[Leimie]

Gents, I'm thinking of fitting thicker sway bars as I would like to do an occasional track session. The H&R goodies looks like the stuff to go for. The only problem atm is the price. I would like to do something else in the mean time so my question is this - what is the size of the iS and cabrio sway bars? For some reason I think the cabrio's have the thickest sways, Am I right? Also, is it a straight fit?

[E30 M325i]

also mention to them that you want to do this before the 21st march...

[UpNcOmiNg!]

$350 ??
is it worth it??

[Stevin]

Turbo 1, on 10 March 2010 - 07:14 AM, said:

Have you seen the Turner Motorsport parts?

http://www.turnermot...RODUCT_ID=52010

That's insanely cheap! I think we paid R2200 for just the front bar.

I can't remember off hand as I looked this up when I still had the silver BM, but I think the front sway bar on the cabrio was the thickest factory bar, while the rear on the M3/iS was the thickest.

A quick search on R3v should give you your answers.

[Leimie]

Thanks Guys. Did some reading on R3v now. Stevin you are correct, cabrio's have the thickest front bars while the M3/iS have the thickest rear bars.

Turbo1, thanks for that. Stevin I seem to remember you saying that your front bar was around 3k so the Turner set really is cheap.

Here is a list that I copied from R3v.

More info if needed:
Most BMW are 20mmF or 19mmF
cabby is only one with 21mm

From the sway bar master list on another site:
Eibach....................20mmF 16mmR
H&R........................22mmF 18mmR
Racing Dynamic........22mmF 16mmR
Ireland Engineering....22mmF 19mmR
318i(m10): Front: 18mm Rear: none
318is(m42): Front: 20mm Rear: 12mm
318ic(m42): Front: 21mm Rear: 12mm
325e(pre 9/86): Front: 18.5mm Rear: 12mm
325e(9/86): Front: 20mm Rear: 12mm
325i(m20): Front: 20mm Rear: 12mm
325is(m20): Front: 20mm Rear: 12mm
325ic(m20): Front: 21mm Rear: 12mm
325ix(M20): Front: 17mm Rear: 14.5mm
325ix Touring(M20): Front: 18mm Rear: 14.5mm
M3(s14): Front: 19mm Rear: 14.5mm
suspension techniques: front: 22 rear: 19
Whiteline 24mm front 16mm rear
AC Schnitzer: Front: 20mm Rear: 16mm
Eibach: Front: 20mm Rear: 16mm
Suspension Techniques: Front: 22mm Rear: 19mm
Ireland Engineering (adjustable): Front: 25mm Rear: 22mm
H&R (adjustable): Front: 22mm Rear: 18mm
Racing Dynamics Early Style (adjustable): Front: 22mm Rear: 16mm
Racing Dynamics Late Style (adjustable): Front: 22mm Rear: 19mm
M-Technik: Front: 20mm Rear: 14.5mm
(some may be repeated)

[Stevin]

That doesn't seem correct, as I distinctly remember the M3 bar is thicker than a regular 325i bar.

[Leimie]

Stevin, I checked on e30tech and another site where the guy converted to 5 lug. It would seem that 19mm is correct. He mentioned that the reason why a M3 can get away with using a thinner bar is because it has different mounting points which provides more leverage.