Another upgrade I started looking at was Sway Bars. The stock ones on my car were pretty rusted so it seemed like a good enough excuse to look around at other options. I am not much of a CSL fan boy and cannot bring myself to pay the premium for CSL parts under the guise of staying stock or true to BMW so I figured I could find a better candidate in this list of aftermarket options:
The first candidate I looked at was the KW Suspension Sway Bars under the premise that they may be designed to compliment the KW Clubsport suspension I had purchased. After a bit of research it doesn't seem like they were specifically designed to compliment their own systems directly and the size of the bars was more or less on par with the CSL spec bars.
The next ones I looked at were the Hotchkis sway bars. These were appealing as the front bar is hollow which would reduce weight. Although after reading a few reviews where there were issues with the install of the rear bar (which I have subsequently found out there is a solution too) I decided to avoid these, especially given their price point.
My initial review of the Ground Control sway bars were that they required a little more effort to specify correctly then I was willing to put in at the time. Given their price-point I pegged these as more a track dedicated car option. In retrospect if I put a bit more effort in and spoke to Ground Control about the options and had them customised to what I wanted these probably would be the best option.
So finally I looked at the H&R and the Turner Motorsport options. Based on my research I believe both are basically the same product and both manufactured by H&R they are just painted different colours. I liked the bar sizes but was a bit put off by the fact the front bar wasn't hollow. There was a few good reviews out there and I appreciated the fact you could buy the Turner Motorsport option with adjustable end-links ready to go.
The next ones I looked at were the Hotchkis sway bars. These were appealing as the front bar is hollow which would reduce weight. Although after reading a few reviews where there were issues with the install of the rear bar (which I have subsequently found out there is a solution too) I decided to avoid these, especially given their price point.
My initial review of the Ground Control sway bars were that they required a little more effort to specify correctly then I was willing to put in at the time. Given their price-point I pegged these as more a track dedicated car option. In retrospect if I put a bit more effort in and spoke to Ground Control about the options and had them customised to what I wanted these probably would be the best option.
So finally I looked at the H&R and the Turner Motorsport options. Based on my research I believe both are basically the same product and both manufactured by H&R they are just painted different colours. I liked the bar sizes but was a bit put off by the fact the front bar wasn't hollow. There was a few good reviews out there and I appreciated the fact you could buy the Turner Motorsport option with adjustable end-links ready to go.
As the Eibach's had no particular stand out features or price point I disregarded them reasonably quickly. Then, based almost purely on colour and the adjustable end links I landed on the Turner Motorsport bars.
I am hoping all the good reviews for these are true and I am reasonably happy with the choice. Although looking back I think if you want the best of the best and have a very specific suspension setup in mind then I think the Ground Controls spec'd to your requirements would be the best choice for sway bars.
I am hoping all the good reviews for these are true and I am reasonably happy with the choice. Although looking back I think if you want the best of the best and have a very specific suspension setup in mind then I think the Ground Controls spec'd to your requirements would be the best choice for sway bars.
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