinking noise) and i removed the tire and saw thar my swa bar had a little play to it, i also looked around and saw that a lot of the other pieces were getting bad, so im really looking to upgrading tha swa bars, swa b links, springs, and shocks. daily drive car, no track just looking for good stability and safty is my concern. would really appreciate the info.
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Eibach kit is nice

https://www.amazon.com/Eibach-2085-3...%282085.320%29
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Ok cool thanks for your input. I just received a front sway bar from UUC. I plan to get it installed tomorrow... I'll let you know how it feels afterwards.
So ?
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not sure what theyre like but seen the whiteline 27mm front anti roll bar cheap, would like to know myself tbh
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