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    1. #1
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      I can't speak for A/G bodies, but us F/X body guys sure can use it with wider wheels up front.



      I have the Hotchkis bar up front and I've had to replace the bushings twice, even with poly. And now with the 275's, the wheels hit the bar. I've taken it off just to avoid any problems.

      It may be a bit more than a regular style sway bar, but hopefully the added clearance and better style endlinks make it worth it. I've never heard of anyone having to replace the endlinks/bushings on a ridetech bar.
      Matt

      69 Nova - 357, TKO600, Tru Turn, some other stuff, awaiting LS1 swap
      71 Duster - all stock, slant 6, automatic. awaiting HEMI/T56 swap


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      Quote Originally Posted by DarkoNova View Post
      I can't speak for A/G bodies, but us F/X body guys sure can use it with wider wheels up front.

      I have the Hotchkis bar up front and I've had to replace the bushings twice, even with poly. And now with the 275's, the wheels hit the bar. I've taken it off just to avoid any problems.

      It may be a bit more than a regular style sway bar, but hopefully the added clearance and better style endlinks make it worth it. I've never heard of anyone having to replace the endlinks/bushings on a ridetech bar.
      The endlinks are the same as what you can get for the corvette swaybar endlinks other oem use them too.there nothing special matt,you can get them at west coast corvettes.a bit more then a regular sway bar? its a 1.5 o.d. .134 wall dom steel tube welded to steel rings and plates held in place with 3 per side 3/8-16 allen head capscrews as 68sixspeed stated.i know for a fact there not heat treated,call them they tell you.i do think you get tire clearance and it does look cool.your a fellow machinist matt you should me able to whip a bar up like that easy,i made one last yr and had some 1/2 plate flame cut and did the whole deal and chose to run the hellwig tubular bar,thats one heat treated and two was lighter and three still got the same tire clearance as the flat bar bent arms(bent them on the press at work).i had about $160 into making the bar and my wife yelled at me and said to buy the hellwig bar and come to bed!so...i bought the bar took my wife and marks advice and got a great performance handling bar,and got some that night from my wife lmfao!! it coast 60 bucks to have the two arms flame cut from a buddy across the street from our shop,i did the fab work,but yeah not worth the time spent.
      72 chevelle.




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