What's up guys?

I just got paid yesterday so naturally I'm doing the fiscally sagacious thing and I'm seriously considering putting in some after market sway bars in my '03 350z Before I pull zee trigger though I was wondering if anyone could weigh-in regarding which sway-bar parts I should replace beforehand? I've heard of some people replacing the sway bar bracket (part code #56271 in this diagram:http://www.nissanpartszone.com/Page_...ponentsIndex=3)

I've had the sway bar mounting brackets brake off in my old '91 MR2 and I didn't even install a more aggressive after market sway bar in it so I want to ensure that I have a properly fortified foundation for heavy duty sways in my 350z. Thanks in advance!

 

The Hotchkis ones come with new rear brackets. I don't see why you'd need to replace the fronts. They're pretty beefy.

 

Speaking of which Scar, do the Hotchkis bars come with the collars yet to prevent them from moving?

 

I'd have to take a look under mine to confirm, but I'm pretty sure that the fronts come with collars and the rears don't.

 

^what he said. The fronts come with collars, rears do not

 

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El oh el,

You have no same.

 

I've never heard of anyone replacing a swaybar bracket unless it was somehow damaged in an accident, etc - there would be no point, it doesn't wear out

Hotchkis sways have had integrated collars since ~2005

 

Ok. I've been doing research on sways and just wanted to check because that seemed to be the only complaint with them

 

They are a nice upgrade.

 

I've had that exact bracket shear in half, right through the mounting hole (rear passenger side), so it can happen. This happened with aftermarket swaybars and endlinks. Prior to that, my OEM endlinks cracked in half at the same location.

 

Tanabe is good but not adjustable. I had Stillen before but to be honest, I never adjusted them once they were on.

 

Sounds like something's not right with your sway bar setup.

 

Sway bars in my opinion is the one mod that affects the car the greatest. I would go with Hotchkis

 

What mods do you currently have, in the suspension department? Sway bars should come after springs and shocks. They're more of a tuning aid than anything.

 

Dunno. When the OEM end link cracked in half, I had the 350EVO sway bars (set to medium). When the bracket cracked, I had the 350EVO sway bars (medium setting) with SPL endlinks. For the past year or so, I've had Hotchkis sway bars (medium setting) with Powergrid end links. Otherwise, stock suspension.