Stillen Front Sway bars, now adjustable

JB1

Thought it would be nice to share this here. I ordered a set of Stillen sway bars during their Thanks Giving sale weekend and I received them today. Upon opening the box I thought they send me the wrong parts, as the front sway bar had 6 holes instead of the 2 I was expecting. But one phone call to Stillen cleared it all up, I received the right one, they just upgraded the fronts to be adjustable based on customer feedback! Nice!

Problem now is, what setting am I going to use?

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daisuke149

DAMN good news. i am about to get me a set so hopefully the ones i get are adjustable as well.

ZPirate

Wow I hadn't heard that Stillen made the fronts adjustable too! I guess those of us who purchased the original 370Z sway bars missed out. My Stillen front sway bars have one setting. BTW has Stillen now added urethane bushings or do you still have to purchase those separately? I added them after the fact, but I like them nonetheless. When I bought mine Stillen was selling them separately.

BTW I've finally gone to the softess setting on the rear sway bars. When I had it on full stiff I was setting off the VDC when I took a corner going fast. Now I can do the same thing without activating the VDC. I can't really feel any handling difference between the settings. The softess setting on the Stillen sway bars is still considerably stiffer than the stock rear sway bar.

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ClemsonWill

That's awesome. Too bad I just ordered my Eibach.

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JB1

No bushings were included, so I'll have to use the stock ones or get urethane ones separately. Where did you get your bushings, from Stillen or somewhere else?

Good to know, I will probably start with the softest settings all round. My main goal is to improve handling a bit for the occasional autoX, hopefully reduce some of the understeer.

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ZPirate

I purchased my urethane bushings from Stillen. They are made by someone else, but sold by Stillen to fit the Stillen sway bars. They also come with new mounting brackets and they have separate grease fittings which is nice.

In the stiffest setting (rear) my car was oversteering slightly, hence why I think the VDC was being triggered. I've now got slightly wider wheels and tires(Nismo 370Z wheels) on the car, but I haven't tried the stiffest setting again with the new wheels.

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2003 Daytona Blue 350Z Touring/Nismo
2009 Platinum Graphite 370Z Touring/Sport (Sold)
2009 BMW 135i/Dinan Stage 2 software upgrade/M3 suspension piecies/Koni Sports/ETS FMIC/Alufelgen SF-71 wheels

spearfish25

I'd just try the stock bushings. They don't need any maintenance. The Hotchkis bushings I have need to be greased, and the stupid Hotchkis grease seems to last about 4 weeks before you need to repack the bushings. Driving me nuts. I'm just going to put some more robust grease in there...I think Hotchkis is FOS and trying to make people buy their silicone grease.

So, try the stock bushings for less maintenance. If they work, then who cares about the urethane bushings...all they do is hold the bar and let it pivot.

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Matthew

About to order a set myself

kenchan

should get adjustable endlinks too so that you can use intermediate settings.

i use their sways on my G and has been great the last 6yrs.

Josh@STILLEN

News travels fast.. yes we have changed the front sway bar to be 5-way adjustable, and those are shipping now.

We will make the front bars available on their own for anyone who feels they need the extra adjustability and increased stiffness.

STILLEN: STILLEN Sway Bars

christian370z

What about those of us who already have your original bars, is there a loyalty discount on the new ones if we upgrade?

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Xan

Josh, so what are the new specs? Did you also up the stiffness of the rear a bit? Making them a bit more aggressive?

Website still says:

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WhiskeyHotel

Mine are wrapped up for Christmas. I guess won't know what I got until I open 'em.

JB1

Sorry Josh, I was just happy with the unexpected upgrade and I thought I'd share...

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Josh@STILLEN

Sorry.. the web will be updated soon. No the rear bar is the same, and the combination of these two should give you a tremendous amount of flexibility to balance the car out. I know there are some posts calling our rear bar not stiff enough, but sways work in a combination with all suspension components, and can be adjusted multiple ways to dial in a vehicle. I really need to sit down with Steve Millen and get him to brain dump on suspension and get some information put together..

I'm sorry.. didn't mean it like that. I actually hadn't heard from our production department that they were ready and shipping.. Marketing found out a little late. Unusual, but it happens.

PM me, we do have these available separately.