Thread: put on progress front and rear sways and a couple with the lcab.b14.

well just gonna throw these up there so people can see if they are interested. different rear sway on b13 but front sway and lcab are the same. if any questions please ask while its all fresh. and i absolutely love em.

one sec uploading pics....

ok here is the lcab

here is the rear sway

Thanks Rico,

I think I might snag me a control arm bar for some DP scrape insurance...

I like the way the rear bar bolts up compared to the ST one... no needing to drill through that thick as swinging arm.

here is the front...

i need to clean all that oil and gunk nasty....

I also like the way the rear sway is attached. I wanted the easiest way when I did mine.
I agree, it looks like you got a small leak there.

i have installed a bar just like that on "mirrortints" b15....................and every time i run it threw my head i dont under stand how it does anything now if the center of the bar attached to the rear beam it would make alittle more sence.

i would love to have a progress rear swaybar on my b14. nice install.

It doesn't seem like it but it's a world of difference... but it does ^^^I'll probably do a ****ty job of explaining this (I'm no suspension guru) but here goes... The sway bar really just ties the rear together more. Even though (stock) the beam connects the rear together it still has similar characteristics of an independent system in turns, the beam really connects the back of the arms together.

in a nut shell... (please don't make fun of my paintbrush masterpiece)... picture you have:

Blue = Fulcrum Points
Green = in the rear is the rear beam, front is the stabilized bolts the lateral arms rotate on
Grey = Lateral Arms
Magenta = Rear Sway Bar Assembly
Red = Angled Spring on a b14

You have to think of the rear as still being somewhat independent as far as up and down motion...



It's the vertical stabilization and the bar in conjunction that restricts movement of the rear... and only if one side tries to move individually (if you are in a turn). It doesn't resist moment at the front two pinned points (as if you squatted both left and right at the same time like if you took off?)... but try and move one up by itself and there will be resistance.

picture holding one side stationary... lets say the left side still... and the right side swings up using the pinion as a moment arm... ****, picture them as knex pieces ... pull the right side up in the top case... now do it in the bottom case. Now add the weight of a car and gravity...

It wouldn't work if there werent the the plates adjacent to the lateral arms, like if say there was only one bolt through the arm w/o a plate.

That's how I see it. The ST is basically the same as the progress in the rear except the st has one plate on the inside and bolts through the arm in all four locations. The bars in the rear are so simple, because our suspension is simple.

Have you driven a b14 car before and after? I't a world of difference... :jammin:

very nice. How does it drive now compared then before