View Full Version : What do people have their 19mm rear sway bars set at...Impressions?...


AlwaysAudi
05-03-2005, 11:56 AM
I have the 19mm neuspeed sway bar (rear) and BMP strut tower brace coming this next week. Curious as to what peoples experiences are with the rear settings. Balance wise...I'm thinking that with the strut tower brace I should have the rear bar on the stiffest setting to maintain balance, since I assume the strut tower brace will create a certain amount of understeer.
Thanks
Aaron

And for the very specific...I just put on brand new Bilstien Sports last week...as well as 2 new wheel bearings, new front (comfort) bushings, Allroad tranny mounts and two new O2 sensors. Needless to say she has never felt tighter...beautiful!!

Mr.D-'97 A4q 12v
05-03-2005, 01:40 PM
Be careful in low traction situations with a 19mm rear bar. The back end will come out much easier. If you drive in a lot of snow, may want to put the stocker back on for winter. I didn't have any problems, though.

IzarI96A4Quattro
05-03-2005, 02:23 PM

JWG
05-03-2005, 05:50 PM
technically, I set it on the stiff setting, but, to avoid both clearance issues with the rear axles and too much oversteer, I moved the urethane bushing mounts 1/4 inch farther back with the use of a custom aluminum spacing plate between the mounting bracket and the subframe. Also, I needed slightly longer bolts to have enough threads after adding the spacing plate.

The car remained very close to neutral and just barely oversteered; thus, it worked great in the tight turns of the local canyons in the mountains behind my house. If I drove a lot of high speed courses, I would dial out the oversteer and go with a little understeer to avoid the car getting too nervous at high speed.

Interestingly, with my custom set-up, I noticed that tire pressure had a slight effect on the car's balance, with the car becoming a little more nervous when running higher tire pressures. I guess this results from the fact that, for every additional psi over your normal 32, you add the equivalent of 10 or more lbs of spring rate--the amount varying based on a number of wheel, tire, suspension, weight, and other variables.