James92SE

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I've had an Addco bar for probably 5 years now but just installed it today. I remember there was speculation years ago about Greddy and the Addco rear sway bar conflicting, but I can say definitively they do conflict



Now, I wonder if the bar could just be lowered an inch or so by utilizing something like Matt's heavy duty hanger rods? I have Matt's set (not installed yet) but they seem to be about the same length as stock. They have a threaded portion on them in between the heim joint and the flat bottom where the bar mounts. I'm thinking of just using the threaded section to just lengthen the rod, which would set the bar down below the Greddy pipe an inch or so.

I don't see any reason why this wouldn't work. My only concern would be screwing up the suspension geometry. But I'm guessing it probably won't cause any issues at all. Has anybody done anything similar?

Maximahappy22

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you could also try getting some poly exhaust hangers from kartboy.com to help stiffen up the exhaust so it doesn't flop around as much.

James92SE

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My brother has told me that he's noticed at times when he was behind me the Greddy moves around ALOT when I'm driving. I've always had a mental note to pick some of those up but have never gotten around to it. Do you have those hangers? If so, what size does the 3rd gen need?

I'm not sure it'd help with the sway bar though, because the Greddy exhaust tip is already only about a 1/4" from the underside of the rear bumper, so it can't raise up any further. So, if anything, the bar would have to go down.

Matt93SE

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both solutions will work. I've used hose clamps around the rubber exhaust hangers to help pull them up a bit and raise the exhaust- long as it doesn't hit the bumper.

You can also use some longer threaded rod to move the bar down- nothing wrong with that. That stuff is just 3/8"-24 all-thread, so you can buy a foot of it at the hardware store for about $10 and just cut longer ones.

James92SE

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I was hoping you'd chime in. That's a good idea. Looking at the car again, it looks like if I can tighten up that exhaust hanger that's in front of the rear wheel it'd raise it off the bar a little.

Hmm, thanks for the info. I'll have to do that. My stock hangers aren't broken off yet. Is there an easy way to get them off so I can go ahead and put yours on?

MrGone

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FWIW the ST RSB doesn't rub with the Greddy


Ironically I'm pretty sure I bought my old sways from you lol

James92SE

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No it doesn't rub because the ST dips down right under the exhaust pipe just like the OEM pipe. BUT the ST bar isn't as beefy as the Addco

And yeah, I'm pretty sure you did. I forgot about that

Cliff Clavin

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wow, that addco is thick!

Is that the ST rear sway bar I have now? I got it from MrGone I think. I can't remember now. These 3rd gen parts have been all over. I have stuff on my car that were shipped from like 10 different states and Australia.

maximo018

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I have Matt's link system with a ST sway bar. My piping was rubbing a bit so I did exactly what your asking about. I just unscrewed them to lower the bar and everything worked out fine. Why my piping was binding in the 1st place. Idk I know I just fixed the issue.

jonmandude

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I did as Matt suggests. I just bought longer threaded rod and moved the sway bar down a small amount.

DanNY

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get a shorter b-pipe hanger...THEN loosen the bolts on the muffler/b-pipe section and you can kinda shift it down a little. might be the little amount that you need.

James92SE

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Where did you guys find the threaded rod? I can't find 3/8-24 thread anywhere. Every place just has 3/8-16

I guess I could order online, but it's frustrating that I can't find it locally

One of my stock hangers already broke. Not even 300 miles on it and no aggressive driving whatsoever

maximo018

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I know at Home Depot there are threaded rods that are 3' long. Of course just cut them to length.

James92SE

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Yeah, I've been there, and Lowes, and ACE, and none of them have anything finer than 3/8-16 thread (which is pretty coarse).

I had to order some online from Amazon. It was the only listing I could find for it

Matt93SE

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Mcmaster has a warehouse in Dallas. usually I can find fine thread at ACE as well.
Usually I would buy it in bulk (12' sticks) from Fastenal and cut to length. should have been able to buy a 1' peice from them, and there's almost always a Fastenal nearby.

CMax03

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Man Greddy gonna get a Pacesetter stamp if it keeps rubbing like that!!!!!!! LoL!!!

DanNY

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don't worry...they stopped making the exhaust for our cars.

CapedCadaver

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eh.. mods don't always play well together. their product was intended to be used with a stock suspension. i wouldn't really fault them on that..

James92SE

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Got it all fixed up today. I put in Matt's mounts and used threaded rod to lengthen them to drop the bar down a little. On the passenger side, I didn't even have to cut out the stock bracket, Matt's fit right in there beside it perfectly. The driver side I had to cut out a good chunk of it though. I'll try to weld these in sometime soon, but I really don't think they're gonna go anywhere as it is..





Also, that's not rust on the bar. Over the years of it sitting in the garage my brother got overspray all over it and I've just never cared to clean it off

I took the car for a little test drive and, concurrent with my recent luck, the car was doing its missing/lack of power spiel again. This time it wasn't accompanied with a dynamite smell, so at least that's a small win