i just installed my addco rear sway bar its hooked up fine...then when i drove it i noticed that when i hit a bump i would hear a loud bang...so i got under the car and moves the u bolt all the way over as far as it would go ...still i get the bang ...i know its hitting something under the car....HOW DO I FIX THIS???????
thanks for everyones help
Joe

 

sorry bro, thats why i got a stillen no probs with that, try to return it and get a stillen

 

There are many many threads on this "issue". Basicly you have to move the rear RSB mounts need to be move as far outward as they can go.
The bumping sound you are hearing is the rear passenger side mount hitting your scissor beam when your suspension fully articulates. The mounts have to go all the way out to the reinforcement plates that are welded to the beam axle, so they clear the other part.

Nismax2002- WoW that is a truely uneducated statement. Seriously comments like that are what pi$$ me off about this site... If you really don't know what you are talking about, don't comment.

BTW if you want to spend 2.5 time more for the stillen bar, that does exactly the same job that the Addco or Progress bars do, then by all means go with it.

 

One thing no one has posted, or maybe no one knows, is the stiffness of the bar for the different brands. The stiffer the bar, the better the performance. I don't know about you, but I trust Stillen would design for this. In my experiences with just about everything, more times than not, you get what you pay for.

 

I have installed and raced on all three bars, pushing all of them further than most of you would ever dream of doing in your cars. I can safely say that there is no noticeable differance between the three. All three have about the same degree of adjustablity as well. Just because you pay more for something does not mean you get something that is necessarily better, in this case, you are paying for Steve Millen's name on it.

 

I couldn't agree more...too many people assume just because something has a name brand on it or is more expensive that it's better...i definitely have noticed this train of thought on the .org....(stillen and cattman and their ridiculous prices...YES most of the time their products are superior however in this case and some others there is no difference at all)

 

Info at the bottom of this page for the Addco RSB: http://www.win.net/~audtatious/audio/tech/addcorsb.html

Move bracket inboard or you can notch it to clear...

 

I compared the Stillen bar and cattman bar about 6mos ago before I got my RSB....the stillen bar is about 1/8" thicker. I doubt there is much or any difference. As to why I got the Stillen - who knows....when I first got my max I knew the name stillen, but had not heard of Addco or Cattman...so i went with the name I knew and trusted. Yeah, I paid more, but it works as it should (as I'm sure the others do too), so I'm happy with it.

some of you guys are such hypocrites...you bash people like me for having a Stillen RSB that costs more, but then you guys do things like that too..

Kruppa - you have an AE engine cover and polished oil cap. $100+. Do they make the engine run better? No....

Regime...I'm sure you can find something on your car that you bought that was just for looks or for the name, etc...

either way, there's no sense in bashing people who buy one product that happens to be more $$ than another. I don't go around bashing everyone who has $2000 rims, even though my stock rims work just as well (and are stronger, in some cases...)

let's all just get along

 

If you read the thread you will see that I did not "bash" anything I simply stated the fact that you will spend 2.5 times more on the stillen bar that does exactly the same job as the less expensive Addco or Progress bar. Then in direct response to schmatt's comment about "getting what you pay for." I commented that if you wanted to spend more for the same preformance, then go for it.

Plain and simple. I have no problem with the Stillen bar at all, but I won't sit back and have people turning others off a comparable product at a substantial savings by saying that the stillen bar is so much better when it truely isn't.

 

ok, I guess I read your post too fast...my bad.
Agreed there.....although the stillen bar is easier to install (slightly) and you don't have to relocate the brake lines as much....besides that, there's nothing wrong with paying more for a name if it gives you peace of mind or so you can put a "stillen' sticker on the car, I guess..... And...there's nothing wrong with buying a "no name" or "smaller name" brand, if it's good quality. Nismax was wrong to say 'buy stillen and return the other bar' but there are plenty of people on here who bash Stillen products too, you gotta admit. It's like all of us who have Injen, Frankencar, Berk, etc. intakes when a GAB works just as well.......we bought it for the name, the look, the confidence in quality, whatever....

wasn't trying to bash you guys....was just making a general point that alot of people bash Stillen RSB for $$ every time this subject comes up...it just gets kind of old. People here on the org buy $$ products for looks, name, etc. all the time...why is Stillen different from any other high-priced brand (MOMO, BBS, etc...)