Hotchkis sway bar question.

Spooler · 07-06-2015, 07:21 PM

What do you guys do with the rear bar? Make a lamp out of it? Is it worth it to buy the Eibach sways instead.

DEpointfive0 · 07-06-2015, 07:27 PM

You buy both, leave the rear in your garage in the corner, lol

Lamp is a good idea though

And no, buy Hotchkis

onzedge · 07-06-2015, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Spooler

What do you guys do with the rear bar? Make a lamp out of it? Is it worth it to buy the Eibach sways instead.

The rear makes all the difference. People who tell you otherwise are misinformed or have not actually run Hotchkis and are parroting (repeating) something they have heard.

Run the rears in the middle position.

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DEpointfive0 · 07-06-2015, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

The rear makes all the difference. People who tell you otherwise are misinformed or have not actually run Hotchkis and are parroting (repeating) something they have heard.

Run the rears in the middle position.

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I ran it on full soft, made the rear wayyyyyy too tail happy

onzedge · 07-06-2015, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by DEpointfive0

I ran it on full soft, made the rear wayyyyyy too tail happy

Loveyoulongtime.

I do not find this to be true. I also run Swift Spec R and Koni Sport with SPL links.

onzedge · 07-06-2015, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by DEpointfive0

I ran it on full soft, made the rear wayyyyyy too tail happy

Don't argue with me.

Red__Zed · 07-06-2015, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

The rear makes all the difference. People who tell you otherwise are misinformed or have not actually run Hotchkis and are parroting (repeating) something they have heard.

Run the rears in the middle position.

onzedge™ has written

track or autoX that you are recommending this for?

onzedge · 07-06-2015, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

track or autoX that you are recommending this for?

I drive my z cars on the streets and highways of our great nation.

Rusty · 07-06-2015, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

The rear makes all the difference. People who tell you otherwise are misinformed or have not actually run Hotchkis and are parroting (repeating) something they have heard.

Run the rears in the middle position.

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You're full of chit!

There is only 2 holes on each side on mine.

Rusty · 07-06-2015, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

The rear makes all the difference. People who tell you otherwise are misinformed or have not actually run Hotchkis and are parroting (repeating) something they have heard.

Run the rears in the middle position.

onzedge™ has written

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You're full of chit!

There is only 2 holes on each side on mine.

I'm going to eat some crow now.

Looked at my journal. And I have pictures that show 3 holes per side.

Anyone got some salt and pepper?

onzedge · 07-07-2015, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

You're full of chit!

There is only 2 holes on each side on mine.

Please to double-check, Rusty-san.

There are indeed three holes per side.

Rusty · 07-07-2015, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

The rear makes all the difference. People who tell you otherwise are misinformed or have not actually run Hotchkis and are parroting (repeating) something they have heard.

Run the rears in the middle position.

onzedge™ has written

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Originally Posted by Rusty

You're full of chit!

There is only 2 holes on each side on mine.

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Originally Posted by Rusty

I'm going to eat some crow now.

Looked at my journal. And I have pictures that show 3 holes per side.

Anyone got some salt and pepper?

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Originally Posted by onzedge

Please to double-check, Rusty-san.

There are indeed three holes per side.

I did.

GSS138 · 07-07-2015, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

I did.

I have heard there are 2 different version of the Hotchkiss sway bar. The original being the more stiff. It's possible a later version "Hotchkiss2" is not as stiff and maybe has fewer holes in it?

I have run the Stillen front full stiff and no rear bar for a little under a year. Very happy with the setup. I have just switched to a Godspeed front(don't know the numbers but people have said that it is on par or stiffer than the Hotchkiss1). I have yet to track it but will be going a week from Saturday so can provide some feedback then. On a small tangent I can comment that the Godspeed front is well designed, fits much better than the stillen ever did. The thing is a heavy beast.

For the record the stillen front and OEM rear are imo as much bar as you woud ever need for street driving. The big no no is to just not run anything greater than oem rear, will give you some nasty snap oversteer in my experience.

onzedge · 07-07-2015, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

I did.

Here is a shot of the rear Hotchkis as mounted on my 2013 370Z. Please note the presence of 3 (three) holes).

onzedge · 07-07-2015, 05:42 PM

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I did.

I am not longer full of chit as you so colorfully sated in one of your earlier posts.

Apology accepted.

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