Eibach Front sway bar review
 

I went to Inline Racing yesterday and Matt installed my Eibach front sway bar among some other things. He requested a review so here it is:

Previous setup:
Tein coilovers 12kg/mm front, 10kg/mm rear
17x9 +63 wheels with 255/40/17 RS3's front and rear
rear toe control arms
apr gtc 200 wing
Alignment: 2deg camber front, 2.5 deg rear, max allowed caster, 0 toe front, almost 0 toe in rear

The car had very good rotation at slow speeds, was pretty balanced at medium speed turns and very very stable at high speed and would push quite a bit-the wing did its job
The problem was that when entering a corner a little too fast the tail would come right out.

To counter the high speed push i got a splitter but its not installed yet, and to counter the scary oversteer I got the eibach front sway bar. the swaybar was recommended by my instructor HPD, Thanks Andrea.

The bar is set on the stiff setting. My initial impressions after a day of driving and purposefully pushing the car to the limit upon every possible occation I must say that this is a great investment for similarly setup cars.

Here is what I was able to notice

Pros:
The car reacts much faster to steering inputs
Roll is significantly reduced. It feels almost flat
I can get on the throttle much earlier
Greater stability

Cons:
There is a slight weight gain at the front axle, probably 4-5lbs increase compared to stock ap1 bar
Rougher ride on uneven shitty houston streets

I will add my track impressions soon.

Thanks again to Matt for the install and Andrea for the recommendation


UPDATE:
My track experience with this bar:
So I atttended Drivers Edge at MSR Houston this weekend. The only change to my setup since last time I was here 2 months ago was the sway bar. The car felt ALOT less twitchy, much more controlable and my confidence was all the way up there. I was able to get on the throttle much sooner at diamonds edge and after the launch. The car also felt much more stable through the carousel.

Thanks for the review buddy, hopefully this picks up more on this forum

i always try to review everything. it really helps everybody if you think about how many hours you spend everytime you are considering a new mod.

nice review.

thanks for these reviews! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

track experience added to the original post

Very nice job Thanasis. I had to let him pass me a couple of times hehe

Glad y'all made it out there, I was stuck on the wait list :(
I'll see y'all out at TWS! Thanasis, I'll have the exhaust and sways on by then, I ended up buying the front sway as well.

Good to hear that. Set the front sway to the stiff setting and the rear one to soft.

would you reccomend this to a person with a staggered wheel setup? 205/40 and 235/40 rear; yokohama s-drives