Thread: Progress Rear Sway Bar b14?? Where is it? -- No longer made!! :(

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2013-04-17 18:13:17

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Wow, Progress stopped making bars for a B14.

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2013-04-17 18:26:05

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Sounds like it'd be best to have this on BEFORE upgrading exhaust, however, that's not always possible for a lot of us in our upgrade paths.

What brand was your 2.5" exhaust? custom job? vrs?

Can you send some detailed pics of how and where you had fitment issues?

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Originally Posted by Kyle

Wow, Progress stopped making bars for a B14.

No love for the 14.

Any other good options besides Whiteline that work w/bigger exhaust?

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2013-04-17 19:13:01

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Suspension Techniques aka the USDM Nismo Bars.

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2013-04-17 19:19:35

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Originally Posted by gomba

Originally Posted by hammerin
I actually got it work with a 2.5" exhaust. It's frickin koochie hair tight, though. What I did was mount the endlink on the outside of the bar and the chassis mount. I also made sure the nut end of the bolt was facing out, as well.

Every exhaust is a little different where the bends are, etc. so fitment is going to vary. There's always the ball peen hammer dimple technique. Not ideal though. Poly exhaust hangers may help with sideways contact under hard cornering.

Sounds like it'd be best to have this on BEFORE upgrading exhaust, however, that's not always possible for a lot of us in our upgrade paths.

What brand was your 2.5" exhaust? custom job? vrs?

Can you send some detailed pics of how and where you had fitment issues?

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Wow, Progress stopped making bars for a B14.

No love for the 14.

Any other good options besides Whiteline that work w/bigger exhaust?

The exhaust came with the car. I seem to remember the previous owner saying it was custom.

Here's a picture I snapped a while ago. You can see the stockish exhaust and the endlink on the inside of the bar and mount. With it mounted like that a fat exhaust isn't gonna work. With the 2.5, I put the endlink on the outside to avoid contact with the exhaust pipe.

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2013-04-17 19:27:12

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Originally Posted by hammerin

The exhaust came with the car. I seem to remember the previous owner saying it was custom.

Here's a picture I snapped a while ago. You can see the stockish exhaust and the endlink on the inside of the bar and mount. With it mounted like that a fat exhaust isn't gonna work. With the 2.5, I put the endlink on the outside to avoid contact with the exhaust pipe.

I gotcha. OK that makes more sense now. I'll have to take a look at my exhaust and compare w/your pics. Some fiddling w/the exhaust hangers may work as well to give it some more room. I think the Whiteline is pretty much the only good rear sway bar available for the b14, so we may HAVE to make it work somehow if we want a rear bar.

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2013-04-19 18:12:57

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I mentioned Shawn B in my post so he can update.

Got both notifications.

Thank you both gentlemen. Absolutely appreciate it.

Will do the appropriate update this weekend after reading this thread and all the links.

Shawn B

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2013-04-22 00:22:15

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@ivanorcan : any luck?

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2013-04-22 15:11:06

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@gomba, look at the other threat on this section, there i published a little about the instalation. It is really easy but it would be better if you get a friend to help. The car feels really good!!

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2013-04-25 14:55:03

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It's getting harder and harder to find go fast parts for B14's... Thinking maybe I should part out my B14 race car I am selling...

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2013-04-25 18:59:03

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