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Re: Upgrading front and rear sway bars
Posted by LesH [Email] (more from LesH) on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:48:17
In Reply to: Upgrading front and rear sway bars, iowaero, Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:27:17
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I installed the saab sport chassis kit (2001 Aero suspension) on my 2001 lpt wagon, which includes a swaybar upgrade (the front is 1mm lighter than the bar offered separately by genuinesaab.)
The rear bar can be installed in under an hour.
The front takes several hours, even if you DON'T break any (fragile, rusty) bolts. You will likely need an alignment as you will be loosening the front subframe (to which the suspension attaches) in order to install the front bar.
I would guess a shop would charge about 6 hours of labour for the whole job.
Since you already have Aero suspension in your 2001, I believe the only thing you'd get out of the bar kit is a 1mm larger front bar, not likely worth the effort.
If I owned a 2001 Aero and wanted a suspension upgrade I'd likely look at a new set of Bilstein shocks all around, possibly even with lowering springs if I lived in an area with good roads, and perhaps combined with some urethane suspension bushings if my fillings were firmly attached.
Having said that, with a 2001 you may be due for new shocks and some suspension work by now anyways - on my '01 with 140k km one of the rear trailing arm bushings was completely trashed, and the front sway bar links and ball joints needed to be done too, along with a complete alignment. This kind of work will make more difference than a 1mm extra on the front bar.
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