Where did you buy your rear sway bar? Is front bar really an improvement?
04-05-2002, 10:48 AM
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Clair Parts is the best deal. Front bar OK as is...
The A6 stock suspension setup a has natural tendency to have understeer (feels like plowing in hard turns). To make the car plow less, we want to induce more oversteer(that is, cause less understeer).
Stiffening the front bar will increase understeer.
Stiffening the rear bar increases oversteer.
Folks on this board discovered that beefing up the rear bar and leaving the front bar alone is the best known recipe toward more neutral (better) handling characteristics. As an added benefit, the cars stays flatter in corners and ride quality is not sacraficed.
...bill
Stiffening the front bar will increase understeer.
Stiffening the rear bar increases oversteer.
Folks on this board discovered that beefing up the rear bar and leaving the front bar alone is the best known recipe toward more neutral (better) handling characteristics. As an added benefit, the cars stays flatter in corners and ride quality is not sacraficed.
...bill
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04-05-2002, 04:50 PM
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Be sure to order the proper part no. and bushings
Do a search on "sway bar" in the A6 category and you'll find more info than you ever want to know. Be sure to see the installation info in the TECH section.
The PST rear sway bar is not mentioned anywhere on Clair's online pages (or the bushings). You have to ask via phone.
...bill
The PST rear sway bar is not mentioned anywhere on Clair's online pages (or the bushings). You have to ask via phone.
...bill
04-05-2002, 06:43 PM
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Best $250 (including installation) I've spent on the car! Order from Clair...
With a lift and a couple of socket wrenches you could do the swap yourself, but I wouldn't recommend it. I think sway is reduced by 75%. With the old sway bar the A6 would rock when I sat down in the driver's seat. Now it doesn't.
Why this bar isn't standard regardless of spring package is beyond me.
Why this bar isn't standard regardless of spring package is beyond me.