homemade swaybar?
 

I know what a sway bar is and does. wondering if i could make one myself. could i just use a 25 to 30 mm bar and bend it to connect the two sides of my suspension, then flatten the ends and drill some holes to put some rod ends in it? is there some kind of special process used for bending the tube so the structure stays the same or would it be fine to do it with room temp metal?

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i thought of this idea myself. its possible to make your own with the right metal and precision

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lol they are tempered after they are made, kinda like a spring steel.

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easy to do i am making one right now for a full size truck i will post a how to after its done this weekend.
Its really simple and has an adujatable mouting sytem so that you can adjust the torson of it.

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why not just simplify the design and just use a straight bar? with the arms at right angle? would be better then the stock design since you get all the force going to torsion in the bar, rather then losing some in bending moments.

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I dont think you can go straight-thru w/ right angles it'd probly bump into something when the suspension traveled, might be possible though...i'll check out my car and see

so i would need to have the metal tempered after bending? what exactly is tempered metal

thanks

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if you use a straight bar/pipe you wont have to temper anything.

and with CRX's 4g civics you dont have to worry about subframe tearout since our sway bars arent attached to there. but lemme see if i can a pic of straight bar setup...

this is a holy hardcore 32mm swaybar setup made by a-spec racing.
http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/we...MXk1NDE%3D.jpg

would be simple to duplicate. this is on a EG though. 4g civic and crx would attach to the frame rails like the stock sway.

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not sure how well a tube sway bar would work way to rigid.

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like i said thats a hardcore bar, i wouldnt recommend anyone running something that size unless its for a track car.

but tube or solid bar, makes no difference. with a tube, you can generally get the same amount if affectiveness as a solid bar with less weight. since a thin walled larger tube will be lighter then a smaller solid bar.

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lol that thing is HUUUUGEEE :o