I hoping to recieve a new nismo sway bar soon. The thing is I only purchase the front. Price was too good to pass up for a Nismo. The problem lies in I do not have a rear one. Would it be fine if I install just teh front ones for now, or just wait to buy a rear one as well. The second part is that a nismo rear from nissan is outrageous. I was wondering if I can use a sway from another kit, any recommendations would be great.

 

Yes on both your questions.

 

Well that was simple, thx man. ><

 

Stiffening just the front increases the vehicle understeer significantly. Especially since for safety reasons oem always use excessive stiff front bars stock.

 

The rear is the one thats mostly needed. Well put the front on and set it full soft, or leave it off till you get a rear bar.

 

The rear sways are more important than the front set? Hmm, I always thought the other way around since teh fronts are thicker.


As well, do teh new sways just bolt on using stock items? Or do I need to buy anything extra.

 

The Nismo sway bar set (front and rear) are hardly worth installing. . The Nismo rear away bar is actually softer than the factory sway bar (on an independant torsion test), and the front one is almost just as bad (with just a little more stiffer than the stock on the stiffest setting). Do yourself a favor and just buy a different set of after market sways. Like Stillen, Cusco, Eibach, 350EVO, Hotchkis, etc.

 

+1

I was actually told the same from a track junkie with a 350z. He said that the nismo's were garbage. He said that they don't perform too well because it's warrantied through the dealers so they can't use too aggressiev set ups.

 

how about the Nismo shocks and sprints? are they junk too?

 

IMO......... YUP

 

i think there are a lot better for the money. The nismo has no adjustability on both height and dampening.

 

lol Would have been better if I knew before hand. But like i said. I only paid 80 bux for teh front one, so might as well find a rear.

 

I culled this from a post some time back about the Nismo sway bar rates:

Nismo Stabilizers
Front +18% (vs 03/04)
Rear -1% (vs 03-07)

Front +1% (vs 04.5+)
Rear -1% (vs 03-07)

Not sure what year Z you have, but it may be that the rear bar doesn't need to be changed. I thought I read that the 07 Nismo Z only replaced the front swaybar.

As for the S-tune susp do some reviews on this site, there is plenty of information out there.

ncdoc

 

Far more likely that they were designed to just be a little different from stock to make them easier to sell. Coolness factor over actual gains in performance.

I don't see where the warranty would come into it, given how anti-sway bars function.

 

I have an 05 Z, Do u have a link where I can read up more. I tried searching but nothing came up.

 

hmm... thats funny. I could have sworn this has been discussed before and Gsedan35 pointed out that the z33/v35 chassis is different than conventional cars in that a stiffer front sway bay leads to less understeer, not more. Do you own a 350z and have you tested this theory of yours? I know gsedan35 has, seeing as he's the resident suspension expert

 

This is the thread it came from:

https://my350z.com/forum/search.php?...2&pp=30&page=6

Tons of info on the sways with search of course.

ncdoc

 

The rear really needs to be changed , just not with a crappy nismo bar.

 

the NISMO sways really are not worth the price of admission, relative to others on the market

they are marginally bigger than the 03-06 cars and really wont make a noticeable improvement

the NISMO springs/shocks are a great setup for those who want improved ride and handling, without slamming the car on the ground. It's downside, is they are expensive

 

But you guys are thinking about retail >.< I didn't pay retail lol. 80 for front. I don't see anything else beating that price